Facts: - profession: lawyer - successor: james van bramer - party: democratic - predecessor: walter mccaffrey - term end: december 2009 - constituency: queens , astoria , maspeth : woodside , sunnyside , long island city - term start: january 2002 - name: eric n. gioia - image: ericgioia.jpg - alma mater: new york university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eric gioia .
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eric n. gioia -lrb- born april 27 , 1973 -rrb- is a new york city politician of the democratic party .he served for eight years as a member of the new york city council .he was elected to two year terms in 2001 and 2003 and to a four year term in 2005 , representing the queens neighborhoods of woodside , sunnyside , maspeth , and long island city .