David Franczyk

In 1994, Franczyk was both the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party nominee in a closely watched United States House of Representatives race for New York's 30th congressional district.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/nyregion/the-1994-campaign-at-a-glance-congressional-races-to-watch.html?sq=David+Franczyk&scp=1&st=nyt|title= THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: AT A GLANCE; Congressional Races to Watch|accessdate=March 5, 2008|date=October 23, 1994|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/07/nyregion/1994-campaign-guide-new-york-elections-for-congressional-state-offices.html?pagewanted=5|title= THE 1994 CAMPAIGN; Guide to New York Elections for Congressional and State Offices (page 5)|accessdate=March 6, 2008|date=November 7, 1994|work=The New York Times}} He lost by a two to one margin to then one-term incumbent Republican Jack Quinn.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04EED91431F933A25752C1A962958260&scp=3&sq=David+Franczyk&st=nyt|title= THE 1994 ELECTIONS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Who Won Where: Results In the 435 Races for the House|accessdate=March 5, 2008|date=November 10, 1994|work=The New York Times}} Prior to this race, as a city councilman, he was an adversary of Mayor of Buffalo James D. Griffin.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/28/sports/buffalo-fears-a-rendezvous-with-agony.html?sq=David+Franczyk&scp=4&st=nyt|title= Buffalo Fears a Rendezvous With Agony|accessdate=March 6, 2008|date=January 23, 1993|work=The New York Times|author=Gruson, Lindsey}} Franczyk is considered a notable Western New York Polish-American politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnypolonia.com/directory/listings.php?catid=96|title=Government|accessdate=March 6, 2008|publisher=WNYPolonia.Com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610062203/http://www.wnypolonia.com/directory/listings.php?catid=96|archive-date=June 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}

In his present tenure in the Common Council, Franczyk is a member of the Finance and Civil Service Committees. Prior to his current term, Franczyk served as Fillmore District Councilmember, Chair of the City's Finance Committee, and President Pro-Tempore of the Common Council from 1986 through 2000. He has legislated on crime prevention, historic preservation, housing, economic development, and constituent service. He is an advocate of landmark preservation,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/14/nyregion/station-has-seen-last-train-but-not-last-chance.html?sq=David+Franczyk&scp=5&st=nyt|title= Station Has Seen Last Train but Not Last Chance|accessdate=March 6, 2008|date=October 14, 1992|work=The New York Times}} and has also been involved in environmental preservation battles.{{cite web|url=http://jnadam.org/news/df/df.html|title=David Franczyk named Conservationist of the Year|accessdate=March 6, 2008|publisher= Niagara Frontier Chapter, Adirondack Mountain Club|author=Beahan, Larry}}{{cite web|url=http://fixbuffaloarchives.blogspot.com/2005/02/lexisnexis-search-results.html|title=CITY SHOULD JUMP AT CHANCE TO SELL LAND IN PERRYSBURG|accessdate=March 6, 2008|date=December 15, 2004|publisher=fix buffalo today, archive}} He proposed the legislation that reduced the Buffalo Common Council from thirteen members to nine.{{cite web|url=http://buffaloreport.com/020826sins.html |title=Buffalo NewsWatch: sins of omission |accessdate=March 6, 2008 |date=August 26, 2002 |publisher=Buffalo Report, Inc. |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208073139/http://buffaloreport.com/020826sins.html |archivedate=February 8, 2007 }} Franczyk was preceded as Fillmore District Councilman by Stephen J. Godzisz, who had served from 1984-1985 and as Common Council President by James Pitts who began his term in 1994 under Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello.{{cite book|title=Through The Mayors' Eyes: Buffalo, New York 1832-2005|author=Rizzo, Michael F.|date=2005|publisher=Lulu Enterprises, Inc|pages=405|isbn=1-4116-3757-7}} Franczyk continued under Masiello until Masiello was succeeded by Byron Brown.

Franczyk, after 32 years of service announced in January 2019 he would not seek re-election. His successor, Legislative Staffer, Mitch Nowakowski won the June 25th democratic primary and November 5th general election to succeed him as Fillmore District Council Member.

Franczyk, a Western New York native, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the State University of New York College at Buffalo and a Master of Arts degree, also in history, from Niagara University. He also did graduate study at the City University of New York and at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design as a Loeb Fellow. He has served as the editor-in-chief of the Polish-American Journal.{{cite web|url=http://www.city-buffalo.com/Home/Leadership/Common_Council/Biographies/DavidA_Franczyk |title=David A. Franczyk |accessdate=March 7, 2008 |publisher=city-buffalo.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026152825/http://www.city-buffalo.com/Home/Leadership/Common_Council/Biographies/DavidA_Franczyk |archivedate=October 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

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