New York State Assembly

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The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal amount of districts, with each district having an average population of 127,000. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.

The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.

Contents 1 Leadership of the assembly 1.1 Leadership information 2 Current composition 2.1 Members of the New York State Assembly 2.2 Past notable members 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Leadership of the assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full Assembly through the passage of an Assembly Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The minority leader is elected by party caucus. The majority leader of the Assembly is selected by, and serves at the pleasure of, the Speaker.

The current Speaker is Democrat Sheldon Silver of the 64th Assembly District (New York City-Lower Manhattan). The Majority Leader is Ronald Canestrari of the 106th Assembly District (parts of Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga counties). The Minority Leader is Republican James Tedisco of the 110th Assembly District (Schenectady).

[edit] Leadership information

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker	Sheldon Silver	Democratic	New York	64
Majority Leader	Ronald Canestrari	Democratic	Cohoes	106
Minority Leader	James Tedisco	Republican	Schenectady	110

[edit] Current composition

Affiliation		Members
	New York State Democratic Committee	102
	New York Republican State Committee	42
	Independence Party of New York	1
	Working Families Party	1
	Vacant	4
Total		150
Majority		63[citation needed]

[edit] Members of the New York State Assembly

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District	Member	Party	First elected	Residence
1	Marc Alessi	Democratic	2005	Mastic
2	Fred Thiele	Republican	1995	Sag Harbor
3	Patricia Eddington	Working Families	2000	Medford
4	Steven Englebright	Democratic	1992	Setauket
5	Ginny Fields	Democratic	2004	Oakdale
6	Philip Ramos	Democratic	2002	Central Islip
7	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Republican	2002	Smithtown
8	Philip Boyle	Republican	2006	Bay Shore
9	Andrew Raia	Republican	2002	East Northport
10	James Conte	Republican	1988	Huntington Station
11	Robert Sweeney	Democratic	1988	Lindenhurst
12	Joseph Saladino	Republican	2004	Massapequa
13	Charles Lavine	Democratic	2004	Glen Cove
14	Robert Barra	Republican	2000	Lynbrook
15	Robert Walker	Republican	2005	Hicksville
16	Michelle Schimel	Democratic	2007	Great Neck
17	Thomas McKevitt	Republican	2006	East Meadow
18	Earlene Hill Hooper	Democratic	1988	Hempstead
19	David McDonough	Republican	2002	Merrick
20	Harvey Weisenberg	Democratic	1989	Long Beach
21	Thomas Alfano	Republican	1996	North Valley Stream
22	Ellen Young DEFEATED IN PRIMARY	Democratic	2006	Flushing
23	Audrey Pheffer	Democratic	1987	Far Rockaway
24	Mark Weprin	Democratic	1994	Fresh Meadows
25	Rory I. Lancman	Democratic	2006	Hillcrest
26	Ann-Margaret Carrozza	Democratic	1996	Bayside
27	Nettie Mayersohn	Democratic	1982	Kew Gardens Hills
28	Andrew Hevesi	Democratic	2005	Forest Hills
29	William Scarborough	Democratic	1994	Jamaica
30	Margaret Markey	Democratic	1998	Maspeth
31	Michele Titus	Democratic	2002	Far Rockaway
32	Vivian Cook	Democratic	1990	Jamaica
33	Barbara Clark	Democratic	1986	Queens Village
34	Vacant
35	Jeffrion Aubry	Democratic	1992	Corona
36	Michael N. Gianaris	Democratic	2000	Astoria
37	Catherine Nolan	Democratic	1984	Ridgewood
38	Anthony Seminerio	Democratic	1978	Richmond Hill
39	Jose Peralta	Democratic	2002	Jackson Heights
40	Vacant
41	Helene Weinstein	Democratic	1980	Brooklyn
42	Rhoda Jacobs	Democratic	1978	Brooklyn
43	Karim Camara	Democratic	2005	Brooklyn
44	James F. Brennan	Democratic	1984	Brooklyn
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Democratic	2000	Brooklyn
46	Alec Brook-Krasny	Democratic	2006	Brooklyn
47	William Colton	Democratic	1996	Brooklyn
48	Dov Hikind	Democratic	1982	Brooklyn
49	Peter Abbate	Democratic	1986	Brooklyn
50	Joseph Lentol	Democratic	1972	Brooklyn
51	Felix Ortiz	Democratic	1994	Brooklyn
52	Joan Millman	Democratic	1997	Brooklyn Heights
53	Vito Lopez	Democratic	1984	Brooklyn
54	Darryl Towns	Democratic	1992	Brooklyn
55	William Boyland, Jr.	Democratic	2003	Brooklyn
56	Annette Robinson	Democratic	2002	Brooklyn
57	Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	2006	Brooklyn
58	N. Nick Perry	Democratic	1992	Brooklyn
59	Alan Maisel	Democratic	2006	Brooklyn
