Henry F. Zwack (born December 5, 1952) is a lawyer and politician, most notable for having served as

Rensselaer County, New York Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the l ...

county executive A county executive, county manager or county mayor is the head of the executive branch of government in a United States county. The executive may be an elected or an appointed position. When elected, the executive typically functions either as a ...

and as an Acting

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Justice. Mr. Zwack is a graduate of Siena College in Loudonville, New York and the Albany Law School. He hails from

Stephentown, New York Stephentown is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2010 census. The town, which was originally Jericho Hallow in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was renamed for Stephen Van Rensselaer. The town is l ...

, where his father started a sheet metal fabrication business in the 1970s. He began his political career in the

Rensselaer County Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the la ...

Legislature, eventually rising to Chairman. In 1995, he was first appointed by the county legislature and then elected to serve out the term of the departing Rensselaer County executive and was reelected once before resigning to defend himself against corruption charges. He was ultimately acquitted of all counts. Governor

George Pataki George Elmer Pataki (; born June 24, 1945) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. An attorney by profession, Pataki was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and went on ...

subsequently appointed him Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and later as a Judge on the New York State Court of Claims in December, 2006. He has chambers in

Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany a ...

, and is assigned in Rensselaer, Columbia and Ulster Counties as an Acting Supreme Court Justice.

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