Sylvia M. Friedman was a former New York State Assemblywoman. She was elected to fill an unexpired term on February 28,2006. Friedman was a long time community activist and a member of her local community board. Her main focus was on housing and homeless issues. She died on February 4,2013,at the age of 74.
Andrew D. Hevesi is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 28th Assembly District,which includes Forest Hills,Rego Park,Richmond Hill,Glendale,Kew Gardens,Ridgewood,and Middle Village.
Karim Camara is an American pastor and former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,where he represented the 43rd Assembly District which includes parts of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights,Lefferts Gardens and East Flatbush. He is the founding and senior pastor of the Abundant Life Church in Brooklyn and was previously the executive pastor of First Baptist Church of Crown Heights. He was also the New York State Faith Director for the then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
Maureen C. O'Connell is the County Clerk of Nassau County,New York,an adjunct faculty member of the Adelphi University School of Nursing,and a member of the School of Nursing Advisory Boards of Nassau Community College,Molloy College,and State University of New York at Farmingdale.
Patricia A. Eddington served from 2001 through 2009 in the New York State Assembly,representing District 3 which comprises Patchogue,Medford,Coram and Yaphank,among other neighboring communities within Suffolk County,New York. She stepped down from the Assembly after winning an election for Town Clerk of Brookhaven,New York in November 2009.
Thomas McKevitt is an American politician who represented District 17 in the New York Assembly from 2006 to 2017,which includes large portions of Nassau County,New York.
JoséRafael Peralta was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he last represented District 13 in the State Senate,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona,East Elmhurst,Elmhurst,Jackson Heights,and Woodside. He previously represented District 39 in the New York State Assembly,which is located in Queens,New York and includes Corona,Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. He was elected to the New York State Senate in a landslide on March 16,2010. Peralta was a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. He was re-elected in 2012,2014 and 2016,but was defeated in the 2018 Democratic primary.
Linda B. Rosenthal represents District 67 as a Democrat in the New York State Assembly,which includes parts of Manhattan's Upper West Side and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods.
Stephen M. Hawley is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly. He represents Assembly District 139,which comprises portions of Genesee,Monroe,Niagara,and Orleans counties.
Patricia L. Acampora was appointed as a commissioner of the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) on June 16,2005,by Gov. George Pataki,for a term ending on February 1,2009. In December 2006,Pataki named Acampora to chair the PSC,a position she held until January 2008,when Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed Garry A. Brown as chairman.
Craig M. Johnson is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the New York State Senate for the 7th district.
Matthew J. Titone is an American politician and lawyer from Staten Island,New York. A Democrat,he served as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 61st District,on Staten Island's North Shore from April 1,2007 to January 1,2019. Titone currently serves as a surrogate court judge of Richmond County.
Louis R. Tobacco is an American politician from New York. A Republican,he represented Staten Island's 62nd District as a Member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 through 2012.
Micah Z. Kellner is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly from the 76th district,which includes Manhattan's Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island. Kellner was elected to the Assembly in 2007 and served until 2014,when he did not stand for reelection. In September 2013,he lost the primary election for the Democratic nomination for the New York City Council seat for the 5th District to attorney Ben Kallos. During his Assembly tenure,Kellner was admonished twice by Sheldon Silver,then the Assembly Speaker,based on findings that he had engaged in sexual harassment.
Aileen M. Gunther is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 100th district.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan and the western part of Brooklyn since December 2017. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
George A. Amedore Jr. is an American homebuilder,businessman,and Republican politician. Amedore formerly represented the 46th district in the New York State Senate. The district encompasses all of Montgomery and Greene Counties and portions of Schenectady,Albany,and Ulster Counties.
Kenneth Paul Zebrowski is an American politician who serves 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.
Marcos A. Crespo is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 85th Assembly District,which includes the Soundview,Clason Point,Longwood,and Hunts Point sections of the South Bronx.
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.
In 2012, Schimel won with 61.22% of the vote and again in 2014 with over 60% of the vote. [1]
