Paul, who served as White House Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton as well as 77th Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, died of cancer in 2001.
More than five thousand officers attended Payant's funeral and New York governor Hugh Carey officially vowed "a swift response".
Connor was appointed by Governors Nelson Rockefeller and Hugh Carey as Commander of the New York State Naval Militia with the rank of Rear Admiral NYNM.
Governor Hugh Carey had opposed efforts by his opponent in that year's gubernatorial election, State Assembly Minority Leader Perry Duryea, to have juveniles tried as adults for certain crimes.
Mariah Carey | Hugh Masekela | Drew Carey | Hugh Jackman | Hugh Grant | Hugh Laurie | The Drew Carey Show | Hugh Hefner | Hugh | Hugh O'Brian | Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster | Wayne Carey | Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland | Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland | George Carey | Peter Carey | Hugh Martin | Hugh Dennis | Peter Carey (novelist) | Hugh Walpole | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone | Hugh de Lacy | William Carey | St Hugh's College, Oxford | Hugh Wheeler | Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard | Hugh Trenchard | Hugh Pughe Lloyd | Hugh MacDiarmid | Hugh Lloyd |
Notable members through the years have included politician William Bourke Cockran, tenor John McCormack, New York Governor Hugh Carey, and performer/composer George M. Cohan.