What is Leo C. Zeferetti?
[[File:Leo Zeferetti.png|thumb|right|200px|Zeferetti in 1980]] '''Leo C. Zeferetti''' (July 15, 1927 &ndash; March 21, 2018) was an American politician. He served as a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Zeferetti served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New York (state)|New York]] from January 3, 1975 through January 3, 1983.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/03/us/cuomo-claims-victory-tight-race-democrats-make-big-national-gains-moynihan.html?scp=1&sq=leo%20zeferetti&st=cse Election results by Adam Clymer, New York Times 3 November 1982]</ref> Zeferetti was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York. He studied at [[New York University]] in 1963, and [[Baruch College]] from 1964 until 1966.<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C1EF8385C1A7493C3A8178BD95F458785F9&scp=2&sq=leo%20zeferetti&st=cse] GUARDS UNION HEAD ASSAILS 'AIDE' PLAN New York Times 11 October 1971</ref> Zeferetti was a member of the New York State Crime Control Planning Board from 1972 until 1974 and a representative to President’s Conference on Correction, 1971. In 1980, he was nearly defeated for reelection. In 1982, his district was eliminated in redistricting, and the bulk of its territory was merged with the [[Staten Island]]-based district of freshman Republican [[Guy Molinari]], who defeated him in the general election that year. Zeferetti died on March 21, 2018 in [[Davie, Florida|Davie]], [[Florida]] at the age of 90.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=leo-zeferetti&pid=188564691&fhid=8775 Leo Zeferetti Obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{CongBio|Z000002}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeferetti, Leo C.}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:United States representatives from New York (state)]] [[Category:Politicians from Brooklyn]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}