Paul Haney
23rd District (Rochester, Brighton)
Committees: Ways & Means (RMM), Environment & Public Works
Monroe County Legislator Paul E. Haney represents the 23rd Legislative District, which includes the southeast portion of Rochester, and northeast parts of Brighton. Paul was elected to a four-year term on the Monroe County Legislature in 2005. He currently serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Ways and Means Committee, and is a member of the Public Works Committee.
Paul is a life long resident of Rochester (excluding the four years he spent in New York City after he finished college) with a career in public service that spans four decades. An alumnus of the Aquinas Institute of Rochester, St. John Fisher College, and Syracuse University, Paul was first elected to the Rochester City Council in 1974. He served on City Council until 1985, and then as Monroe County Director of Finance from 1988 to 1992.
Professionally, Paul is a retired Certified Public Accountant, initially licensed by the State of New York in 1968. He continues to do consulting work for the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration, working with federally-supported community health centers across the United States. He has worked with community health centers in 46 states and territories.
Paul is currently on the Boards of the Aquinas Institute of Rochester (former Chair and Treasurer of the Board) and the Rochester Primary Care Network (former Chair and Treasurer of the Board). He is also a member of the Accounting Advisory Committee of St. John Fisher College and the Finance Committee of St. Boniface Church. In the past, he has served on the Boards of Directors of the National League of Cities, the Alzheimer's Disease Association, the Rochester District Heating Co-Operative and the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency. He has also served on the New York State Temporary Commission on the Real Property Tax, the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council, the Committee on Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada and was a Charter Member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Advisory Committee.
Paul Haney has lived on Broadway in the 23rd District for over 20 years.
Legislative Initiatives
Accountability for Local Development Corporations - Memorializing Resolution, June 2008
Renaissance Square Legislative Task Force - Proposed Legislation, June 2008
Blocked by President of the Legislature
Allow Partial Payments for County Property Tax - Proposed Legislation, March 2008
Blocked by the President of the Legislature
Renaissance Square Legislative Task Force - Proposed Legislation, March 2008
Blocked by President of the Legislature
Ensuring Fiscal Responsibility in County Budget - Proposed Legislation, September 2007
Vote: Agenda/Charter, 2 Yeas (D) - 3 Nays (R)
SCHIP Act - Memorializing Resolution, August 2007
Supporting Hydroelectric Power - Memorializing Resolution, December 2006
Calling for Resignations at the MCWA - Proposed Legislation, October 2006
Vote: Ways & Means Committee, 4 Yeas (D) - 6 Nays (R)
Audit County Utility Bills - Proposed Legislation, June 2006
Vote: Ways & Means Committee, 4 Yeas (D) - 6 Nays (R)
Allow Partial Payments for County Property Tax - Proposed Legislation, Feb. 2006
Vote: Ways & Means Committee, 4 Yeas (D) - 6 Nays (R)
In the Press
Medicaid: Is it Truely Mission Accoimplished? - Rochester Business Journal, October 19, 2007
County Must Change the Way It Does Business - Rochester Business Journal, August 8, 2007
Water Board Members Who Crossed Line Must Quit - D&C, September 27, 2006
Red Flags Should Put Stop to MCC Plan - Democrat & Chronicle, April 11, 2006
