197th New York State Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 62 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. David Paterson (D), until March 17, 2008 | ||||
Temporary President | Joseph Bruno (R), until June 24, 2008 Dean Skelos (R), from June 24, 2008 | ||||
Party control | Republican | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Sheldon Silver (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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The 197th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 2007, to December 31, 2008, during Eliot Spitzer's and the early part of David Paterson's governorship, in Albany.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Kenneth LaValle* | Republican | |
2nd | John J. Flanagan* | Republican | |
3rd | Caesar Trunzo* | Republican | |
4th | Owen H. Johnson* | Republican | |
5th | Carl L. Marcellino* | Republican | |
6th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | |
7th | Michael Balboni* | Republican | on January 1, 2007, appointed NYS Deputy Secretary for Public Safety [1] |
Craig M. Johnson | Democrat | on February 6, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [2] | |
8th | Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.* | Republican | |
9th | Dean Skelos* | Republican | Temporary President and Acting Lt. Gov. from June 24, 2008 |
10th | Shirley Huntley | Democrat | |
11th | Frank Padavan* | Republican | |
12th | George Onorato* | Democrat | |
13th | John Sabini* | Democrat | in June 2008, appointed NYS Racing Commissioner [3] |
14th | Malcolm Smith* | Democrat | |
15th | Serphin R. Maltese* | Cons./Rep. | |
16th | Toby Ann Stavisky* | Democrat | |
17th | Martin Malave Dilan* | Democrat | |
18th | Velmanette Montgomery* | Democrat | |
19th | John L. Sampson* | Democrat | |
20th | Eric Adams | Democrat | |
21st | Kevin Parker* | Democrat | |
22nd | Martin Golden* | Republican | |
23rd | Diane Savino* | Democrat | |
24th | Andrew Lanza | Republican | |
25th | Martin Connor* | Democrat | |
26th | Liz Krueger* | Democrat | |
27th | Carl Kruger* | Democrat | |
28th | José M. Serrano* | Democrat | |
29th | Thomas Duane* | Democrat | |
30th | Bill Perkins | Democrat | |
31st | Eric Schneiderman* | Democrat | |
32nd | Rubén Díaz Sr.* | Democrat | |
33rd | Efrain Gonzalez Jr.* | Democrat | |
34th | Jeffrey D. Klein* | Democrat | |
35th | Andrea Stewart-Cousins | Democrat | |
36th | Ruth Hassell-Thompson* | Democrat | |
37th | Suzi Oppenheimer* | Democrat | |
38th | Thomas P. Morahan* | Republican | |
39th | William J. Larkin Jr.* | Republican | |
40th | Vincent Leibell* | Republican | |
41st | Stephen M. Saland* | Republican | |
42nd | John Bonacic* | Republican | |
43rd | Joseph Bruno* | Republican | Temporary President until June 24, 2008; Acting Lt. Gov. from March 17 to June 24, 2008; resigned his seat on July 18, 2008 |
44th | Hugh T. Farley* | Republican | |
45th | Betty Little* | Republican | |
46th | Neil Breslin* | Democrat | |
47th | Joseph Griffo | Republican | |
48th | James W. Wright* | Republican | resigned effective December 31, 2007 |
Darrel Aubertine* | Democrat | on February 26, 2008, elected to fill vacancy [4] | |
49th | David J. Valesky* | Democrat | |
50th | John A. DeFrancisco* | Republican | |
51st | James L. Seward* | Republican | |
52nd | Thomas W. Libous* | Republican | |
53rd | George H. Winner Jr.* | Republican | |
54th | Michael F. Nozzolio* | Republican | |
55th | James S. Alesi* | Republican | |
56th | Joseph Robach* | Republican | |
57th | Catharine Young* | Republican | |
58th | William Stachowski* | Democrat | |
59th | Dale M. Volker* | Republican | |
60th | Antoine Thompson | Democrat | |
