Jimmy Kuang Zui Meng is a Chinese-Taiwanese American former politician,who served as a member of the New York State Assembly. A Democrat,Meng represented the 22nd Assembly District in Flushing,Queens from 2005 to 2006. He is the first Asian American to have served in the New York State Legislature. Meng pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2013.
David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 24 in Queens since 2010,when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes,such as a surcharge on millionaires,and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison,regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council,representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).
Alan George Hevesi was an American politician and convicted felon who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993,as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001,and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006. Hevesi was originally from Queens,New York City.
Anthony Chiappone is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly,where he represented the 31st Legislative District from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2008 until his resignation in 2010.
Neil M. Cohen is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2008 where he represented the 20th Legislative District. He had also served in the Assembly from the 21st District from 1990 to 1992.
Leonard Harvey Smith is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from January 8,2008 to January 10,2010,where he represented the 31st legislative district. He is the former Acting Mayor of Jersey City,New Jersey and previously served in the New Jersey Senate. He did not seek re-election in 2009.
Hiram Monserrate is an American politician and convicted felon from the State of New York. A Democrat,Monserrate represented New York's 13th State Senate District in Queens from January 1,2009 until February 9,2010,when he was expelled from office following a misdemeanor conviction for assaulting his then-girlfriend. He later served time in prison following a plea of guilty to federal corruption charges. Monserrate is also a former Marine,a former New York City police officer,and a former member of the New York City Council.
Carl Kruger is an American convicted felon and politician from New York. A Democrat from Brooklyn,he represented District 27 in the New York State Senate. Kruger was first elected to the State Senate in 1994 and later became Chair of the Senate Social Service Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. In December 2011,he resigned from the State Senate and pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. In 2012,Kruger was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Anthony S. Seminerio was an American politician from New York.
William Frank Boyland Jr. is an American convicted felon and former politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,Boyland represented District 55 (Brooklyn) in the New York State Assembly and was first elected in a 2003 special election. He forfeited his Assembly seat on March 6,2014 due to his conviction on federal felony charges related to extortion,bribery,and official corruption,and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Richard Robinson "Rob" Walker was the Chief Deputy County Executive of Nassau County,New York from January 2010 until January 2018. He was previously a Republican member of the New York State Assembly representing the 15th Assembly District,which includes parts of central Nassau County including Hicksville,Westbury and Syosset.
Alec Brook-Krasny is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly representing the 46th district. He was a member of the Democratic Party,and was elected on November 7,2006,to represent the 46th District,which covers the neighborhoods of Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Brighton Beach,Coney Island,Dyker Heights,and Seagate,in Brooklyn. He resigned on July 7,2015. Brook-Krasny was arrested on charges of felony healthcare fraud in 2017,but was not convicted.
Joseph D. Morelle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. A Democrat,he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 136th Assembly district,which includes eastern portions of the City of Rochester and the Monroe County suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton. Speaker Sheldon Silver appointed him as majority leader of the New York State Assembly in January 2013 and Morelle served as acting speaker in the Speaker's absence. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for New York's 25th congressional district in November 2018 following the death of longtime Representative Louise Slaughter.
Ronald Joseph Trucchio,also known as "Ronnie One Arm" is an American mobster who rose to the position of caporegime in the Gambino crime family of New York City.
Alberto Coutinho is a former American Democratic Party politician,who represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from May 1997 to January 1998 and again from January 8,2008,until his resignation on September 11,2013. He was eventually sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to theft and falsifying records,thus ending his career in New Jersey politics.
Alan Hochberg is an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Terrence (Terry) Goggin an American author,businessman,educator,and politician in the state of California. He was born in Los Angeles CA in 1941 to George T. Goggin,a successful Hollywood lawyer. and Mary Adelaide Hare,a writer and homemaker and personal assistant to California oil baron Edward L. Doheny. He served in the California State Assembly as a Democrat from 1974 to 1985. After leaving State government he attended to his business interests and the practice of law. After he was accused of defrauding investors in a chain of coffee shops,Goggin pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering in December 2019,and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison in February 2021.
Pamela Harris is a Democratic politician who was a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 46th Assembly District from 2015 to 2018,covering the neighborhoods of Bath Beach,Bay Ridge,Brighton Beach,Coney Island,Dyker Heights,and Seagate,in Brooklyn,until she resigned under a fraud indictment.
The 198th New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 7,2009,to December 31,2010,during the later part of David Paterson's governorship,in Albany.
The 201st New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 7,2015,to December 31,2016,during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship,in Albany.
