New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly
New York State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 9, 2013
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Sheldon Silver, (D) Since February 11, 1994
Speaker pro Tempore	Jeffrion Aubry, (D) Since January 9, 2013
Majority Leader	Joseph Morelle, (D) Since January 9, 2013
Minority Leader	Brian Kolb, (R) Since April 6, 2010
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Democratic Party (104) Republican Party (42) Independent Party (1) Vacant (3)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, New York Constitution
Salary	$79,500/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 6, 2012 (150 seats)
Next election	November 4, 2014 (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
State Assembly Chamber New York State Capitol Albany, New York
Website
New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.

The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.

Leadership of the assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the Majority Conference 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 65th Assembly District (New York City-Lower Manhattan). The Majority Leader is Joseph Morelle of the 136th Assembly District (part of Monroe). The Minority Leader is Republican Brian Kolb of the 131st Assembly District (parts of Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga and Ontario counties and all of Seneca County).

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker	Sheldon Silver	Democratic	New York	65
Majority Leader	Joseph Morelle	Democratic	Irondequoit	136
Minority Leader	Brian Kolb	Republican	Canandaigua	131

Composition

The Assembly is dominated by the Democrats, who currently hold a 65-seat supermajority in the chamber. This is due to the recent dominance of Democrats in the state's electorate, as well as the fact the Assembly's apportionment strongly favors the state's traditional Democratic strongholds of New York City (where the Democrats hold all but two seats), the urban areas of Western New York, and the Capital District. The Democrats have controlled the Assembly since 1975.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates Majority Conference)			Total
	Democratic	Independence	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	99	1	49	149	1
Begin 2013 session	106	1	43	150	0
March 12, 2013			42	149	1
April 4, 2013	105			148	2
May 17, 2013	104			147	3
Latest voting share	71.4%		28.6%

