serviceyears branch religion allegiance party profession office rank article_title name
1963 -- 1965 united states army roman catholic united states republican politician , judge member of the new york city council second lieutenant john fusco -lrb- politician -rrb-
 john fusco
john fusco -lrb- politician -rrb-

john a. fusco -lrb- born september 7 , 1937 -rrb- is an american lawyer , jurist , and politician from the new york city borough of staten island .
fusco represented parts of central , staten island and bensonhurst , brooklyn in the new york city council until his election to the new york surrogate 's court for richmond county , new york in november 1998 .
he served as minority whip in the council till his departure .
he was appointed to the new york supreme court by then new york governor eliot spitzer in 2008 .
