He was born on April 16, 1947, in
New York City. He attended
Brooklyn Technical High School and
Manhattan Community College. He graduated
Bachelor of Arts in political science from the
City College of New York in 1968; and
Juris Doctor from
New York Law School in 1972. He entered politics as a
Democrat, and was an aide to City Council President
Paul O'Dwyer. Del Toro was a member of the
New York State Assembly (129th D.) from 1975 until his death in 1994, sitting in the
181st,
182nd,
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th,
188th,
189th and
190th New York State Legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on Education from 1991 to 1994. In 1985, he ran in the Democratic primary for
President of the New York City Council, but was defeated by
Andrew Stein, coming in fourth among six candidates. Del Toro had been suffering from
kidney disease for more than fifteen years, and suffered two
heart attacks in December 1994. On December 30, 1994, he went to his
dialysis at
Beth Israel Medical Center in
Manhattan, and died during the procedure after another heart attack. He never married. ==Legacy==