193rd New York State Legislature

193rd New York State Legislature
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New York State Capitol (2009)
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
1st January 6 – ?, 1999 2nd January 5 – ?, 2000

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.

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.

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
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;
	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
	Toby Ann Stavisky	Democrat	on November 2, 1999, elected to fill vacancy
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.
	Thomas P. Morahan	Republican	on May 25, 1999, elected to fill vacancy
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
	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
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
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
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

• Clerk: Francine Misasi

Sources

• Senate election results at NYS Board of Elections
• Assembly election results Archived January 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine at NYS Board of Elections