Diane Savino | |
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Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Mayor | Eric Adams |
Preceded by | Eric Ulrich |
Member of the New York State Senate from the 23rd district | |
In office January 1,2005 –December 31,2022 | |
Preceded by | Seymour P. Lachman |
Succeeded by | Jessica Scarcella-Spanton |
Personal details | |
Born | Queens,New York,U.S. | September 28,1963
Political party | Democratic |
Other political affiliations | Independent Democratic Conference (2011–2018) |
Education | St. John's University (BA) |
Signature | |
Website | Official website |
Diane J. Savino (born September 28,1963) is an American Democratic politician who represented the 23rd Senate District [1] in the New York State Senate,in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn,including Sunset Park,Bay Ridge,Bath Beach,Brighton Beach,and Coney Island. She currently serves as a senior advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. [2]
From January 2011 to April 2018,Savino was a founding member of the Independent Democratic Conference,a group of eight Democratic state senators who formed a separate conference and allied themselves with Senate Republicans. [3] [4] [5] Savino and her IDC colleagues rejoined the Senate Democratic Conference in April 2018. [6] [5] Savino was one of only two former members of the IDC that survived primary challenges in the 2018 New York Senate elections. [7]
Savino was born in Astoria,Queens and went on to graduate from Dominican Commercial High School. [8] She has a psychology degree from St. John's University as well as a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell. [9]
Prior to elected office,Savino began her career in public service as a caseworker for New York City's Administration for Children's Services, [10] providing direct assistance to abused and neglected children. She was an active member of her local labor union,the Social Service Employees Union,Local 371,DC 37 of AFSCME,and became the Vice President for Political Action &Legislative Affairs. [11]
In 2004,Savino was elected to represent the 23rd Senatorial District. She succeeded longtime Senator Seymour P. Lachman,who had retired.
On December 2,2009,Savino voted for same-sex marriage legislation,which failed to pass the Senate. [12] Her speech on same-sex marriage became popular on the Internet. [13] Subsequently,in 2011,the Marriage Equality Act passed the Senate and became law;Savino voted for this bill as well.
In 2011,Savino—together with Democratic Sens. Jeffrey D. Klein,David J. Valesky,and David Carlucci—formed the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC). The IDC caucused separately from the other State Senate Democrats;eventually,in December 2012,it entered into a power-sharing arrangement with Senate Republicans. When the Republican Conference won enough seats for outright control of the Senate in 2014,Savino and the rest of the IDC chose to remain aligned with them. [14]
As a member of the IDC,Savino was provided with a stipend,known as a "lulu",worth $13,500 per year that is designated by Legislative Law 5-1 for the Chair of the Senate Codes Committee. [15] Senate Republicans named her Vice Chair of that committee,reserving the chairmanship for a Republican;in order to provide the stipend to Savino,payroll officials falsified state documents. [16]
In 2014,medical marijuana was legalized in New York;Savino was the lead sponsor of that legislation. [17] Savino has also sponsored proposed legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide. [18]
Savino and her IDC colleagues rejoined the Senate Democratic Conference in April 2018. [6] [5] In the 2018 Democratic Primary,Savino defeated Jasmine Robinson,a legal secretary who had been endorsed by the progressive groups Citizen Action of New York [19] and Our Revolution,by a 67-21% margin. [20] [21] Savino was one of only two former IDC members (along with David Carlucci) to win their primary races. [22] In the 2018 general election,Savino defeated her Republican opponent,David Krainert,by a 69-28% margin. [23]
In early 2022,Savino stated that she supported the creation of a new congressional district in Brooklyn which consists of Asian-American voting residential majority. As of January 2023,the new New York State Senate district that she represented includes the neighborhood of Red Hook. Other sections of her district in Brooklyn were removed. [24]
Savino has announced that she will not be running for reelection to the state senate in 2022. [25]
In the 2018 general election,Savino defeated her Republican opponent,David Krainert,by a 69-28% margin.[23]
Election history | |||
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Office | Year | Election | Results |
New York State Senate District | 2004 | General | √Diane Savino (D) 63.03% Al Curtis(R) 36.97% |
2008 | General | √Diane Savino (D) 78.61% Richard Thomas(R) 21.39% | |
2012 | General | √Diane Savino (D) 76.96% Lisa Grey(R)23.04% | |
2018 | Primary Democratic | v Diane Savino (D) 67.4% Jasmine Robinson (D) 21.3% | |
2018 | General | V Diane Savino (D) 69.0% David Krainert(R) 28.0% |
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