61st | Mary Lou Rath* | Republican | |
62nd | George D. Maziarz* | Republican | |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assembly member | Party | Notes |
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1st | Marc Alessi* | Democrat | |
2nd | Fred W. Thiele Jr.* | Republican | |
3rd | Patricia Eddington* | Democrat | |
4th | Steve Englebright* | Democrat | |
5th | Ginny Fields* | Democrat | |
6th | Philip Ramos* | Democrat | |
7th | Michael J. Fitzpatrick* | Republican | |
8th | Phil Boyle* | Republican | |
9th | Andrew Raia* | Republican | |
10th | James D. Conte* | Republican | |
11th | Robert K. Sweeney* | Democrat | |
12th | Joseph Saladino* | Republican | |
13th | Charles D. Lavine* | Democrat | |
14th | Robert Barra* | Republican | |
15th | Rob Walker* | Republican | |
16th | Thomas DiNapoli* | Democrat | on February 7, 2007, elected State Comptroller |
Michelle Schimel | Democrat | on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [5] | |
17th | Thomas McKevitt* | Republican | |
18th | Earlene Hill Hooper* | Democrat | |
19th | David McDonough* | Republican | |
20th | Harvey Weisenberg* | Democrat | |
21st | Thomas Alfano* | Republican | |
22nd | Ellen Young | Democrat | |
23rd | Audrey Pheffer* | Democrat | |
24th | Mark Weprin* | Democrat | |
25th | Rory Lancman | Democrat | |
26th | Ann-Margaret Carrozza* | Democrat | |
27th | Nettie Mayersohn* | Democrat | |
28th | Andrew Hevesi* | Democrat | |
29th | William Scarborough* | Democrat | |
30th | Margaret Markey* | Democrat | |
31st | Michele Titus* | Democrat | |
32nd | Vivian E. Cook* | Democrat | |
33rd | Barbara M. Clark* | Democrat | |
34th | Ivan C. Lafayette* | Democrat | |
35th | Jeffrion L. Aubry* | Democrat | |
36th | Michael Gianaris* | Democrat | |
37th | Catherine Nolan* | Democrat | |
38th | Anthony S. Seminerio* | Democrat | |
39th | Jose Peralta* | Democrat | |
40th | Diane Gordon* | Democrat | lost seat on April 8, 2008, upon conviction for bribery [6] |
41st | Helene Weinstein* | Democrat | |
42nd | Rhoda S. Jacobs* | Democrat | |
43rd | Karim Camara* | Democrat | |
44th | James F. Brennan* | Democrat | |
45th | Steven Cymbrowitz* | Democrat | |
46th | Alec Brook-Krasny | Democrat | |
47th | William Colton* | Democrat | |
48th | Dov Hikind* | Democrat | |
49th | Peter J. Abbate Jr.* | Democrat | |
50th | Joseph R. Lentol* | Democrat | |
51st | Félix W. Ortiz* | Democrat | |
52nd | Joan Millman* | Democrat | |
53rd | Vito J. Lopez* | Democrat | |
54th | Darryl C. Towns* | Democrat | |
55th | William Boyland Jr.* | Democrat | |
56th | Annette Robinson* | Democrat | |
57th | Hakeem Jeffries | Democrat | |
58th | N. Nick Perry* | Democrat | |
59th | Alan Maisel* | Democrat | |
60th | Janele Hyer-Spencer | Democrat | |
61st | John W. Lavelle* | Democrat | died on January 24, 2007 |
Matthew Titone | Democrat | on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [7] | |
62nd | Vincent M. Ignizio* | Republican | on February 20, 2007, elected to the New York City Council |
Louis Tobacco | Republican | on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [8] | |
63rd | Michael Cusick* | Democrat | |
64th | Sheldon Silver* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
65th | Pete Grannis* | Democrat | on April 1, 2007, confirmed as Commissioner of NYSDEC |
Micah Kellner | Democrat | on June 5, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [9] | |
66th | Deborah J. Glick* | Democrat | |
67th | Linda Rosenthal* | Democrat | |
68th | Adam Clayton Powell IV* | Democrat | |
69th | Daniel J. O'Donnell* | Democrat | |
70th | Keith L. T. Wright* | Democrat | |
71st | Herman D. Farrell Jr.* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means |
