Steven C. Englebright (born August 24, 1946) was the Assembly member for the 4th District of the

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from 1992 until his defeat in 2022. He is a

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. Englebright was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992. He was the chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation. Englebright graduated from Bayside High School in

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. He received a

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degree from the

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in 1969 and an M.S. in

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/ Sedimentology from Stony Brook University in 1974. He worked as Curator of Geologic Collections at Stony Brook University and was the founding director of the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. Englebright served as a Suffolk County legislator from 1983 until his election to the New York State Assembly in 1992. Englebright was defeated in the 2022 election by Edward Flood. In 2023, Englebright was re-elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in the 5th Legislative District, a seat he previously occupied prior to his tenure in the Assembly.

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* – New York State Assembly, 4th District: Steve Englebright {{DEFAULTSORT:Englebright, Steven 1946 births Living people Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Stony Brook University alumni University of Tennessee alumni People from Setauket, New York 21st-century American legislators Bayside High School (Queens) alumni