Pat Burke
Assembly Member
Pat Burke is a Buffalo native, where he resides with his wife and three kids. From January of 2014 to December of 2018, Pat served the community as an Erie County Legislator. He also serves as a political science instructor at Buffalo State College. During Pat’s tenure on the legislature, his notable legislative accomplishments include a ban on microbead plastics, a repeal of Sunday Blue Laws, a million-dollar emergency fund created to combat the opioid crisis and the formation of the Erie County Broadband Committee. He was elected to the NY Assembly in November of 2018, where he serves the constituents of Buffalo, West Seneca, Lackawanna, and Orchard Park. He has sponsored and co-sponsored bills that establishes the psilocybin assisted therapy pilot program for veterans and first responders (A8349) and that relates to medical use of psilocybin (A3581/S3520).