Christopher J. "Chris" Mega (c. 1931 - 30 October 2011) was a Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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 lawmaker from Brooklyn, New York who served in the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 from 1973 to 1978 and in the New York State Senate

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 from 1979 to 1982 and 1985 to 1993, when he became a judge. Over the years he mostly represented Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

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 in Brooklyn as well as Staten Island

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's East Shore

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A Borough Park

Borough Park, Brooklyn

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 native, Mega stayed close to his roots, graduating from Fort Hamilton High School

Fort Hamilton High School

Fort Hamilton High School is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York, USA, under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Education. Students in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Dyker Heights are zoned to Fort Hamilton HS. It has stood overlooking the Narrows and Lower New York Bay since...

, St. Francis College and Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School

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Governor Mario Cuomo

Mario Cuomo

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 appointed Mega to the New York Court of Claims

New York Court of Claims

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 in 1993 and in 1995 Governor George Pataki

George Pataki

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 elevated him chief judge of that court. He served in that capacity til 1998. Pataki then appointed him to the New York Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court

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, another trial court. He served there until his retirement in 2006.