New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly
New York State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
New session started	January 5, 2011
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Sheldon Silver, (D) since February 11, 1994
Speaker pro Tempore	Peter Rivera, (D) since March 5, 2010
Majority Leader	Ronald Canestrari, (D) since January 4, 2007
Minority Leader	Brian Kolb, (R) since April 6, 2009
Structure
Members	150
Political groups	Democratic Party (98) Republican Party (51) Independence Party (1)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, New York Constitution
Salary	$79,500/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (150 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2012 (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
State Assembly Chamber New York State Capitol Albany, New York
Website
New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.

The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.

Leadership of the assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the Majority Conference followed by confirmation of the full Assembly through the passage of an Assembly Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The minority leader is elected by party caucus. The majority leader of the Assembly is selected by, and serves at the pleasure of, the Speaker. The current Speaker is Democrat Sheldon Silver of the 64th Assembly District (New York City-Lower Manhattan). The Majority Leader is Ronald Canestrari of the 106th Assembly District (parts of Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga counties). The Minority Leader is Republican Brian Kolb of the 129th Assembly District (parts of Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga and Ontario counties and all of Seneca County).

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker	Sheldon Silver	Democratic	New York	64
Majority Leader	Ronald Canestrari	Democratic	Cohoes	106
Minority Leader	Brian Kolb	Republican	Canandaigua	129

Composition

The Assembly is dominated by the Democrats, who currently hold a 48-seat majority in the chamber. The Assembly's one-man, one-vote apportionment strongly favors the state's traditional Democratic strongholds of New York City (where the Democrats hold all but two seats), the urban areas of Western New York, and the Capital District. The Democrats have controlled the Assembly since 1975.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates Majority Conference)			Total
	Democratic	Independence	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	105	2	42	149	1
Begin[1]	98	1	50	149	1
February 16, 2011[2]			51	150	0
April 2011[3]	96			148	2
May 2011[4]	94			146	4
June 8, 2011[5]	93			145	5
June 30, 2011[6]	92			144	6
September 13, 2011[7]	98			150	0
Latest voting share	66%		34%

