Maurice Hinchey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Hinchey

American politician

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1938

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2017

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Maurice Dunlea Hinchey (October 27, 1938 – November 22, 2017) was a U.S.
Representative from New York.
He was a member of the Democratic Party.
He retired at the end of his term in January 2013 after twenty years in Congress. A New York City native who moved to the Hudson Valley where he attended high school and college, Hinchey had previously represented part of the area in the New York State Assembly since 1975.
As chair of that body's Environmental Conservation Committee, he took the lead in bringing environmental issues to the fore, particularly when he held hearings on the problems created by toxic waste disposal in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls.
In his later years in Congress he vehemently opposed hydraulic fracturing to exploit the natural gas resources of the Marcellus Shale.
Throughout his career he was considered a political progressive for his liberal stands on other issues.