Peter King: A political life, from Nassau to Washington
A timeline of retiring Rep. Peter King's life and career:
April 5, 1944 — Born St. Clare's Hospital, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
1944-1965 — Grows up in Sunnyside, Queens
1961 — Graduates high school at Brooklyn Prep
1965 — Graduates from St. Francis College, Brooklyn
1965-68 — Law school, University of Notre Dame
Oct. 23, 1965 — Meets future wife Rosemary Wiedl on a blind date at a bomb shelter party in Mishawaka, Indiana
June-August, 1967 — Clerks at former Vice President Richard Nixon's law firm in Manhattan with Long Islander Rudy Giuliani
Dec. 30, 1967 — Marries Rosemary Wiedl
1968-1972, 1978-1981 — Practicing attorney
1968-1973 — Serves in the Army National Guard
1971 — Moves to Seaford, where he and Rosemary raise their family (son Sean, born in July 1970; daughter Erin, born in November 1973)
1972-1974 — Serves as deputy Nassau County attorney
1974-1976 — Serves as assistant chief deputy county executive
November 1977-1981 — Member of the Hempstead Town Council
1981-1992 — Serves as Nassau County comptroller
1986 — Loses state attorney general race to Robert Abrams
1992 — Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (in what was then the Third District and is now the Second)
1998 — Votes against impeaching President Bill Clinton
2005-2006, 2011-2012: Serves as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
2013 — Helps secure $60.4 billion in emergency funding for superstorm Sandy victims
2019 — Announces his retirement from the House of Representatives
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
'I haven't stopped crying' Over the past year, Newsday has followed a pair of migrant families as they navigate new surroundings and an immigration system that has been overwhelmed. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.
'I haven't stopped crying' Over the past year, Newsday has followed a pair of migrant families as they navigate new surroundings and an immigration system that has been overwhelmed. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.
