Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census,the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra;meaning the strait or thunder of waters.
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature,with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
Stephen Van Rensselaer III was an American landowner,businessman,militia officer,and politician. A graduate of Harvard College,at age 21,Van Rensselaer took control of Rensselaerswyck,his family's manor. He developed the land by encouraging tenants to settle it and granting them perpetual leases at moderate rates,which enabled the tenants to use more of their capital to make their farms and businesses productive.
Nathaniel Pitcher was an American lawyer and politician who served as the eighth governor of New York from February 11 to December 31,1828.
Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) prison island in the East River in the Bronx that contains New York City's largest jail.
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer,from the prominent Van Rensselaer family,was the lieutenant governor of New York and a member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing New York in the 1st United States Congress.
Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez is a Dominican-American politician. He is the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district and the first Dominican American and first formerly Undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. He previously served in the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.
Joseph Louis Bruno was an American businessman and Republican politician from upstate New York. Bruno served in the New York State Senate from 1977 to 2008 and was Senate Majority Leader from 1994 to 2008. Bruno was convicted of federal corruption charges in 2009,but his conviction was overturned on appeal and a subsequent retrial resulted in an acquittal.
William Anson Barclay is an American politician and attorney from the State of New York. A Republican,he has served in the New York State Assembly since 2003. In January 2020,Barclay was elected to the position of Assembly Minority Leader.
Thomas Taber II was an American farmer,businessman,and politician from New York. He was most notable for his service as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1826 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1828 to 1829.
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 County,Saratoga County and Schenectady County,as well as part of Rensselaer County.
Robert Hewson Pruyn was an American lawyer,militia general,diplomat,and politician from Albany,New York. He was most notable for his service as Speaker of the New York State Assembly,Adjutant General of New York,and United States Minister Resident to Japan.
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.
Robert J. Rodriguez is a Democratic politician serving as the Secretary of State of New York. He formerly was member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 68th Assembly District based in East Harlem.
John L. Lawrence was an American lawyer,diplomat,and politician from New York.
Kalief Browder was an African American youth from The Bronx,New York,who was held at the Rikers Island jail complex,without trial,between 2010 and 2013 for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables. During his imprisonment,Browder was kept in solitary confinement for 800 days.
Osborne Association is a non-governmental,multi-service,criminal justice reform,and direct service organization. Osborne runs programs for people who have been in conflict with the law and their families. It operates from community offices in Brooklyn,The Bronx,Buffalo,Manhattan,and Newburgh,New York,White Plains,New York,Troy,New York and inside more than forty New York State prisons and jails. They work with the families and communities of incarcerated individuals to try and redress harm done by the criminal justice system,whilst also working to reform the system by challenging racist policies and retributive justice.
Brian A. Benjamin is an American politician and businessman who was the 64th lieutenant governor of New York from September 2021 until his resignation on April 12,2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the 30th district in the New York State Senate from 2017 to 2021.
Louis DeWitt Gibbs was a Polish-born Jewish-American lawyer,politician,and judge from New York.
New York's 68th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Edward Gibbs following a special election in January 2022 to replace former Assembly member Robert J. Rodriguez upon his appointment as New York Secretary of State.
