201st New York State Legislature

201st New York State Legislature
201st New York State Legislature
	New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2016
Senate
President	Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D)
Temporary President	Dean Skelos (R), until May 11, 2015; ; John J. Flanagan (R), from May 11, 2015
Party control	Republican/IDC
Assembly
Speaker	Sheldon Silver (D), until February 2, 2015; ; Joseph D. Morelle (D), acting February 2–3, 2015;; Carl Heastie (D), from February 3, 2015
Party control	Democratic
Sessions
1
1	January 7 – ?, 2015
2	January 6 – ?, 2016

The 201st New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 2015, to December 31, 2016, during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Assembly members Roxanne Persaud and Todd Kaminsky were elected to fill vacancies in the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1st	Kenneth LaValle*	Republican
2nd	John J. Flanagan*	Republican	Temporary President from May 11, 2015
3rd	Thomas Croci	Republican
4th	Phil Boyle*	Republican
5th	Carl L. Marcellino*	Republican
6th	Kemp Hannon*	Republican
7th	Jack Martins*	Republican
8th	Michael Venditto	Republican
9th	Dean Skelos*	Republican	Temporary President until May 11, 2015; seat vacated on December 11, 2015
9th	Todd Kaminsky*	Democrat	on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy^[1]
10th	James Sanders Jr.*	Democrat
11th	Tony Avella*	Dem. (IDC)
12th	Michael Gianaris*	Democrat
13th	Jose Peralta*	Democrat
14th	Leroy Comrie	Democrat
15th	Joseph Addabbo Jr.*	Democrat
16th	Toby Ann Stavisky*	Democrat
17th	Simcha Felder*	Ind. Dem.^[2]
18th	Martin Malave Dilan*	Democrat
19th	John L. Sampson*	Democrat	seat vacated on July 24, 2015
19th	Roxanne Persaud*	Democrat	on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
20th	Jesse Hamilton	Democrat
21st	Kevin Parker*	Democrat
22nd	Martin Golden*	Republican
23rd	Diane Savino*	Dem. (IDC)
24th	Andrew Lanza*	Republican
25th	Velmanette Montgomery*	Democrat
26th	Daniel Squadron*	Democrat
27th	Brad Hoylman*	Democrat
28th	Liz Krueger*	Democrat
29th	José M. Serrano*	Democrat
30th	Bill Perkins*	Democrat
31st	Adriano Espaillat*	Democrat	on November 8, 2016, elected to the 115th U.S. Congress
32nd	Rubén Díaz Sr.*	Democrat
33rd	Gustavo Rivera*	Democrat
34th	Jeffrey D. Klein*	Dem. (IDC)	IDC Leader
35th	Andrea Stewart-Cousins*	Democrat	Minority Leader
36th	Ruth Hassell-Thompson*	Democrat	appointed as Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of NYS Homes and Community Renewal, beginning in July 2016
37th	George Latimer*	Democrat
38th	David Carlucci*	Dem. (IDC)
39th	William J. Larkin Jr.*	Republican
40th	Terrence Murphy	Republican
41st	Sue Serino	Republican
42nd	John Bonacic*	Republican
43rd	Kathy Marchione*	Republican
44th	Neil Breslin*	Democrat
45th	Betty Little*	Republican
46th	George A. Amedore Jr.	Republican
47th	Joseph Griffo*	Republican
48th	Patty Ritchie*	Republican
49th	Hugh T. Farley*	Republican
50th	John A. DeFrancisco*	Republican
51st	James L. Seward*	Republican
52nd	Thomas W. Libous*	Republican	seat vacated on July 22, 2015
52nd	Fred Akshar	Republican	on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
53rd	David J. Valesky*	Dem. (IDC)
54th	Michael F. Nozzolio*	Republican
55th	Rich Funke	Republican
56th	Joseph Robach*	Republican
57th	Catharine Young*	Republican
58th	Tom O'Mara*	Republican
59th	Patrick M. Gallivan*	Republican
60th	Marc Panepinto	Democrat
61st	Michael Ranzenhofer*	Republican
62nd	Robert Ortt	Republican
63rd	Timothy M. Kennedy*	Democrat

