Speaker of the New York State Assembly
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The Speaker of the New York State Assembly is the highest official in the New York State Assembly, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party.
As in most Anglo-Saxon countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature. Although the position exists in nearly every U.S. state, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, New York's Assembly Speaker is very powerful. Effectively, the Speaker of the New York Assembly has the power to control much of the business in the Assembly.
[edit] List of Speakers
- Thaddeus C. Sweet (1914-1920)
- Mel Miller
- Anthony Travia (c. 1966)
- Saul Weprin (1992-1994)
- Sheldon Silver (1994-present)
