The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature,while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York,its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate Majority Leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Kathleen Maura Rice is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before serving in Congress,Rice served as the Nassau County district attorney,and,before that,she served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia and as an assistant district attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office in New York City.
Sean Patrick Maloney is an American lawyer and politician who serves as the U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development since April 2024. He formerly served as the U.S. representative from New York's 18th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. The district includes Newburgh,Beacon,and Poughkeepsie. A member of the Democratic Party,Maloney ran for New York Attorney General in 2018,coming in third place to Letitia James in the primary.
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States,with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters,concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs,including Westchester County,Rockland County and Long Island's Nassau county,and in the cities of Buffalo,Rochester,Syracuse,Albany,and Ithaca.
On August 10,2006,23-year-old Christopher Porco was convicted of second-degree murder for the axe murder of his father,and second-degree attempted murder after a similarly brutal attack on his mother left her severely wounded and permanently disfigured. The attacks were committed on November 15,2004,at the home of Peter and Joan in Delmar,New York.
Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 20th congressional district since 2013. He represented the 21st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Tonko has been called a staunch progressive. After the 2020 redistricting cycle and effective for the 118th Congress,the 20th district will include all of Albany,Saratoga and Schenectady Counties as well as part of Rensselaer County.
Michael W. Cole was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly representing the 142nd Assembly District,covering portions of Erie and Niagara Counties,from 2006 to 2008. He served on the Assembly Committees for Tourism,Arts and Sports Development,Higher Education,Local Governments,and Government Operations. He was also the ranking member of the Ethics and Guidance Committee. He is an attorney in Alden,New York,where he lives with his family.
Neil Breslin is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate. A Democrat,he has represented a district based in the state capital,Albany,since 1997. He currently represents parts of Albany and Schenectady counties and all of Montgomery County,including the cities of Albany,Rotterdam,and Amsterdam.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 4,2008,to elect the 29 U.S. representatives from the State of New York,one from each of the state's 29 congressional districts. state of New York in the United States House of Representatives. New York has 29 seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election in which Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a wide margin.
On November 7,2006,New York,along with the rest of the country held elections for the United States House of Representatives. Democrats picked up 3 House seats,the 19th,the 20th,and the 24th.
Paul Clyne was the District Attorney of Albany County,New York from January 2001 through December 2004. A graduate of Albany Law School,he spent about 14 years as an assistant district attorney,before he was tapped by local politicians to replace the retiring District Attorney,Sol Greenberg. He was defeated for re-election by David Soares,first in the Democratic Party primary election in September 2004,and then in the general election in November 2004,in which he ran on an independent line. After a stint teaching at the New York Prosecutors Institute,he went into private practice as a criminal defense attorney in 2007,with an office in Albany,New York.
The Eliot Spitzer political surveillance controversy broke out on July 23,2007 when New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office admonished Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer's administration for ordering the State Police to create special records of Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City.
John "Jack" McEneny is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the New York State Assembly,representing about half of Albany County in the 104th Assembly District,from 1993 through 2012.
Kenneth Paul Zebrowski is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. In 2020,he was re-elected to represent the 96th district of New York,which includes the communities of Clarkstown,Haverstraw,and portions of the town of Ramapo. Prior to his election to the assembly,Zebrowski served in the Rockland County Legislature.
Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American politician and attorney who served as the 54th governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party,he was also the 63rd attorney general of New York from 1999 to 2006.
Pedro Espada Jr. is an American former politician. A Democrat,Espada served multiple nonconsecutive terms in the New York State Senate.
The 2012 New York state elections took place on November 6,2012. These elections included the 2012 presidential election,an election to one U.S. Senate seat,and elections to all 27 New York congressional seats,all 63 seats in the New York State Senate,and all 150 seats in the New York State Assembly.
The 2014 New York Attorney General election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Attorney General of New York. The incumbent Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman won reelection to a second term in office,defeating Republican John P. Cahill.
Patricia Fahy is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party,who currently represents parts of Albany County in the New York State Assembly,including most of western Albany. She was previously president of the Albany City Board of Education.
Elections are held every four years in the off-year immediately after United States presidential election years in Albany,New York,to elect the city's mayor.
