Nicholas Sacco

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Nicholas J. Sacco (born November 17, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1994, where he represents the 32nd Legislative District. Senator Sacco is the Chairman of the Transportation Committee, and is also a member of Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs committees.

In addition to serving as a State Senator and as Mayor of North Bergen (since 1991), Sacco also serves as the Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the North Bergen School District, and on the North Bergen Township Commission since 1985. Sacco has been Principal of Horace Mann and Lincoln School in North Bergen, and former president and vice president of the North Bergen Council of Administrators and Supervisors which is affiliated with the New Jersey Education Association.

Senator Sacco is a sponsor of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone legislation, which has helped produce substantial private business investment in urban centers and generates millions of dollars in revenue for North Bergen and other cities. Senator Sacco's legislation has also increased public safety by expanding the use of DNA testing in criminal cases.

Sacco received a B.A. in 1968 in History from Rutgers University and an M.A. in Administration and Supervision from Seton Hall University in 1973.

[edit] District 32

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 32nd Legislative District are: