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Please feel free to contact Michael at:
(845) 638-5751 or
GrantM@co.rockland.ny.us
Michael Grant is a community activist who was born
and raised in Rockland County and is now serving his first full term in
the Rockland County Legislature.
Michael attended local schools and graduated from North Rockland High
School in 1975. He attended the State University of New York College at
Cortland and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with
a concentration in public administration. In addition, Michael minored in
American History and completed a certificate program in Business
Management.
Legislator Grant was first sworn in to office on January 6, 2005. Since
then, Michael has been twice elected to the Rockland County Legislature by
the voters of District 2.
In 2008, Legislator Grant will be serving his third term as Majority
Leader and was selected to chair the newly formed Economic Development
Committee. In addition, he serves as Second Vice-Chair of the Planning
and Public Works Committee and as a member of the Budget and Finance,
Government Operations and Rules committees. Michael also serves on the
Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority and as Chairman of the
Board of Electrical Examiners.
Michael Grant got his start in government in 1986, when Mayor Edward P.
Zugibe appointed him as West Haverstraw's Village Treasurer. He also
served as the Village's representative to the Rockland County Community
Development Consortium. During his fourteen-year tenure with the Village,
Michael was responsible for authoring several important grants and
obtaining funding for a variety of projects, most notably the West
Haverstraw Community Center.
Michael is a former Haverstraw Town Councilman. He first took office in
January 2001 when he was appointed to fill a vacancy. He was subsequently
elected in November 2001 to fill a two-year unexpired term and again in
2003 for a full four-year term.
During his tenure on the Haverstraw Town Board, Michael and his colleagues
tackled many issues including the Letchworth Village re-development
project, the police force consolidation plan, the closure of the town’s
landfill, and the impact of major property assessment issues. In
addition, Michael and the Board oversaw the expansion of recreation
facilities at Bowline Park, as well as, the multi-million dollar
renovation of the Philip J. Rotella Memorial Golf Course in Thiells, N.Y.
As a Town Councilman, Michael also served as Police Commissioner and on a
variety of town commissions and committees. Committee assignments
included: Parks and Recreation, Urban Renewal, Diversity, Sanitation and
Emergency Services.
For nearly twenty years, Michael Grant has played an active role in the
community. In addition to his participation in local government, Michael
is Vice-President of the Arts Alliance of Haverstraw and is a Member of
the Board of Directors of the United Way of Rockland County. He is also a
member of the North Rockland Rotary Executive Board.
Michael is a former Trustee of the Haverstraw King's Daughters Public
Library, a past board member of the Rockland County Girl Scout Council and
a graduate of both Leadership Rockland and the Rockland County Citizens
Police Academy. In 1991, Michael helped found the North Rockland Youth
Recreation Program, Inc. where he served for eleven years, three as
Co-President.
Michael is employed by Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Since 1982, he
has worked in positions of increasing responsibility and currently is
Senior Manager – Public Affairs for the company’s Central Division.
During his career at O&R, Michael served two terms on the Company's
Community Investment Committee and has been active in Orange and
Rockland’s United Way campaign.
A lifelong Haverstraw resident, Michael is the son the late Mary Zippilli
Grant and John T. Grant of Thiells. Michael's father was Rockland's first
County Executive and served five times as Chairman of the Rockland County
Legislature.
Michael and his wife, Cathy, have been married for twenty-five years and
reside in Garnerville with their twins, Caitlin, a senior at the New
Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Adam, a student
at the Golf Academy of the South.
You can contact Legislator Michael Grant by e-mail at:
GrantM@co.rockland.ny.us or by telephone at: 845-638-5751. |
