John A. DeFrancisco (born October 16, 1946) is an attorney and Republican politician who formerly represented District 50 in the New York State Senate from 1993 to 2018.
Senate District 50 comprised Skaneateles, Pompey, Van Buren, most of Onondaga County, and a western half of Syracuse, among other communities located in Upstate New York.
"[10] A former Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee[11] and the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. DeFrancisco "authored the legislation that led to the implementation of the Amber Alert system"[12] and secured state funding for a "cord blood bank [in Syracuse] that will transform medical waste into life-saving treatments.
[9] During initial review of the I-81 Viaduct Project in 2016, DeFrancisco was critical of the community grid, arguing that it would not be pedestrian-friendly and would end up like Erie Boulevard.
[11] DeFrancisco plays the saxophone;[24] according to Russ Tarby of Syracuse New Times, he "blows a mean sax on Night Train.