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  1. ↑ "Senator Stephen M. Saland (NY)". Project Vote Smart.
  2. ↑ "7,500 seen voting in the 99th District". The Evening News. April 13, 1980.
  3. ↑ "Saland sworn, seeks school help". The Evening News. April 23, 1980.
  4. 1 2 "Board and Executive Staff - New York State Thruway".
  5. ↑ "Saland Gets A Primary Challenger". Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2012 New York State Senate Primary Election Results" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ Vielkind, Jimmy (December 13, 2012). "Officially, Steve Saland concedes to Gipson". Capitol Confidential.
  8. 1 2 "2012 New York State Senate General Election Results" (PDF). Elections.NY.gov. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  9. ↑ Gross, Hank (November 7, 2012). "DiCarlo plays spoiler in NY 41st Senate Race". www.wamc.org.
  10. ↑ Spector, Joseph (June 23, 2016). "Saland joins Thruway Authority board". Poughkeepsie Journal.
  11. ↑ Hoffman, Allison (June 17, 2011). "Jewish Lawmaker Key to N.Y. Marriage Bill: Scion of prominent rabbinic family has been lobbied by ultra-Orthodox". Tablet Magazine. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. But he is, according to people familiar with the Agudath campaign, directly related to Shmuel Salant, a prominent rabbi of the late 19th century who served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem until his death in 1909. The Agudath has, accordingly, sweetened its appeals with references to the lawmaker's family tree—and some enthusiastic supporters in Jerusalem are rumored to have gone so far as to have prayed at Salant's grave in hopes of his intercession in the matter.
  12. ↑ "Saland to vote 'yes' on gay marriage". Daily Freeman. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  13. ↑ Liu, Irene (December 2, 2009). "Gay marriage defeated". TimesUnion.com.
  14. ↑ Epstein, Reid J. (June 24, 2011). "New York gay marriage bill passes". Politico. After weeks of suspense, Stephen Saland, a Poughkeepsie Republican announced himself on the senate floor as the 32nd senator to back the legislation, tipping the balance in favor of it passing. Saland defined his vote as a matter of conscience: "I have defined doing the right thing as treating all persons with equality ... And that quality includes the definition of marriage. I fear that to do otherwise would fly in the face of my upbringing", Saland stated and was joined in announcing his newfound support for gay marriage on the senate floor by Mark Grisanti, a first-term Buffalo Republican who did not declare how he would vote until his floor speech Friday night.
  15. ↑ Gormley, Michael (June 23, 2011). "New York becomes sixth and largest state to legalize gay marriage". NBCNews.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ Jackson, Nicholas (June 24, 2011). "New York Legislature Legalizes Gay Marriage in 33-29 Vote". TheAtlantic.com.
  17. ↑ Confessore, Nicholas; Barbaro, Michael (June 25, 2011). "New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law". The New York Times.
Stephen M. Saland
Member of the New York State Senate
from the 41st district
In office
January 1, 1991 –December 31, 2012
New York State Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 99th district
1980–1982		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 97th district
1983–1990		Succeeded by
New York State Senate
Preceded by Member of the New York State Senate
from the 41st district
1991–2012		Succeeded by
Preceded by New York State Senate
Chairman of the Committee on Codes
2011–2012		Succeeded by

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