ABOUT ASSEMBLYMAN STEVE HAWLEY

Assemblyman Steve Hawley was elected to serve the 139th Assembly District on February 28, 2006. Over the past four years, Steve has fought tirelessly against downstate special interests in defense of our Western New York Way of Life.

A Batavia native, Steve graduated from Batavia High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Toledo. He served seven years in the Ohio Army National Guard and the U. S. Army Reserves, earning the rank of First Lieutenant.

In contrast to many of the career politicians that populate the New York State Assembly, Steve brings a unique perspective to the debate in Albany – that of a small business owner. As former owner and operator of Hawley Farms, and current owner of “The Insurance Center” with his wife Crystal, Steve knows what it takes to create good paying jobs and a successful small business.

However, Steve also knows how hard it is to run a successful business in New York State. Over the past 20 years, downstate politicians have continually introduced anti-job and anti-business legislation resulting in higher taxes, more intrusive government regulation, and out of control government spending. These policies have brought New York State to its knees, forcing future generations out of state in search of opportunity.

Steve knows that the key to New York’s economic revival is for government to get out of the way, and let the free market do its job. In order to save New York State from the brink of financial ruin, we must return to the principles of capitalism upon which our nation was founded.

Assemblyman Hawley has a long history of public and charitable service. He served as a member of the Genesee County Legislature and has served on many Boards of Directors throughout the community, including the Genesee Community College Foundation, Genesee County Empire Zone Development Board, Genesee Center for Independent Living, Genesee County Planning Board, and Genesee Valley BOCES Board of Education. Hawley has also served on the boards of the Genesee Area YMCA, United Way, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Farm Bureau. He is a current in the Batavia Rotary Club, American Legion Glenn Loomis Post 332, Stafford Volunteer Fire Department, American Cancer Society and the Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation. He has also served as chairman of the St. James Church Episcopal Community Services Campaign and coordinated the tri-county Hurricane Katrina relief effort in October 2005.

Steve currently serves as the Ranking Minority member of the Assembly Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and is a member of the Agriculture, Insurance, Racing and Wagering, Tourism, and Rules Committees. He also serves on several Minority Task Forces, including Small Business, Agriculture, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation, Real Property Tax Reform, and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse. Steve is also a member of the Assembly Regional Forum on Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Services.

Steve resides in the Town of Batavia with his wife Crystal. They are the parents of four sons, Brooks, Dan, Tim and Cooper, and grandparents to Reagan and Troy. Hawley is the son of former Assemblyman R. Stephen Hawley and the late Ellen Hawley.