Phillip Michael Boyle (born July 21, 1961) is an American politician who served as the Senator for the

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of the

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from 2013 to 2022. He is a Republican. The district he served includes the villages of

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, Brightwaters, Lindenhurst, Ocean Beach,

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in Suffolk County on

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Early life and education

Boyle was born in

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, and grew up in

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. He attended the

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, and transferred to

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where he graduated with a

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in Political Science. He attended

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where he got his

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degree, and also received a

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in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the

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. Boyle was a founding partner in the law firm of Steinberg & Boyle, LLP, located in

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. Boyle and his wife, Victoria Ryan, reside in Bay Shore. Boyle is the stepfather to Patrick and Sarah Ryan.

Career

Boyle served several years on Capitol Hill as a senior congressional aide. He was the legislative director to Frank Horton (R-Rochester) and a campaign manager and chief of staff for

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(R-Brightwaters). In 1994, Boyle was elected to the

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as a representative of the 8th Assembly District, which encompassed portions of the Suffolk County towns of Islip and Babylon. He did not seek reelection in 2002 after redistricting divided his district between a strongly Democratic district and a district represented by fellow Republican Thomas F. Barraga. However, when Barraga ran for the Suffolk County legislature and won, Boyle won a special election to replace him in the Assembly. In 2012, Boyle decided to run for election to the New York Senate, winning a tough race against County Legislator

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52% to 48%. In 2017, Boyle ran for Suffolk County Sheriff, but lost the Republican primary to Lawrence M. Zacarese. He then ran for the

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, and lost.

Senate

In 2013, Boyle voted in favor of the

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, to enact an assault weapons ban, to limit the number of rounds allowed in a magazine to seven, and to raise the legal age to own a rifle or shotgun. In 2020, the National Rifle Association gave Boyle a 42 percent rating. In 2017, Boyle introduced legislation to ban minors from purchasing machetes. The bill passed the Senate, but was not voted on in the Assembly. This followed several machete attacks associated with the gang

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in Suffolk County.

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