193rd New York State Legislature
The 193rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6, 1999, to December 31, 2000, during the fifth and sixth years of George Pataki's governorship, in Albany.
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2000 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 61 | ||||
President | Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue (R) | ||||
Temporary President | Joseph Bruno (R) | ||||
Party control | Republican (35-26) | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 150 | ||||
Speaker | Sheldon Silver (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic (98-52) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow the One man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1992 by the Legislature, 61 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned contiguously without restrictions regarding county boundaries.
Elections
The New York state election, 1998, was held on November 3.[1]
Sessions
The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 222md) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1999; and recessed indefinitely on
Sheldon Silver (Dem.) was re-elected Speaker of the Assembly.
Joseph Bruno (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the Senate.
The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 223rd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 2000; and recessed indefinitely on
State Senate
Senators
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. John Bonacic and Patricia McGee changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1st | Kenneth LaValle* | Republican | |
2nd | James J. Lack* | Republican | |
3rd | Caesar Trunzo* | Republican | |
4th | Owen H. Johnson* | Republican | |
5th | Carl L. Marcellino* | Republican | |
6th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | |
7th | Michael Balboni* | Republican | |
8th | Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.* | Republican | |
9th | Dean Skelos* | Republican | |
10th | Alton R. Waldon Jr.* | Democrat | in December 1999 appointed to the Court of Claims;[2][3] |
Malcolm Smith | Democrat | on March 28, 2000, elected to fill vacancy | |
11th | Frank Padavan* | Republican | |
12th | Ada L. Smith* | Democrat | |
13th | Daniel Hevesi | Democrat | |
14th | George Onorato* | Democrat | |
15th | Serphin R. Maltese* | Cons./Rep. | |
16th | Leonard P. Stavisky* | Democrat | died on June 19, 1999[4] |
Toby Ann Stavisky | Democrat | on November 2, 1999, elected to fill vacancy[5] | |
17th | Nellie R. Santiago* | Democrat | |
18th | Velmanette Montgomery* | Democrat | |
19th | John L. Sampson* | Democrat | |
20th | Marty Markowitz* | Democrat | |
21st | Carl Kruger* | Democrat | |
22nd | Seymour P. Lachman* | Democrat | |
23rd | Vincent J. Gentile* | Democrat | |
24th | John J. Marchi* | Republican | |
25th | Martin Connor* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
26th | Roy M. Goodman* | Republican | |
27th | Thomas Duane | Democrat | |
28th | Olga A. Méndez* | Democrat | |
29th | David Paterson* | Democrat | |
30th | Eric Schneiderman | Democrat | |
31st | Efrain Gonzalez Jr.* | Democrat | |
32nd | David Rosado* | Democrat | |
33rd | Larry Seabrook* | Democrat | |
34th | Guy J. Velella* | Republican | |
35th | Nicholas A. Spano* | Republican | |
36th | Suzi Oppenheimer* | Democrat | |
37th | Vincent Leibell* | Republican | |
38th | Joseph R. Holland* | Republican | in April 1999 appointed Social Services Commissioner of Rockland Co.[6] |
Thomas P. Morahan | Republican | on May 25, 1999, elected to fill vacancy[7][8] | |
39th | William J. Larkin, Jr.* | Republican | |
40th | John Bonacic* | Republican | |
41st | Stephen M. Saland* | Republican | |
42nd | Neil Breslin* | Democrat | |
43rd | Joseph Bruno* | Republican | re-elected Temporary President |
44th | Hugh T. Farley* | Republican | |
45th | Ronald B. Stafford* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
46th | James W. Wright* | Republican | |
47th | Raymond A. Meier* | Republican | |
48th | Nancy Larraine Hoffmann* | Democrat | |
49th | John A. DeFrancisco* | Republican | |
50th | James L. Seward* | Republican | |
51st | Thomas W. Libous* | Republican | |