Members of the New York State Assembly

District	Member	Party	First elected	Residence
1	Daniel P. Losquadro	Rep	2010	Shoreham
2	Fred Thiele	Ind	1995	Sag Harbor
3	L. Dean Murray	Rep	2010	East Patchogue
4	Steven Englebright	Dem	1992	Setauket
5	Alfred C. Graf	Rep	2010	Holbrook
6	Philip Ramos	Dem	2002	Central Islip
7	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Rep	2002	Smithtown
8	Philip Boyle	Rep	2006	Bay Shore
9	Andrew Raia	Rep	2002	East Northport
10	James Conte	Rep	1988	Huntington Station
11	Robert Sweeney	Dem	1988	Lindenhurst
12	Joseph Saladino	Rep	2004	Massapequa
13	Charles Lavine	Dem	2004	Glen Cove
14	Brian F. Curran	Rep	2010	Lynbrook
15	Michael Montesano	Rep	2010	Glen Head
16	Michelle Schimel	Dem	2007	Great Neck
17	Thomas McKevitt	Rep	2006	East Meadow
18	Earlene Hooper	Dem	1988	Hempstead
19	David McDonough	Rep	2002	Merrick
20	Harvey Weisenberg	Dem	1989	Long Beach
21	Edward Ra	Rep	2010	Franklin Square
22	Grace Meng	Dem	2008	Flushing
23	Philip Goldfeder	Dem	2011	Far Rockaway
24	David Weprin	Dem	2010	Holliswood
25	Rory Lancman	Dem	2006	Hillcrest
26	Edward Braunstein	Dem	2010	Bayside
27	Michael Simanowitz	Dem	2011	Electchester
28	Andrew Hevesi	Dem	2005	Forest Hills
29	William Scarborough	Dem	1994	Jamaica
30	Margaret Markey	Dem	1998	Maspeth
31	Michele Titus	Dem	2002	Far Rockaway
32	Vivian Cook	Dem	1990	Jamaica
33	Barbara Clark	Dem	1986	Queens Village
34	Michael DenDekker	Dem	2008	East Elmhurst
35	Jeffrion Aubry	Dem	1992	Corona
36	Aravella Simotas	Dem	2010	Long Island City
37	Catherine Nolan	Dem	1984	Ridgewood
38	Michael G. Miller	Dem	2009	Glendale
39	Francisco Moya	Dem	2010	Corona
40	Inez Barron	Dem	2008	Brooklyn (East New York)
41	Helene Weinstein	Dem	1980	Brooklyn (Midwood, Sheepshead Bay)
42	Rhoda Jacobs	Dem	1978	Brooklyn (Midwood)
43	Karim Camara	Dem	2005	Brooklyn (Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens)
44	James F. Brennan	Dem	1984	Brooklyn (Kensington)
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Dem	2000	Brooklyn (Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay)
46	Alec Brook-Krasny	Dem	2006	Brooklyn (Coney Island, Fort Hamilton)
47	William Colton	Dem	1996	Brooklyn (Gravesend)
48	Dov Hikind	Dem	1982	Brooklyn (Borough Park)
49	Peter Abbate	Dem	1986	Brooklyn (Bensonhurst)
50	Joseph Lentol	Dem	1972	Brooklyn (Greenpoint, Williamsburg)
51	Felix Ortiz	Dem	1994	Brooklyn (Sunset Park)
52	Joan Millman	Dem	1997	Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope)
53	Vito Lopez	Dem	1984	Brooklyn (Bushwick, Williamsburg)
54	Rafael Espinal	Dem	2011	Brooklyn (Bushwick, East New York)
55	William Boyland, Jr.	Dem	2003	Brooklyn (Brownsville)
56	Annette Robinson	Dem	2002	Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
57	Hakeem Jeffries	Dem	2006	Brooklyn (Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights)
58	N. Nick Perry	Dem	1992	Brooklyn (Canarsie, East Flatbush)
59	Alan Maisel	Dem	2006	Brooklyn (Canarsie, Mill Basin)
60	Nicole Malliotakis	Rep	2010	Brooklyn (Bay Ridge)/Staten Island (New Dorp, South Beach)
61	Matthew Titone	Dem	2007	Staten Island (Port Richmond, Stapleton)
62	Louis Tobacco	Rep	2007	Staten Island (Great Kills, Tottenville)
63	Michael Cusick	Dem	2002	Staten Island (Emerson Hill, Willowbrook)
64	Sheldon Silver	Dem	1976	Manhattan (Lower East Side)
65	Micah Kellner	Dem	2007	Manhattan (Roosevelt Island, Upper East Side)
66	Deborah Glick	Dem	1990	Manhattan (SoHo, Greenwich Village)
67	Linda Rosenthal	Dem	2006	Manhattan (Upper West Side)
68	Robert J. Rodriguez	Dem	2010	Manhattan (East Harlem)
69	Daniel O'Donnell	Dem	2002	Manhattan (Morningside Heights, Upper West Side)
70	Keith L. T. Wright	Dem	1992	Manhattan (Harlem)
71	Herman D. Farrell	Dem	1974	Manhattan (Washington Heights)
72	Guillermo Linares	Dem	2010	Manhattan (Inwood, Washington Heights)
73	Dan Quart	Dem	2011	Manhattan (Midtown East, Upper East Side)
74	Brian Kavanagh	Dem	2006	Manhattan (East Village, Murray Hill)
75	Richard Gottfried	Dem	1970	Manhattan (Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen)
76	Peter Rivera	Dem	1992	The Bronx (Parkchester, West Farms)
77	Vanessa Gibson	Dem	2009	The Bronx (Highbridge, Morris Heights)
78	Jose Rivera	Dem	2000	The Bronx (Bedford Park, Fordham)
79	Eric Stevenson	Dem	2010	The Bronx (East Tremont, Morrisania)
80	Naomi Rivera	Dem	2004	The Bronx (Olinville, Pelham Parkway)
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Dem	1994	The Bronx (Riverdale, Woodlawn)
82	Michael Benedetto	Dem	2004	The Bronx (Baychester, City Island)
83	Carl Heastie	Dem	2000	The Bronx (Wakefield, Williamsbridge)
84	Carmen E. Arroyo	Dem	1994	The Bronx (Hunts Point, Mott Haven)
85	Marcos Crespo	Dem	2009	The Bronx (Morrisania, Soundview)
86	Nelson Castro	Dem	2008	The Bronx (Fordham, University Heights)
87	J. Gary Pretlow	Dem	1992	Mount Vernon
88	Amy Paulin	Dem	2000	Scarsdale
89	Robert Castelli	Rep	2010	Lewisboro
90	Sandy Galef	Dem	1992	Ossining
91	George Latimer	Dem	2004	Rye
92	Thomas Abinanti	Dem	2010	White Plains
93	Mike Spano	Dem	2006	Yonkers
94	Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr.	Dem	2007	New City
95	Ellen C. Jaffee	Dem	2006	Suffern
96	Nancy Calhoun	Rep	1990	Blooming Grove
97	Ann Rabbitt	Rep	2004	Greenwood Lake
98	Aileen Gunther	Dem	2003	Forestburgh
99	Steve Katz	Rep	2010	Mohegan Lake
100	Tom Kirwan	Rep	2010	Newburgh
101	Kevin Cahill	Dem	1998	Kingston
102	Joel Miller	Rep	1994	Poughkeepsie
103	Marcus Molinaro	Rep	2006	Red Hook
104	John McEneny	Dem	1992	Albany
105	George Amedore	Rep	2007	Rotterdam
106	Ronald Canestrari	Dem	1988	Cohoes
107	Clifford Crouch	Rep	1995	Guilford
108	Steven McLaughlin	Rep	2010	Melrose
109	Robert Reilly	Dem	2004	Colonie
110	James Tedisco	Rep	1982	Glenville
111	William Magee	Dem	1990	Nelson
112	Tony Jordan	Rep	2008	Jackson
113	Teresa Sayward	Rep	2002	Willsboro
114	Janet Duprey	Rep	2006	Peru
115	Claudia Tenney	Rep	2010	New Hartford
116	Anthony Brindisi	Dem	2011	Utica
117	Marc Butler	Rep	1995	Newport
118	Addie Jenne Russell	Dem	2008	Theresa
119	Sam Roberts	Dem	2010	Syracuse
120	William Magnarelli	Dem	1998	Syracuse
121	Donald R. Miller	Rep	2010	Liverpool
122	Kenneth Blankenbush	Rep	2010	Black River
123	Gary Finch	Rep	1999	Springport
124	William A. Barclay	Rep	2002	Pulaski
125	Barbara Lifton	Dem	2002	Ithaca
126	Donna Lupardo	Dem	2004	Endwell
127	Peter Lopez	Rep	2006	Schoharie
128	Robert Oaks	Rep	1992	Macedon
129	Brian Kolb	Rep	2000	Canandaigua
130	Sean T. Hanna	Rep	2010	Mendon
131	Harry B. Bronson	Dem	2010	Rochester
132	Joseph Morelle	Dem	1990	Irondequoit
133	David Gantt	Dem	1982	Rochester
134	Bill Reilich	Rep	2002	Greece
135	Mark C. Johns	Rep	2010	Webster
136	Philip Palmesano	Rep	2010	Corning
137	Christopher Friend	Rep	2010	Horseheads
138	John Ceretto	Rep	2010	Lewiston
139	Stephen Hawley	Rep	2006	Batavia
140	Robin Schimminger	Dem	1976	Kenmore
141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	Dem	2002	Buffalo
142	Jane Corwin	Rep	2008	Clarence
143	Dennis H. Gabryszak	Dem	2006	Cheektowaga
144	Sean Ryan	Dem	2011	Buffalo
145	Mark J.F. Schroeder	Dem	2004	Buffalo
146	Kevin Smardz	Rep	2010	Hamburg
147	Daniel Burling	Rep	1998	Warsaw
148	Raymond Walter	Rep	2011	East Amherst
149	Joseph Giglio	Rep	2005	Gowanda
150	Andrew Goodell	Rep	2010	Jamestown