72nd | Adriano Espaillat* | Democrat | |
73rd | Jonathan Bing* | Democrat | |
74th | Brian P. Kavanagh | Democrat | |
75th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | |
76th | Peter M. Rivera* | Democrat | |
77th | Aurelia Greene* | Democrat | |
78th | Jose Rivera* | Democrat | |
79th | Michael Benjamin* | Democrat | |
80th | Naomi Rivera* | Democrat | |
81st | Jeffrey Dinowitz* | Democrat | |
82nd | Michael Benedetto* | Democrat | |
83rd | Carl Heastie* | Democrat | |
84th | Carmen E. Arroyo* | Democrat | |
85th | Rubén Díaz Jr.* | Democrat | |
86th | Luis Diaz* | Democrat | resigned in July 2008 |
87th | J. Gary Pretlow* | Democrat | |
88th | Amy Paulin* | Democrat | |
89th | Adam Bradley* | Democrat | |
90th | Sandy Galef* | Democrat | |
91st | George Latimer* | Democrat | |
92nd | Richard L. Brodsky* | Democrat | |
93rd | Mike Spano | Republican | |
Democrat | changed party affiliation in July 2007 [10] | ||
94th | Kenneth Zebrowski* | Democrat | died on March 18, 2007 |
Kenneth Zebrowski Jr. | Democrat | on May 1, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [11] | |
95th | Ellen Jaffee | Democrat | |
96th | Nancy Calhoun* | Republican | |
97th | Ann Rabbitt* | Republican | |
98th | Aileen Gunther* | Democrat | |
99th | Greg Ball | Republican | |
100th | Thomas J. Kirwan* | Republican | |
101st | Kevin A. Cahill* | Democrat | |
102nd | Joel M. Miller* | Republican | |
103rd | Marcus Molinaro | Republican | |
104th | John McEneny* | Democrat | |
105th | Paul Tonko* | Democrat | on June 15, 2007, confirmed to head NYSERDA [12] |
George A. Amedore Jr. | Republican | on July 21, 2007, elected to fill vacancy [13] | |
106th | Ronald Canestrari* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
107th | Clifford Crouch* | Republican | |
108th | Timothy P. Gordon | Ind./Dem. | |
109th | Robert Reilly* | Democrat | |
110th | Jim Tedisco* | Republican | Minority Leader |
111th | Bill Magee* | Democrat | |
112th | Roy J. McDonald* | Republican | |
113th | Teresa Sayward* | Republican | |
114th | Janet Duprey | Republican | |
115th | David R. Townsend Jr.* | Republican | |
116th | RoAnn Destito* | Democrat | |
117th | Marc W. Butler* | Republican | |
118th | Darrel Aubertine* | Democrat | on February 26, 2008, elected to the State Senate |
119th | Joan Christensen* | Democrat | |
120th | William Magnarelli* | Democrat | |
121st | Albert A. Stirpe Jr. | Democrat | |
122nd | Dede Scozzafava* | Republican | |
123rd | Gary Finch* | Republican | |
124th | William Barclay* | Republican | |
125th | Barbara Lifton* | Democrat | |
126th | Donna Lupardo* | Democrat | |
127th | Pete Lopez | Republican | |
128th | Bob Oaks* | Republican | |
129th | Brian Kolb* | Republican | |
130th | Joseph Errigo* | Republican | |
131st | Susan V. John* | Democrat | |
132nd | Joseph D. Morelle* | Democrat | |
133rd | David Gantt* | Democrat | |
134th | Bill Reilich* | Republican | |
135th | David Koon* | Democrat | |
136th | James Bacalles* | Republican | |
137th | Tom O'Mara* | Republican | |
138th | Francine DelMonte* | Democrat | |
139th | Stephen Hawley* | Republican | |
140th | Robin Schimminger* | Democrat | |
141st | Crystal Peoples* | Democrat | |
142nd | Michael W. Cole* | Republican | in May 2007, censured by the Assembly [14] |
143rd | Dennis Gabryszak | Democrat | |
144th | Sam Hoyt* | Democrat | |
145th | Mark J. F. Schroeder* | Democrat | |
146th | Jack Quinn III* | Republican | |
147th | Daniel Burling* | Republican | |
148th | James P. Hayes* | Republican | |
149th | Joseph Giglio* | Republican | |
150th | William L. Parment* | Democrat | |
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