52nd | Randy Kuhl* | Republican | |
53rd | Michael F. Nozzolio* | Republican | |
54th | Richard A. Dollinger* | Democrat | |
55th | James S. Alesi* | Republican | |
56th | Patricia McGee* | Republican | |
57th | Anthony Nanula* | Democrat | on November 2, 1999, elected Buffalo City Comptroller[9] |
Alfred Coppola | Democrat | in March 2000, elected to fill vacancy | |
58th | William Stachowski* | Democrat | |
59th | Dale M. Volker* | Republican | |
60th | Mary Lou Rath* | Republican | |
61st | George D. Maziarz* | Republican | |
Employees
- Secretary:
State Assembly
Assembly members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
District | Assembly member | Party | Notes |
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1st | Patricia Acampora* | Republican | |
2nd | Fred W. Thiele, Jr.* | Republican | |
3rd | Debra J. Mazzarelli* | Democrat | |
4th | Steve Englebright* | Democrat | |
5th | Paul E. Harenberg* | Democrat | |
6th | Robert C. Wertz* | Republican | |
7th | Thomas F. Barraga* | Republican | |
8th | Phil Boyle* | Republican | |
9th | John J. Flanagan* | Republican | |
10th | James D. Conte* | Republican | |
11th | Robert K. Sweeney* | Democrat | |
12th | Steven L. Labriola* | Republican | |
13th | David Sidikman* | Democrat | |
14th | Marc Herbst* | Republican | |
15th | Donna Ferrara* | Republican | |
16th | Thomas DiNapoli* | Democrat | |
17th | Maureen O'Connell* | Republican | |
18th | Earlene Hill Hooper* | Democrat | |
19th | Kate Murray* | Republican | |
20th | Harvey Weisenberg* | Democrat | |
21st | James Darcy | Republican | |
22nd | Thomas Alfano* | Republican | |
23rd | Audrey Pheffer* | Democrat | |
24th | Mark Weprin* | Democrat | |
25th | Brian M. McLaughlin* | Democrat | |
26th | Ann-Margaret Carrozza* | Democrat | |
27th | Nettie Mayersohn* | Democrat | |
28th | Michael Cohen* | Democrat | |
29th | William Scarborough* | Democrat | |
30th | Margaret Markey* | Democrat | |
31st | Pauline Rhodd-Cummings* | Democrat | |
32nd | Vivian E. Cook* | Democrat | |
33rd | Barbara M. Clark* | Democrat | |
34th | Ivan C. Lafayette* | Democrat | |
35th | Jeffrion L. Aubry* | Democrat | |
36th | Denis J. Butler* | Democrat | |
37th | Catherine Nolan* | Democrat | |
38th | Anthony S. Seminerio* | Democrat | |
39th | Frank R. Seddio | Democrat | |
40th | Edward Griffith* | Democrat | |
41st | Helene Weinstein* | Democrat | |
42nd | Rhoda S. Jacobs* | Democrat | |
43rd | Clarence Norman Jr.* | Democrat | |
44th | James F. Brennan* | Democrat | |
45th | Lena Cymbrowitz | Democrat | died on August 21, 2000[10] |
46th | Adele Cohen* | Democrat | |
47th | William Colton* | Democrat | |
48th | Dov Hikind* | Democrat | |
49th | Peter J. Abbate Jr.* | Democrat | |
50th | Joseph R. Lentol* | Democrat | |
51st | Félix W. Ortiz* | Democrat | |
52nd | Joan Millman* | Democrat | |
53rd | Vito J. Lopez* | Democrat | |
54th | Darryl C. Towns* | Democrat | |
55th | William F. Boyland* | Democrat | |
56th | Albert Vann* | Democrat | |
57th | Roger L. Green* | Democrat | |
58th | N. Nick Perry* | Democrat | |
59th | Elizabeth Connelly* | Democrat | |
60th | Eric N. Vitaliano* | Democrat | |
61st | Robert A. Straniere* | Republican | |
62nd | Sheldon Silver* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
63rd | Steven Sanders* | Democrat | |
64th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | |
65th | Alexander B. Grannis* | Democrat | |
66th | Deborah J. Glick* | Democrat | |
67th | Scott Stringer* | Democrat | |
68th | Nelson Antonio Denis* | Democrat | |
69th | Edward C. Sullivan* | Democrat | |
70th | Keith L. T. Wright* | Democrat | |
71st | Herman D. Farrell, Jr.* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means |
72nd | Adriano Espaillat* | Democrat | |
73rd | John Ravitz* | Republican | |
74th | Carmen E. Arroyo* | Democrat | |
75th | Rubén Díaz Jr.* | Democrat | |
76th | Peter M. Rivera* | Democrat | |
77th | Aurelia Greene* | Democrat | |
78th | Roberto Ramirez* | Democrat | |
79th | Gloria Davis* | Democrat | |
80th | Jeffrey D. Klein* | Democrat | |
81st | Jeffrey Dinowitz* | Democrat | |
82nd | Stephen B. Kaufman* | Democrat | |
83rd | Samuel Bea Jr.* | Democrat | |
