Phillip Michael Boyle (born July 21, 1961) is an American politician who served as the Senator for the
4th District
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of the
New York Senate from 2013 to 2022. He is a
Republican. The district he served includes the villages of
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
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* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
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,
Brightwaters,
Lindenhurst,
Ocean Beach,
Saltaire
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in
Suffolk County on
Long Island
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.
Early life and education
Boyle was born in
Bay Shore, New York, and grew up in
Islip
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*Islip, Northamptonshire
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United States
*Islip, New York, a town in Suffolk County
**Islip (hamlet), New York, located in the above town
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. He attended the
State University of New York at Geneseo, and transferred to
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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where he graduated with a
Bachelor's Degree
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in Political Science. He attended
Albany Law School where he got his law degree, and also received a
Master's
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Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
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at the
SUNY at Albany
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. Boyle was a founding partner in the law firm of Steinberg & Boyle, LLP, located in
East Islip, New York.
Boyle and his wife, Victoria Ryan, reside in Bay Shore. Boyle is the stepfather to Patrick and Sarah Ryan.
Career
Boyle served several years on Capitol Hill as a
senior congressional aide. He was the legislative director to
Frank Horton (R-Rochester) and a campaign manager and chief of staff for
Rick Lazio (R-Brightwaters).
In 1994, Boyle was elected to the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
as a representative of the 8th Assembly District, which encompassed portions of the Suffolk County towns of Islip and Babylon. He did not seek reelection in 2002 after redistricting divided his district between a strongly Democratic district and a district represented by fellow Republican
Thomas F. Barraga.
However, when Barraga ran for the Suffolk County legislature and won, Boyle won a special election to replace him in the Assembly. In 2012, Boyle decided to run for election to the New York Senate, winning a tough race against County Legislator
Ricardo Montano 52% to 48%.
In 2017, Boyle ran for Suffolk County Sheriff, but lost the Republican primary to Lawrence M. Zacarese. He then ran for the
New York State Supreme Court, and lost.
Senate
In 2013, Boyle voted in favor of the
SAFE Act, to enact an assault weapons ban, to limit the number of rounds allowed in a magazine to seven, and to raise the legal age to own a rifle or shotgun. In 2020, the National Rifle Association gave Boyle a 42 percent rating.
In 2017, Boyle introduced legislation to ban minors from purchasing machetes. The bill passed the Senate, but was not voted on in the Assembly. This followed several machete attacks associated with the gang
MS-13 in Suffolk County.
References
External links
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Sponsored LegislationSponsored Resolutions
Profile
at Egan & Golden
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1961 births
Living people
Politicians from Suffolk County, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University at Albany, SUNY alumni
Albany Law School alumni
People from Bay Shore, New York
People from East Islip, New York
21st-century American politicians