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	Fred W. Thiele Jr.*	Ind./Dem.
2nd	Anthony Palumbo*	Republican
3rd	L. Dean Murray	Republican
4th	Steve Englebright*	Democrat
5th	Al Graf*	Republican
6th	Philip Ramos*	Democrat
7th	Andrew Garbarino*	Republican
8th	Michael J. Fitzpatrick*	Republican
9th	Joseph Saladino*	Republican
10th	Chad Lupinacci*	Republican
11th	Kimberly Jean-Pierre	Democrat
12th	Andrew Raia*	Republican
13th	Charles D. Lavine*	Democrat
14th	David McDonough*	Republican
15th	Michael Montesano*	Republican
16th	Michelle Schimel*	Democrat
17th	Thomas McKevitt*	Republican
18th	Earlene Hill Hooper*	Democrat
19th	Ed Ra*	Republican
20th	Todd Kaminsky	Democrat	on April 19, 2016, elected to the State Senate
21st	Brian F. Curran*	Republican
22nd	Michaelle C. Solages*	Democrat
23rd	Phil Goldfeder*	Democrat	resigned on November 8, 2016^[3]
24th	David Weprin*	Democrat
25th	Nily Rozic*	Democrat
26th	Edward Braunstein*	Democrat
27th	Michael Simanowitz*	Democrat
28th	Andrew Hevesi*	Democrat
29th	William Scarborough*	Democrat	resigned on May 7, 2015
29th	Alicia Hyndman	Democrat	on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
30th	Margaret Markey*	Democrat
31st	Michele Titus*	Democrat
32nd	Vivian E. Cook*	Democrat
33rd	Barbara M. Clark*	Democrat	died on February 22, 2016^[4]
34th	Michael DenDekker*	Democrat
35th	Jeffrion L. Aubry*	Democrat
36th	Aravella Simotas*	Democrat
37th	Catherine Nolan*	Democrat
38th	Michael G. Miller*	Democrat
39th	Francisco Moya*	Democrat
40th	Ron Kim*	Democrat
41st	Helene Weinstein*	Democrat
42nd	Rodneyse Bichotte	Democrat
43rd	Karim Camara*	Democrat	resigned on February 20, 2015, to head the NYS OFBCD^[5]
43rd	Diana Richardson	Working Fam.^[6]	on May 5, 2015, elected to fill vacancy^[7]
44th	James F. Brennan*	Democrat
45th	Steven Cymbrowitz*	Democrat
46th	Alec Brook-Krasny*	Democrat	resigned effective July 7, 2015
46th	Pamela Harris	Democrat	on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
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	Jo Anne Simon	Democrat
53rd	Maritza Davila*	Democrat
54th	Erik Martin Dilan	Democrat
55th	Latrice Walker	Democrat
56th	Annette Robinson*	Democrat
57th	Walter T. Mosley*	Democrat
58th	N. Nick Perry*	Democrat
59th	Roxanne Persaud	Democrat	on November 3, 2015, elected to the State Senate
59th	Jaime Williams	Democrat	on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy^[8]
60th	Charles Barron	Democrat
61st	Matthew Titone*	Democrat
62nd	Joe Borelli*	Republican	on November 3, 2015, elected to the New York City Council
62nd	Ronald Castorina	Republican	on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy
63rd	Michael Cusick*	Democrat
64th	Nicole Malliotakis*	Republican
65th	Sheldon Silver*	Democrat	Speaker until February 2, 2015; seat vacated on November 30, 2015
65th	Alice Cancel	Democrat	on April 19, 2016, elected to fill vacancy^[9]
66th	Deborah J. Glick*	Democrat
67th	Linda Rosenthal*	Democrat
68th	Robert J. Rodriguez*	Democrat
69th	Daniel J. O'Donnell*	Democrat
70th	Keith L. T. Wright*	Democrat
71st	Herman D. Farrell Jr.*	Democrat	Chairman of Ways and Means
72nd	Guillermo Linares	Democrat
73rd	Dan Quart*	Democrat
74th	Brian P. Kavanagh*	Democrat
75th	Richard N. Gottfried*	Democrat
76th	Rebecca Seawright	Democrat
77th	Latoya Joyner	Democrat
78th	Jose Rivera*	Democrat
79th	Michael Blake	Democrat
80th	Mark Gjonaj*	Democrat
81st	Jeffrey Dinowitz*	Democrat
82nd	Michael Benedetto*	Democrat
83rd	Carl Heastie*	Democrat	Speaker from February 3, 2015
84th	Carmen E. Arroyo*	Democrat
85th	Marcos Crespo*	Democrat
86th	Victor M. Pichardo*	Democrat
87th	Luis R. Sepúlveda*	Democrat
88th	Amy Paulin*	Democrat
89th	J. Gary Pretlow*	Democrat
90th	Shelley Mayer*	Democrat
91st	Steven Otis*	Democrat
92nd	Thomas J. Abinanti*	Democrat
93rd	David Buchwald*	Democrat
94th	Steve Katz*	Republican
95th	Sandy Galef*	Democrat
96th	Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.*	Democrat
97th	Ellen Jaffee*	Democrat
98th	Karl A. Brabenec	Republican
99th	James Skoufis*	Democrat
100th	Aileen Gunther*	Democrat
101st	Claudia Tenney*	Republican	on November 8, 2016, elected to the 115th U.S. Congress
102nd	Pete Lopez*	Republican
103rd	Kevin A. Cahill*	Democrat
104th	Frank Skartados*	Democrat
105th	Kieran Lalor*	Republican
106th	Didi Barrett*	Democrat
107th	Steven McLaughlin*	Republican
108th	John T. McDonald III*	Democrat
109th	Patricia Fahy*	Democrat
110th	Phillip Steck*	Democrat
111th	Angelo Santabarbara*	Democrat
112th	Jim Tedisco*	Republican
113th	Carrie Woerner	Democrat
114th	Dan Stec*	Republican
115th	Janet Duprey*	Republican
116th	Addie Jenne*	Democrat
117th	Ken Blankenbush*	Republican
118th	Marc W. Butler*	Republican
119th	Anthony Brindisi*	Democrat
120th	William Barclay*	Republican
121st	Bill Magee*	Democrat
122nd	Clifford Crouch*	Republican
123rd	Donna Lupardo*	Democrat
124th	Christopher S. Friend*	Republican
125th	Barbara Lifton*	Democrat
126th	Gary Finch*	Republican
127th	Albert A. Stirpe Jr.*	Democrat
128th	Samuel D. Roberts*	Democrat	in May 2015, appointed as Commissioner of NYS OTDA^[10]
128th	Pamela Hunter	Democrat	on November 3, 2015, elected to fill vacancy
129th	William Magnarelli*	Democrat
130th	Bob Oaks*	Republican
131st	Brian Kolb*	Republican	Minority Leader
132nd	Phil Palmesano*	Republican
133rd	Bill Nojay*	Republican	died on September 9, 2016^[11]
134th	Peter Lawrence	Republican
135th	Mark C. Johns*	Republican
136th	Joseph D. Morelle*	Democrat	Majority Leader; Acting Speaker from February 2 to 3, 2015
137th	David F. Gantt*	Democrat
138th	Harry Bronson*	Democrat
139th	Stephen Hawley*	Republican
140th	Robin Schimminger*	Democrat
141st	Crystal Peoples*	Democrat
142nd	Michael P. Kearns*	Democrat
143rd	Angela Wozniak	Cons./Rep.
144th	Jane Corwin*	Republican
145th	John Ceretto*	Republican	changed party affiliation on August 18, 2015^[12]
145th	John Ceretto*	Democrat	changed party affiliation on August 18, 2015^[12]
146th	Raymond Walter*	Republican
147th	David DiPietro*	Republican
148th	Joseph Giglio*	Republican
149th	Sean Ryan*	Democrat
150th	Andy Goodell*	Republican

