New York State Assembly on Gay Marriage

The New York State Assembly considered bills to instate and ban same-sex marriage in the 2005-2006 session, but didn't vote on them.

Of the Assembly's 150 members, 31 are on the record on this issue.

21 support same-sex marriage. 10 oppose same-sex marriage.

Members of the New York State Assembly

District	Representative	Party	First elected	Residence	Position on Same-Sex Marriage
1	Marc Alessi	Democrat	2005	Mastic
2	Fred Thiele	Republican	1995	Sag Harbor
3	Patricia Eddington	Democrat	2000	Medford
4	Steven Englebright	Democrat	1992	Setauket
5	Ginny Fields	Democrat	2004	Oakdale
6	Philip Ramos	Democrat	2002	Central Islip
7	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Republican	2002	Smithtown	Against (sponsor)
8	Philip Boyle	Republican	2006	Bay Shore
9	Andrew Raia	Republican	2002	East Northport
10	James Conte	Republican	1988	Huntington Station
11	Robert Sweeney	Democrat	1988	Lindenhurst
12	Joseph Saladino	Republican	2004	Massapequa
13	Charles Lavine	Democrat	2004	Glen Cove	For (sponsor)
14	Robert Barra	Republican	2000	Lynbrook	Against ("We don't let polygamy happen," he said Tuesday. "We don't let people marry animals. Where do you draw the line at for something like that?")
15	Robert Walker	Republican	2005	Hicksville
16	Thomas DiNapoli	Democrat	1986	Great Neck
17	Thomas McKevitt	Republican	2006	East Meadow
18	Earlene Hill Hooper	Democrat	1988	Hempstead
19	David McDonough	Republican	2002	Merrick
20	Harvey Weisenberg	Democrat	1989	Long Beach
21	Thomas Alfano	Republican	1996	North Valley Stream
22	Jimmy Meng RETIRING	Democrat	2004	Queens
23	Audrey Pheffer	Democrat	1987	Far Rockaway
24	Mark Weprin	Democrat	1994	Fresh Meadows	For
25	Brian McLaughlin RETIRING	Democrat	1992	Flushing
26	Ann-Margaret Carrozza	Democrat	1996	Bayside
27	Nettie Mayersohn	Democrat	1982	Flushing
28	Andrew Hevesi	Democrat	2005	Forest Hills	For (sponsor)
29	William Scarborough	Democrat	1994	Jamaica
30	Margaret Markey	Democrat	1998	Maspeth
31	Michele Titus	Democrat	2002	Far Rockaway
32	Vivian Cook	Democrat	1990	Jamaica
33	Barbara Clark	Democrat	1986	Queens Village
34	Ivan Lafayette	Democrat	1976	Jackson Heights	For (sponsor)
35	Jeffrion Aubry	Democrat	1992	Corona
36	Michael N. Gianaris	Democrat	2000	Astoria
37	Catherine Nolan	Democrat	1984	Ridgewood	For (sponsor)
38	Anthony Seminerio	Democrat	1978	Richmond Hill	Against (prime sponsor)
39	Jose Peralta	Democrat	2002	Jackson Heights
40	Diane Gordon	Democrat	2000	Brooklyn	Against (sponsor)
41	Helene Weinstein	Democrat	1980	Brooklyn
42	Rhoda Jacobs	Democrat	1978	Brooklyn
43	Karim Camara	Democrat	2005	Brooklyn
44	James F. Brennan	Democrat	1984	Brooklyn	For (sponsor)
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Democrat	2000	Brooklyn
46	Adele Cohen RETIRING	Democrat	1998	Brooklyn	For (sponsor)
47	William Colton	Democrat	1996	Brooklyn
48	Dov Hikind	Democrat	1982	Brooklyn
49	Peter Abbate	Democrat	1986	Brooklyn
50	Joseph Lentol	Democrat	1972	Brooklyn
51	Felix Ortiz	Democrat	1994	Brooklyn
52	Joan Millman	Democrat	1997	Brooklyn Heights	For (sponsor)
53	Vito Lopez	Democrat	1984	Brooklyn
54	Darryl Towns	Democrat	1992	Brooklyn	For (sponsor)
55	William Boyland, Jr.	Democrat	2003	Brooklyn
56	Annette Robinson	Democrat	2002	Brooklyn
57	Roger Green RUNNING FOR US HOUSE-10TH CD	Democrat	2004	Brooklyn
58	N. Nick Perry	Democrat	1992	Brooklyn
59	Alan Maisel	Democrat	2006	Brooklyn
60	Matthew Mirones RETIRING	Republican	2002	Staten Island
61	John Lavelle	Democrat	2000	Staten Island	For (sponsor)
62	Vincent Ignizio	Republican	2004	Annadale
63	Michael Cusick	Democrat	2002	Staten Island
64	Sheldon Silver	Democrat	1976	New York
65	Alexander Pete Grannis	Democrat	1974	New York	For (sponsor)
66	Deborah Glick	Democrat	1990	New York	For (sponsor)
67	Linda Rosenthal	Democrat	2006	New York	For (sponsor)
68	Adam Clayton Powell IV	Democrat	2000	New York
69	Daniel O'Donnell	Democrat	2002	New York	For (sponsor)
