with the environmental criteria for ocean dumping under the MPRSA, in addition to the requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. After leaving Congress, he worked as a lobbyist and was a governmental and legislative consultant. He was defeated for re-election in 1980 by Gregory W. Carman Death and legacy Ambro died, from diabetes, in a hospital at Falls Church, Virginia, on March 4, 1993 (age 64 years, 250 days). He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. The East Northport, New York, post office building was renamed the Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post Office Building in 1998. The Town of Huntington named the Jerome Ambro Memorial Wetlands Preserve in honor of Ambro's conservation efforts. References Further reading Paterson, David "Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity."Skyhorse Publishing. New York, New York, 2020 External links 1928 births 1993 deaths New York University alumni Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia Politicians from Brooklyn Politicians from Suffolk County, New York Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century American politicians Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)