Alexander Pete Grannis

Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis (born 1942/1943) is a former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Before his tenure as Commissioner, he was a member of the New York State Assembly and represented District 65 as a member of the Democratic Party for the neighborhoods of the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. His firing by Governor David Paterson in October 2010 was controversial to many especially environmentalists. Grannis is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Virginia School of Law. His first job with New York state's government was as compliance counsel to the Department of Environmental Conservation. Elected to the State Assembly in 1974, Grannis served as...