60	Janele Hyer-Spencer	Democratic	2006	Staten Island
61	Matthew Titone	Democratic	2007	Staten Island
62	Lou Tobacco	Republican	2007	Staten Island
63	Michael Cusick	Democratic	2002	Staten Island
64	Sheldon Silver	Democratic	1976	New York
65	Micah Kellner	Democratic	2007	New York
66	Deborah Glick	Democratic	1990	New York
67	Linda Rosenthal	Democratic	2006	New York
68	Adam Clayton Powell IV	Democratic	2000	New York
69	Daniel O'Donnell	Democratic	2002	New York
70	Keith L. T. Wright	Democratic	1992	New York
71	Herman D. Farrell	Democratic	1974	New York
72	Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	1996	New York
73	Jonathan Bing	Democratic	2002	New York
74	Brian Kavanagh	Democratic	2006	New York
75	Richard Gottfried	Democratic	1970	New York
76	Peter Rivera	Democratic	1992	Bronx
77	Aurelia Greene	Democratic	1982	Bronx
78	Jose Rivera	Democratic	2000	Bronx
79	Michael Benjamin	Democratic	2003	Bronx
80	Naomi Rivera	Democratic	2004	Bronx
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Democratic	1994	Bronx
82	Michael Benedetto	Democratic	2004	Bronx
83	Carl Heastie	Democratic	2000	Bronx
84	Carmen E. Arroyo	Democratic	1994	Bronx
85	Ruben Diaz, Jr.	Democratic	1996	Bronx
86	Vacant
87	J. Gary Pretlow	Democratic	1992	Mount Vernon
88	Amy Paulin	Democratic	2000	Scarsdale
89	Adam Bradley	Democratic	2002	White Plains
90	Sandra Galef	Democratic	1992	Ossining
91	George Latimer	Democratic	2004	Rye
92	Richard Brodsky	Democratic	1982	Greenburgh
93	Mike Spano	Democratic	2006	Yonkers
94	Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr.	Democratic	2007	New City
95	Ellen C. Jaffee	Democratic	2006	Suffern
96	Nancy Calhoun	Republican	1990	Blooming Grove
97	Ann Rabbitt	Republican	2004	Greenwood Lake
98	Aileen Gunther	Democratic	2003	Forestburgh
99	Greg Ball	Republican	2006	Carmel
100	Thomas Kirwan	Republican	1994	Newburgh
101	Kevin Cahill	Democratic	1998	Kingston
102	Joel Miller	Republican	1994	Poughkeepsie
103	Marcus Molinaro	Republican	2006	East Fishkill
104	John McEneny	Democratic	1992	Albany
105	George Amedore	Republican	2007	Amsterdam
106	Ronald Canestrari	Democratic	1988	Cohoes
107	Clifford Crouch	Republican	1995	Guilford
108	Timothy P. Gordon	Independence Party	2006	Delmar
109	Robert Reilly	Democratic	2004	Colonie
110	James Tedisco	Republican	1982	Schenectady
111	William Magee	Democratic	1990	Nelson
112	Roy McDonald (z)	Republican	2002	Saratoga
113	Teresa Sayward	Republican	2002	Willsboro
114	Janet Duprey	Republican	2006	Plattsburgh
115	David Townsend	Republican	1990	Kirkland
116	RoAnn Destito	Democratic	1992	Rome
117	Marc Butler	Republican	1995	Newport
118	Vacant
119	Joan Christensen	Democratic	1990	Syracuse
120	William Magnarelli	Democratic	1998	Syracuse
121	Albert A. Stirpe, Jr.	Democratic	2006	North Syracuse
122	Dierdre Scozzafava	Republican	1998	Gouverneur
123	Gary Finch	Republican	1999	Springport
124	William A. Barclay	Republican	2002	Pulaski
125	Barbara Lifton	Democratic	2002	Ithaca
126	Donna Lupardo	Democratic	2004	Endwell
127	Peter Lopez	Republican	2006	Schoharie
128	Robert Oaks	Republican	1992	Macedon
129	Brian Kolb	Republican	2000	Canandaigua
130	Joseph Errigo	Republican	2000	Conesus
131	Susan John	Democratic	1990	Rochester
132	Joseph Morelle	Democratic	1990	Irondequoit
133	David Gantt	Democratic	1982	Rochester
134	Bill Reilich	Republican	2002	Greece
135	David Koon	Democratic	1996	Perinton
136	James Bacalles	Republican	1995	Corning
137	Tom O'Mara	Republican	2004	Horseheads
138	Francine DelMonte	Democratic	2000	Lewiston
139	Stephen Hawley	Republican	2006	Batavia
140	Robin Schimminger	Democratic	1976	Kenmore
141	Crystal Peoples	Democratic	2002	Buffalo
142	Mike Cole DEFEATED IN PRIMARY	Republican	2006	Alden
143	Dennis H. Gabryszak	Democratic	2006	Cheektowaga
144	Sam Hoyt	Democratic	1992	Buffalo
145	Mark J. F. Schroeder	Democratic	2004	Buffalo
146	Jack Quinn III	Republican	2004	Hamburg
147	Daniel Burling	Republican	1998	Warsaw
148	James Hayes	Republican	1998	Amherst
149	Joseph Giglio	Republican	2005	Gowanda
150	William Parment	Democratic	1982	North Harmony

(z) Running for State Senate

[edit] Past notable members

Prominent members of the Assembly in the past include U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Millard Fillmore, Al Smith, Thomas V. Welch, Frederick W. Seward and Theodore Roosevelt.

[edit] See also

• New York State Capitol
• New York Legislature
• New York State Senate
• List of members of the New York State Assembly
• New York state elections, 2008

[edit] External links

• New York State Assembly

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