[5] While serving in the Assembly, he introduced legislation that provided for the construction of the Triborough Bridge and the payment of a state bonus for veterans of World War I.
In 1921 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen as a representative of the Nineteenth District, defeating the first African-American Alderman in the City’s history, Dr. Charles Roberts.
He also held a patronage position as the New York City Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Plant and Structures.
Healy’s corruption scandals led to his resignation as Democratic leader of the 19th Assembly District in 1935,[3] though he attempted reelection in subsequent years.
He received extensive criticism in black newspapers at the time for his “color line” campaigns, failure to deliver patronage to the African American voters in the community, and his whites-only political club, the Cayuga Democratic Club.