He graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received an M.B.A. from N.Y.U . His mother , Judith R. Burkhoff of Wantagh , N.Y. , is an administrative assistant at the Nassau Library System , in its main office in Uniondale , N.Y. His father , Jerome M. Burkhoff of Mount Sinai , N.Y. , retired as the controller of Lucerne Textiles in New York .