70	Keith L. T. Wright	Democrat	1992	New York	For (sponsor)
71	Herman D. Farrell	Democrat	1974	New York
72	Adriano Espaillat	Democrat	1996	New York
73	Jonathan Bing	Democrat	2002	New York	For (sponsor)
74	Sylvia Friedman	Democrat	2006	New York	For (sponsor)
75	Richard Gottfried	Democrat	1970	New York	For (prime sponsor)
76	Peter Rivera	Democrat	1992	Bronx
77	Aurelia Greene	Democrat	1982	Bronx
78	Jose Rivera	Democrat	2000	Bronx
79	Michael Benjamin	Democrat	2003	Bronx
80	Naomi Rivera	Democrat	2004	Bronx
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Democrat	1994	Bronx	For (sponsor)
82	Michael Benedetto	Democrat	2004	Bronx
83	Carl Heastie	Democrat	2000	Bronx
84	Carmen Arroyo	Democrat	1994	Bronx
85	Ruben Diaz, Jr.	Democrat	1996	Bronx
86	Luis Diaz	Democrat	2002	Bronx
87	J. Gary Pretlow	Democrat	1992	Mount Vernon
88	Amy Paulin	Democrat	2000	Scarsdale	For (sponsor)
89	Adam Bradley	Democrat	2002	White Plains
90	Sandra Galef	Democrat	1992	Ossining
91	George Latimer	Democrat	2004	Rye
92	Richard Brodsky	Democrat	1982	Greenburgh
93	Louis Mosiello	Republican	2004	Yonkers
94	Kenneth Zebrowski	Democrat	2004	New City
95	VACANT
96	Nancy Calhoun	Republican	1990	Blooming Grove	Against (sponsor)
97	Ann Rabbitt	Republican	2004	Greenwood Lake
98	Aileen Gunther	Democrat	2003	Forestburgh
99	Willis Stephens	Republican	1994	Brewster
100	Thomas Kirwan	Republican	1994	Newburgh
101	Kevin Cahill	Democrat	1998	Kingston
102	Joel Miller	Republican	1994	Poughkeepsie
103	Patrick R. Manning	Republican	1994	East Fishkill
104	John McEneny	Democrat	1992	Albany
105	Paul Tonko	Democrat	1983	Amsterdam
106	Ronald Canestrari	Democrat	1988	Cohoes	Against (statement to Jim de Seve)
107	Clifford Crouch	Republican	1995	Guilford
108	Pat Casale RETIRING	Republican	1992	Schaghticoke	Against (sponsor)
109	Robert Reilly	Democrat	2004	Colonie	Against (answer to question of Geri de Seve at Democracy for Hudson Mohawk region meeting 7/12/06 )
110	James Tedisco	Republican	1982	Schenectady
111	William Magee	Democrat	1990	Nelson
112	Roy McDonald	Republican	2002	Wilton
113	Teresa Sayward	Republican	2002	Willsboro
114	Chris Ortloff RETIRING	Republican	1986	Plattsburgh
115	David Townsend	Republican	1990	Kirkland	Against (sponsor)
116	RoAnn Destito	Democrat	1992	Rome
117	Marc Butler	Republican	1995	Newport	Against (sponsor)
118	Darrel Aubertine	Democrat	2002	Cape Vincent
119	Joan Christensen	Democrat	1990	Syracuse
120	William Magnarelli	Democrat	1998	Syracuse
121	Jeffrey Brown RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-49TH SD	Republican	2002	Manlius
122	Dierdre Scozzafava	Republican	1998	Gouverneur
123	Gary Finch	Republican	1999	Springport
124	William A. Barclay	Republican	2002	Pulaski
125	Barbara Lifton	Democrat	2002	Ithaca	Undecided ("Wouldn't be one to be an impediment of any sort to people making a legal commitment to each other.")
126	Donna Lupardo	Democrat	2004	Endwell
127	Daniel Hooker RETIRING	Republican	2002	Saugerties
128	Robert Oaks	Republican	1992	Macedon
129	Brian Kolb	Republican	2000	Canandaigua	Against (sponsor)
130	Joseph Errigo	Republican	2000	Conesus
131	Susan John	Democrat	1990	Rochester
132	Joseph Morelle	Democrat	1990	Irondequoit
133	David Gantt	Democrat	1982	Rochester
134	Bill Reilich	Republican	2002	Greece
135	David Koon	Democrat	1996	Perinton
136	James Bacalles	Republican	1995	Corning	Against (sponsor)
137	Tom O'Mara	Republican	2004	Horseheads
138	Francine DelMonte	Democrat	2000	Lewiston
139	Stephen Hawley	Republican	2006	Batavia
140	Robin Schimminger	Democrat	1976	Kenmore
141	Crystal Peoples	Democrat	2002	Buffalo
142	Michael Cole	Republican	2006	Alden
143	Paul Tokasz	Democrat	1988	Cheektowaga
144	Sam Hoyt	Democrat	1992	Buffalo	For (sponsor)
145	Mark Schroeder	Democrat	2004	Buffalo
146	Jack Quinn	Republican	2004	Hamburg
147	Daniel Burling	Republican	1998	Warsaw
148	James Hayes	Republican	1998	Amherst
149	Joseph Giglio	Republican	2005	Gowanda
150	William Parment	Democrat	1982	North Harmony