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George Pataki was born in Peekskill, New York. He is a 1967 graduate of Yale University and a 1970 graduate of Columbia Law School. Before being elected Governor, George Pataki served 10 years in the New York state Legislature and was the Mayor of Peekskill between 1981 and 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe. He was first elected Governor of New York in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an, by defeating the Democratic incumbent, Mario CuomoMario Matthew Cuomo (born June 15, 1932) is an American lawyer and New York State Democratic Party politician. He was born in the Queens borough section of New York City and earned his bachelor's degree in 1953 and law degree in 1956 from Saint John's Uni. His running mate for lieutenant governor in the 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an election was Betsy McCaughey RossBetsy McCaughey Ross (born 1949) was the lieutenant-governor of the state of New York from 1994 to 1998, during the first term of governor George Pataki. Prior to entering politics, she was a professor at Columbia University and worked at the Manhattan In, who proved to be controversial once in office. Pataki, now running with Mary Donohue , was reelected in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting, defeating the Democratic candidate Peter ValloneVallone, Sr. is a Democratic politician in New York City having served as Speaker of the City Council and as an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor in 2001. On the state-level, he was defeated for Governor of New York in 1998, by the incumbent, George Pataki 54%-33% and in 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom, receiving 49% of the vote while Democrat Carl McCall received 33% and independent candidate Tom Golisano received 14%.

Pataki and his wife, Elizabeth , have four children.

During the first years of Pataki's administration, he began to institute the major spending cuts which he has advocated for most of his career. In 1999 Governor Pataki signed into law comprehensive health care legislation that provided health insurance coverage, under Family Health Plus, to lower income adults who do not have health insurance through their employers.

In 2003 Pataki made a controversial budget proposal in which he proposed several tax cuts, despite the state's rising deficits. He also made cuts in education and health care funding which, some say, may close emergency rooms and turn non-profit hospitals into for-profit. Pataki argued that new taxes would drive businesses out of state, reducing jobs, further compounding the deficit problem.