84th | J. Gary Pretlow* | Democrat | |
85th | Ronald C. Tocci* | Democrat | |
86th | Richard L. Brodsky* | Democrat | |
87th | Mike Spano* | Republican | |
88th | Audrey Hochberg* | Democrat | |
89th | Naomi C. Matusow* | Democrat | |
90th | Sandy Galef* | Democrat | |
91st | Willis Stephens* | Republican | |
92nd | Alexander J. Gromack* | Democrat | |
93rd | Samuel Colman* | Democrat | |
94th | Nancy Calhoun* | Republican | |
95th | Howard Mills III | Republican | |
96th | Thomas J. Kirwan* | Republican | |
97th | Joel M. Miller* | Republican | |
98th | Jacob E. Gunther III* | Democrat | |
99th | Patrick R. Manning* | Republican | |
100th | Robert A. D'Andrea* | Republican | |
101st | Kevin A. Cahill | Democrat | |
102nd | John Faso* | Republican | Minority Leader |
103rd | James Tedisco* | Republican | |
104th | John McEneny* | Democrat | |
105th | Paul D. Tonko* | Democrat | |
106th | Ronald Canestrari* | Democrat | |
107th | Robert G. Prentiss* | Republican | |
108th | Pat M. Casale* | Republican | |
109th | Betty Little* | Republican | |
110th | Chris Ortloff* | Republican | |
111th | Bill Magee* | Democrat | |
112th | Dede Scozzafava | Republican | |
113th | Marc W. Butler* | Republican | |
114th | H. Robert Nortz* | Republican | |
115th | David R. Townsend Jr.* | Republican | |
116th | RoAnn Destito* | Democrat | |
117th | Frances T. Sullivan* | Republican | |
118th | Michael J. Bragman* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
119th | Joan Christensen* | Democrat | |
120th | William Magnarelli | Democrat | |
121st | Harold C. Brown Jr.* | Republican | |
122nd | Clifford W. Crouch* | Republican | |
123rd | Jay J. Dinga* | Republican | |
124th | Robert J. Warner* | Republican | |
125th | Martin A. Luster* | Democrat | |
126th | Daniel J. Fessenden* | Republican | |
Gary Finch | Republican | on November 2, 1999, elected to fill vacancy[11] | |
127th | George H. Winner, Jr.* | Republican | |
128th | Bob Oaks* | Republican | |
129th | Craig J. Doran* | Republican | |
Brian Kolb | Republican | in February 2000 elected to fill vacancy | |
130th | James Bacalles* | Republican | |
131st | Susan V. John* | Democrat | |
132nd | Joseph D. Morelle* | Democrat | |
133rd | David F. Gantt* | Democrat | |
134th | Joseph Robach* | Democrat | |
135th | David Koon* | Democrat | |
136th | Jerry Johnson* | Republican | |
137th | Charles H. Nesbitt* | Republican | |
138th | Robert A. Daly | Republican | |
139th | David E. Seaman* | Republican | |
140th | Robin Schimminger* | Democrat | |
141st | Arthur O. Eve* | Democrat | |
142nd | James P. Hayes | Republican | |
143rd | Paul Tokasz* | Democrat | |
144th | Sam Hoyt* | Democrat | |
145th | Brian Higgins | Democrat | |
146th | Richard A. Smith | Democrat | |
147th | Daniel Burling | Republican | |
148th | Sandra Lee Wirth* | Republican | |
149th | Catharine Young | Republican | |
150th | William Parment* | Democrat | |
Employees
Notes
- THE 1998 ELECTIONS: NEW YORK STATE -- THE STATE LEGISLATURE; Democrats Retain Hold On Assembly In Albany by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on November 3, 1998
- Pataki Nominates a Democrat for a Judgeship by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on June 9, 1999
- Race Draws Unexpected Attention by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on March 26, 2000
- Deaths STAVISKY, LEONARD P. in The New York Times on June 25, 1999
- 16th District special election result at NYS Board of Elections
- Special Election to Fill Rockland Senate Seat in the New York Times on April 24, 1999
- In Pivotal Contest, Republicans Hold On to Senate Seat for Rockland and Orange by Richard Perez-Pena, in the New York Times on May 26, 1999
- 38th District special election result at NYS Board of Elections
- Democrats Criticize Governor for Delay in Calling Special Elections for Vacant Senate Seats by Winnie Hu, in the New York Times on February 17, 2000
- Lena Cymbrowitz -- Brooklyn Assemblywoman, 43 in The New York Times on August 22, 2000
- 126th District special election result at NYS Board of Elections
Sources
- Senate election results at NYS Board of Elections
- Assembly election results at NYS Board of Elections