Members of the New York State Assembly

District	Member	Party	First elected	Residence
1	Fred Thiele	Ind	1995†	Southampton, East Hampton
2	Vacant
3	Edward Hennessey	Dem	2012	Medford
4	Steven Englebright	Dem	1992†	Setauket
5	Al Graf	Rep	2010	Holbrook
6	Philip Ramos	Dem	2002	Central Islip
7	Andrew R. Garbarino	Rep	2012	Sayville
8	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Rep	2002	Smithtown
9	Joseph Saladino	Rep	2004†	Massapequa
10	Chad A. Lupinacci	Rep	2012	Huntington Station
11	Robert Sweeney	Dem	1988†	Lindenhurst
12	Andrew Raia	Rep	2002	East Northport
13	Charles Lavine	Dem	2004	Glen Cove
14	David McDonough	Rep	2002†	Merrick
15	Michael Montesano	Rep	2010†	Glen Head
16	Michelle Schimel	Dem	2007†	Great Neck
17	Thomas McKevitt	Rep	2006†	East Meadow
18	Earlene Hooper	Dem	1988†	Hempstead
19	Ed Ra	Rep	2010	Franklin Square
20	Harvey Weisenberg	Dem	1989†	Long Beach
21	Brian F. Curran	Rep	2010	Lynbrook
22	Michaelle C. Solages	Dem	2012	Elmont
23	Phillip Goldfeder	Dem	2011†	Far Rockaway
24	David Weprin	Dem	2010†	Holliswood
25	Nily Rozic	Dem	2012	Hillcrest
26	Edward Braunstein	Dem	2010	Bayside
27	Michael Simanowitz	Dem	2011†	Electchester
28	Andrew Hevesi	Dem	2005†	Forest Hills
29	William Scarborough	Dem	1994	Jamaica
30	Margaret Markey	Dem	1998	Maspeth
31	Michele Titus	Dem	2002†	Far Rockaway
32	Vivian Cook	Dem	1990	Jamaica
33	Barbara Clark	Dem	1986	Queens Village
34	Michael DenDekker	Dem	2008	East Elmhurst
35	Jeffrion Aubry	Dem	1992†	Corona
36	Aravella Simotas	Dem	2010	Long Island City
37	Catherine Nolan	Dem	1984	Ridgewood
38	Michael G. Miller	Dem	2009†	Glendale
39	Francisco Moya	Dem	2010	Corona
40	Ron Kim	Dem	2012	Flushing
41	Helene Weinstein	Dem	1980	Brooklyn (Midwood, Sheepshead Bay)
42	Rhoda Jacobs	Dem	1978	Brooklyn (Midwood)
43	Karim Camara	Dem	2005†	Brooklyn (Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens)
44	James F. Brennan	Dem	1984	Brooklyn (Kensington)
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Dem	2000	Brooklyn (Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay)
46	Alec Brook-Krasny	Dem	2006	Brooklyn (Coney Island, Fort Hamilton)
47	William Colton	Dem	1996	Brooklyn (Gravesend)
48	Dov Hikind	Dem	1982	Brooklyn (Borough Park)
49	Peter Abbate	Dem	1986	Brooklyn (Bensonhurst)
50	Joseph Lentol	Dem	1972	Brooklyn (Greenpoint, Williamsburg)
51	Félix Ortiz	Dem	1994	Brooklyn (Sunset Park)
52	Joan Millman	Dem	1997†	Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope)
53	Vacant
54	Rafael Espinal	Dem	2011†	Brooklyn (Bushwick, East New York)
55	William Boyland, Jr.	Dem	2003†	Brooklyn (Brownsville)
56	Annette Robinson	Dem	2002†	Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
57	Walter T. Mosley	Dem	2012	Brooklyn (Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights)
58	N. Nick Perry	Dem	1992	Brooklyn (Canarsie, East Flatbush)
59	Alan Maisel	Dem	2006	Brooklyn (Canarsie, Mill Basin)
60	Inez Barron	Dem	2008	Brooklyn (East New York)
61	Matthew Titone	Dem	2007†	Staten Island (West Brighton)
62	Joseph Borelli	Rep	2012	Staten Island (Annadale)
63	Michael Cusick	Dem	2002	Staten Island (Silver Lake)
64	Nicole Malliotakis	Rep	2010	Staten Island (Rosebank)
65	Sheldon Silver	Dem	1976	Manhattan (Lower East Side)
66	Deborah Glick	Dem	1990	Manhattan (SoHo, Greenwich Village)
67	Linda Rosenthal	Dem	2006†	Manhattan (Upper West Side)
68	Robert J. Rodriguez	Dem	2010	Manhattan (East Harlem)
69	Daniel O'Donnell	Dem	2002	Manhattan (Morningside Heights, Upper West Side)
70	Keith L. T. Wright	Dem	1992	Manhattan (Harlem)
71	Herman D. Farrell	Dem	1974	Manhattan (Washington Heights)
72	Gabriela Rosa	Dem	2012	Manhattan (Inwood, Washington Heights)
73	Dan Quart	Dem	2011†	Manhattan (Midtown East, Upper East Side)
74	Brian Kavanagh	Dem	2006	Manhattan (East Village, Murray Hill)
75	Richard Gottfried	Dem	1970	Manhattan (Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen)
