Cablevision to offer tribute to DeCroce

Starting Sunday, June 17 and continuing through Saturday, June 23, Cablevision Optimum Local will broadcast a half-hour tribute to former

Starting Sunday, June 17 and continuing through Saturday, June 23, Cablevision Optimum Local will broadcast a half-hour tribute to former Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, who passed away on Jan. 9, 2012. The show will air at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. each day.

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The show will chronicle DeCroce’s career in politics as well as his personal life. 

DeCroce, 75, died suddenly, collapsing at the Statehouse shortly after the end of a marathon Assembly session. 

A mild-mannered leader, DeCroce was first elected to the Assembly in 1989 and served as deputy speaker from 1994 to 2001.

He also served as a Morris County freeholder from 1984 to 1989, serving for one year as freeholder director.

DeCroce was born in Morristown and lived in Parsippany-Troy Hills. He attended Seton Hall University and, aside from his legislative accomplishments, made his career as a Realtor at ERA Gallo & DeCroce.

Cablevision to offer tribute to DeCroce