Fred Thiele (b. 1953) represents District 2 within the New York State Assembly. Originally from Sag Harbor, a town in which he has lived for most of his life, he is a graduate of Southampton College of Long Island University and Albany Law School and began his political career as counsel to former Assemblyman John Behan, a position in which he served until 1982. Wikipedia
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