76	Micah Kellner	Dem	2007†	Manhattan (Roosevelt Island, Upper East Side)
77	Vanessa Gibson	Dem	2009†	The Bronx (Highbridge, Morris Heights)
78	Jose Rivera	Dem	2000	The Bronx (Bedford Park, Fordham)
79	Eric Stevenson	Dem	2010	The Bronx (East Tremont, Morrisania)
80	Mark Gjonaj	Dem	2012	The Bronx (Olinville, Pelham Parkway)
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Dem	1994†	The Bronx (Riverdale, Woodlawn)
82	Michael Benedetto	Dem	2004	The Bronx (Baychester, City Island)
83	Carl Heastie	Dem	2000	The Bronx (Wakefield, Williamsbridge)
84	Carmen E. Arroyo	Dem	1994†	The Bronx (Hunts Point, Mott Haven)
85	Marcos Crespo	Dem	2009†	The Bronx (Morrisania, Soundview)
86	Vacant
87	Luis R. Sepúlveda	Dem	2012	The Bronx (Parkchester, West Farms)
88	Amy Paulin	Dem	2000	Scarsdale
89	J. Gary Pretlow	Dem	1992	Mount Vernon
90	Shelley Mayer	Dem	2012†	Yonkers
91	Steven Otis	Dem	2012	Rye
92	Tom Abinanti	Dem	2010	Greenburgh
93	David Buchwald	Dem	2012	White Plains
94	Steve Katz	Rep	2010	Mohegan Lake
95	Sandy Galef	Dem	1992	Ossining
96	Kenneth Zebrowski, Jr.	Dem	2007†	New City
97	Ellen Jaffee	Dem	2006	Suffern
98	Ann Rabbitt	Rep	2004	Greenwood Lake
99	James Skoufis	Dem	2012	Woodbury, Orange County
100	Aileen Gunther	Dem	2003†	Forestburgh
101	Claudia Tenney	Rep	2010	New Hartford
102	Peter Lopez	Rep	2006	Schoharie
103	Kevin Cahill	Dem	1998	Kingston
104	Frank Skartados	Dem	2012†	Milton
105	Kieran Lalor	Rep	2012	Fishkill
106	Didi Barrett	Dem	2012†	Hudson
107	Steven McLaughlin	Rep	2010	Melrose
108	John T. McDonald, III	Dem	2012	Cohoes
109	Patricia Fahy	Dem	2012	Albany
110	Phil Steck	Dem	2012	Loudonville
111	Angelo Santabarbara	Dem	2012	Rotterdam
112	Jim Tedisco	Rep	1982	Glenville
113	Tony Jordan	Rep	2008	Jackson
114	Dan Stec	Rep	2012	Queensbury
115	Janet Duprey	Rep	2006	Peru
116	Addie Jenne Russell	Dem	2008	Theresa
117	Ken Blankenbush	Rep	2010	Black River
118	Marc Butler	Rep	1995†	Newport
119	Anthony Brindisi	Dem	2011†	Utica
120	William A. Barclay	Rep	2002	Pulaski
121	William Magee	Dem	1990	Nelson
122	Clifford Crouch	Rep	1995†	Guilford
123	Donna Lupardo	Dem	2004	Endwell
124	Christopher Friend	Rep	2010	Horseheads
125	Barbara Lifton	Dem	2002	Ithaca
126	Gary Finch	Rep	1999†	Springport
127	Al Stirpe	Dem	2012	North Syracuse
128	Sam Roberts	Dem	2010	Syracuse
129	William Magnarelli	Dem	1998	Syracuse
130	Robert Oaks	Rep	1992	Macedon
131	Brian Kolb	Rep	2000†	Canandaigua
132	Philip Palmesano	Rep	2010	Corning
133	Bill Nojay	Rep	2012	Pittsford
134	Bill Reilich	Rep	2002	Greece
135	Mark C. Johns	Rep	2010	Webster
136	Joseph Morelle	Dem	1990	Irondequoit
137	David Gantt	Dem	1982	Rochester
138	Harry Bronson	Dem	2010	Rochester
139	Stephen Hawley	Rep	2006†	Batavia
140	Robin Schimminger	Dem	1976	Kenmore
141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	Dem	2002	Buffalo
142	Mickey Kearns	Dem‡	2012†	Buffalo
143	Dennis H. Gabryszak	Dem	2006	Cheektowaga
144	Jane Corwin	Rep	2008	Clarence
145	John Ceretto	Rep	2010	Lewiston
146	Raymond Walter	Rep	2011†	East Amherst
147	David DiPietro	Rep	2012	East Aurora
148	Joseph Giglio	Rep	2005†	Gowanda
149	Sean Ryan	Dem	2011†	Buffalo
150	Andy Goodell	Rep	2010	Jamestown

• †Elected in a special election
• ‡Although elected on the Republican line, Kearns is a registered Democrat, but resigned from the Democratic caucus on May 20th, 2013.

Past notable members

Prominent past Assembly members include U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer; U.S. presidents Millard Fillmore and Theodore Roosevelt; U.S. vice presidents Aaron Burr and George Clinton; and New York governors George Pataki and Al Smith.

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
• 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis
• New York state elections, 2010

External links

• New York State Assembly