Past notable members

Prominent past Assembly members include U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer; U.S. presidents Millard Fillmore and Theodore Roosevelt; U.S. vice presidents Aaron Burr and George Clinton; and New York governors George Pataki and Al Smith. Shirley Chisholm

See also

• New York State Capitol
• New York Legislature
• New York State Senate
• List of members of the New York State Assembly
• New York state elections, 2008
• 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis
• New York state elections, 2010

References

1. ^ 100th District race still undecided.
2. ^ Kolb Gains Seat, Loses Goatee
3. ^ Democrats Nettie Mayersohn and Darryl Towns (Districts 27, 54) retired and joined the Cuomo administration, respectively.
4. ^ Democrats Audrey Pheffer and RoAnn Destito (Districts 23, 116) became the County Clerk of Queens and joined the Cuomo administration, respectively.
5. ^ Democrat Jonathan Bing (District 73) resigned after an appointment by Gov. Cuomo. [1]
6. ^ Democrat Sam Hoyt (District 144) resigned after an appointment by Gov. Cuomo. [2]
7. ^ Democrats Phillip Goldfeder, Michael Simanowitz, Rafael Espinal, Dan Quart, Anthony Brindisi and Sean Ryan elected to succeed Pheffer, Mayersohn, Towns, Bing, Destito and Hoyt, respectively.

External links

• New York State Assembly