Bill Nojay

William R. Nojay (born Nogaj; November 24, 1956 – September 9, 2016) where his father worked at Eastman Kodak. He earned a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and graduated from Columbia University with degrees from its law school and business school.

Career Nojay was a conservative talk radio host. He also worked at a brokerage firm.

In 1996, Nojay was appointed by Governor George Pataki as commissioner of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Genesee Transportation Council and as chairman of the Regional Trails Initiative Steering Committee for the Rochester region, and as chief operating officer of Detroit's transportation system under Mayor Dave Bing. He was re-elected in 2014 without opposition.

Nojay was a Republican. A gun rights supporter, Nojay was an outspoken opponent of the 2013 New York gun control law known as the SAFE Act. He organized a 2013 pro-Second Amendment concert called Freedompalooza.

On September 9, 2016, Nojay died from suicide by firearm near his family's plot at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, New York.

At the time of his death, Nojay was running for re-election to the Assembly. On September 14, 2016, he posthumously defeated Richard Milne, his challenger in the Republican Assembly primary. A Republican party committee selected former Assemblyman Joseph Errigo to replace Nojay in the general election, which Errigo won.

Assembly committees Committee on Cities Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee on Election Law Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development Committee on Transportation