Employees

Secretary: ?

References

^ Kaminsky declares victory in race for Skelos' seat; McGrath says too close to call by Ashley hupfl and Jon Lentz, in CSNY on April 20, 2016
^ Felder was elected as a Democrat but caucused with the Republicans
^ Phil Goldfeder vacating his Assembly seat this week by Anthony O"Reilly in the Queens Chronicle, on November 4, 2016
^ Barbara M. Clark, New York Assemblywoman, Dies at 76 by Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on February 23, 2016
^ Karim Camara nearly doubles legislative salary in joining Cuomo administration by Ken Lovett, in the New York Daily News on April 6, 2015
^ Richardson is a registered Democrat, but was elected on the Working Families ticket, the Democrats making no nomination.
^ 43rd D. special election result at NYS Board of Elections
^ 59th A.D. Special Election: Williams Beats Ferretti Decisively at kingscountypolitics.com on April 20, 2016
^ Democrat wins special election to fill Assembly seat vacated by Sheldon Silver at syracuse.com on April 19, 2016
^ Assemblyman Sam Roberts: From building manager to NY welfare commissioner by Teri Weaver, at syracuse.com on May 20, 2015
^ Bill Nojay, Upstate Assemblyman, Dies After Shooting Himself at a Cemetery bi Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on September 9, 2016
^ Ceretto will switch back to Democratic Party by Aaron Besecker, in The Buffalo News on August 18, 2015

Sources

Senate election results at NYS Board of Elections
Assembly election results at NYS Board of Elections
19th and 52nd Senate D. special election results at NYS Board of Elections
29th, 46th and 128th Assembly D. special election results at NYS Board of Elections

[1] Kaminsky declares victory in race for Skelos' seat; McGrath says too close to call by Ashley hupfl and Jon Lentz, in CSNY on April 20, 2016

[2] Felder was elected as a Democrat but caucused with the Republicans

[3] Phil Goldfeder vacating his Assembly seat this week by Anthony O"Reilly in the Queens Chronicle, on November 4, 2016

[4] Barbara M. Clark, New York Assemblywoman, Dies at 76 by Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on February 23, 2016

[5] Karim Camara nearly doubles legislative salary in joining Cuomo administration by Ken Lovett, in the New York Daily News on April 6, 2015

[6] Richardson is a registered Democrat, but was elected on the Working Families ticket, the Democrats making no nomination.

[7] 43rd D. special election result at NYS Board of Elections

[8] 59th A.D. Special Election: Williams Beats Ferretti Decisively at kingscountypolitics.com on April 20, 2016

[9] Democrat wins special election to fill Assembly seat vacated by Sheldon Silver at syracuse.com on April 19, 2016

[10] Assemblyman Sam Roberts: From building manager to NY welfare commissioner by Teri Weaver, at syracuse.com on May 20, 2015

[11] Bill Nojay, Upstate Assemblyman, Dies After Shooting Himself at a Cemetery bi Vivien Yee, in The New York Times on September 9, 2016

[12] Ceretto will switch back to Democratic Party by Aaron Besecker, in The Buffalo News on August 18, 2015

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