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DeGise took office after winning a special election in November, 2002, one in which he garnered 77 percent of the vote. On his first day in office, he submitted legislation to the Board Of Chosen Freeholders to create the first ever Ethics Oversight Board for Hudson County government. Prior to serving as County Executive, Mr. DeGise was Jersey City's longest serving Municipal Council President, holding that office from 1993 to 2001. Mr. DeGise entered public life as a community leader during the 1980's, founding the New #28 School Neighborhood Association and eventually chairing the Heights Coalition of Neighborhood Associations (HCNA), a group dedicated to improving quality of life in city's Heights Section. Within the region, County Executive DeGise serves as the Chairman of the Freight Committee and a member of the Project Priorities Committee of the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. A teacher and administrator in the Jersey City Schools since 1975, Mr. DeGise most recently served as a job placement counselor at Henry Snyder High School . He earned his bachelors degree in Political Science from Saint Peter's College in 1973. Mr. DeGise was born and raised in Jersey City. EXTERNAL LINKS
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