New York State Senate

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The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. The state Constitution provides that the default membership be fifty members. However, it also provides that if any county would by virtue of its population be entitled to more than three Senators, then the first three Senators would count towards the limit of fifty, while the remainder would be in addition to the fifty.

Currently, there are twelve additional Senators (who are, in terms of legislative power, equal to any other Senators), making the total membership 62. The Senate is headed by its President, a post held ex officio by the State Lieutenant Governor. The Senate President has only a casting vote. More often, the Senate is presided over by the Temporary President, who is also the Majority Leader. The current Majority Leader is Joseph Bruno, who is also concurrently serving as Acting State Lieutenant Governor since David Paterson was elevated to Governor of New York State upon the resignation of the now former governor Eliot Spitzer.

The Senate has had a Republican majority since 1965. Should the parties be equal in membership, the Senate will remain in Republican control, as ties in the Senate are broken by the Lieutenant Governor. The current acting Lieutenant Governor is Joe Bruno, a Republican. Despite being both Majority Leader and Lt. Governor he gets only one vote in the State Senate.


Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 32
  Democratic Party 30
 Total
 62

Contents

[edit] Current Leadership

Position Name Party Residence District
President/Lieutenant Governor (acting) Joseph Bruno Republican Brunswick 43
President Pro Tem/Majority Leader Joseph Bruno Republican Brunswick 43
Minority Leader Malcolm Smith Democratic St. Albans 14

[edit] Current State Senators

District Senator Party First elected Residence
1 Kenneth LaValle Republican 1976 Port Jefferson
2 John J. Flanagan Republican 2002 East Northport
3 Caesar Trunzo Republican 1972 Brentwood
4 Owen H. Johnson Republican 1972 West Babylon
5 Carl Marcellino Republican 1995 Syosset
6 Kemp Hannon Republican 1989 Garden City
7 Craig Johnson Democratic 2007 Port Washington
8 Charles Fuschillo Republican 1998 Merrick
9 Dean Skelos Republican 1984 Rockville Centre
10 Shirley Huntley Democratic 2006 Jamaica
11 Frank Padavan Republican 1972 Bellerose
12 George Onorato Democratic 1983 Astoria
13 John Sabini Democratic 2002 Flushing
14 Malcolm Smith Democratic 2000 St. Albans
15 Serphin Maltese Republican 1988 Middle Village
16 Toby Ann Stavisky Democratic 1999 Flushing
17 Martin Malave Dilan Democratic 2002 Bushwick
18 Velmanette Montgomery Democratic 1984 Brooklyn
19 John Sampson Democratic 1996 Brooklyn
20 Eric Adams Democratic 2006 Brooklyn
21 Kevin Parker Democratic 2002 Brooklyn
22 Martin Golden Republican 2002 Bay Ridge
23 Diane Savino Democratic 2004 Staten Island
24 Andrew Lanza Republican 2006 Staten Island
25 Martin Connor Democratic 1978 Brooklyn Heights
26 Liz Krueger Democratic 2002 New York
27 Carl Kruger Democratic 1994 Brooklyn
28 Jose M. Serrano Democratic 2004 Bronx
29 Thomas Duane Democratic 1998 New York
30 Bill Perkins Democratic 2006 New York
31 Eric Schneiderman Democratic 1998 New York
32 Ruben Diaz Democratic 2002 Bronx
33 Efrain Gonzalez Democratic 1989 Bronx
34 Jeffrey Klein Democratic 2004 Bronx
35 Andrea Stewart-Cousins Democratic 2006 Yonkers
36 Ruth Hassell-Thompson Democratic 2000 Bronx
37 Suzi Oppenheimer Democratic 1984 Mamaroneck
38 Thomas Morahan Republican 1999 Clarkstown
39 William J. Larkin Republican 1990 New Windsor
40 Vincent Leibell Republican 1994 Patterson
41 Stephen Saland Republican 1990 Poughkeepsie
42 John Bonacic Republican 1998 Mount Hope
43 Joseph Bruno Republican 1976 Brunswick
44 Hugh Farley Republican 1976 Schenectady
45 Elizabeth O'C. Little Republican 2002 Queensbury
46 Neil Breslin Democratic 1996 Albany
47 Joseph Griffo Republican 2006 Rome
48 Darrel Aubertine Democratic 2008 Cape Vincent
49 David Valesky Democratic 2004 Oneida
50 John DeFrancisco Republican 1992 Syracuse
51 James Seward Republican 1986 Milford
52 Thomas W. Libous Republican 1988 Binghamton
53 George H. Winner, Jr. Republican 2004 Elmira
54 Michael Nozzolio Republican 1992 Fayette
55 James Alesi Republican 1996 East Rochester
56 Joseph Robach Republican 2002 Greece
57 Catharine Young Republican 2005 Olean
58 William Stachowski Democratic 1981 Hamburg
59 Dale Volker Republican 1975 Depew
60 Antoine Thompson Democratic 2006 Buffalo
61 Mary Lou Rath (x) Republican 1993 Williamsville
62 George Maziarz Republican 1995 North Tonawanda

(x) Retiring

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