Katko announces district-office locations, additional staff

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Representative-elect John Katko (R–Camillus) has announced the locations of his four district offices and additional members of his staff.

The Onondaga County district office is located in Suite 711 in The Galleries of Syracuse at 440 S. Warren St. in Syracuse. The office serving Cayuga County is at 71 Genesee St. in Auburn.

The office serving Oswego County is located in Oswego City Hall at 13 W. Oneida St. in Oswego.

The Wayne County district office is situated at the Wayne County Public Safety Building at 7376 State Route 31 in Lyons.

District offices in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties will have full-time staff, according to a news release from Katko’s office. The lawmaker will also hold regular, weekly office hours in the satellite offices in Wayne and Oswego counties.

Besides the district-office locations, Katko also announced additional members of his staff.

They include Zach Howell, who will serve as legislative director to help Katko “develop and implement” his legislative priorities, his office said. Howell previously served as a legislative assistant with U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis (R–Fla.). The University of Utah graduate also worked for lawmakers serving Arizona and Texas.

Katko also hired Timothy Wang as legislative assistant to advise him in his role on the House Committee on Homeland Security. Wang, who has also worked for lawmakers serving Arizona and Ohio, is a graduate of Texas Christian University, the release stated.

The Washington, D.C. staff also includes Jordan Lane, who will serve as executive assistant scheduling inquiries for both Katko’s Washington, D.C. and district offices. Lane, a graduate of The Master’s College in California, also worked for lawmakers serving California and Michigan.

Three additional staff members have ties to Central New York.

Katko hired Kevin Gannon as his staff assistant, joining the Washington, D.C. office after serving on the staff of U.S. Representative Tom Reed (N.Y.–23), who serves areas of New York’s Southern Tier. Gannon, a Syracuse native, is a recent graduate of Hobart College.

Christina Cornell, who most recently worked at the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce, will join Katko’s staff as a constituent-service representative in the Cayuga County district office. Cornell, a graduate of SUNY Cortland, previously worked in the office of New York State Assemblyman Gary Finch (R–Springport), according to the news release.

The staff also includes Theresa Robinson, who will work in the Syracuse office as a staff assistant. Robinson, a Baldwinsville native, graduated from Bryant and Stratton College, where she was trained as a paralegal. She also served as the volunteer coordinator for Katko during his campaign for Congress, the release stated.