New York state legislative session
197th New York State Legislature Legislative body New York State Legislature Jurisdiction New York , United States Term January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008 Members 62 President Lt. Gov. David Paterson (D), until March 17, 2008 Temporary President Joseph Bruno (R), until June 24, 2008Dean Skelos (R), from June 24, 2008Party control Republican Members 150 Speaker Sheldon Silver (D)Party control Democratic 1st January 3 – ?, 2007 2nd January 9 – ?, 2008
The 197th New York State Legislature , consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly , met from January 3, 2007, to December 31, 2008, during Eliot Spitzer 's and the early part of David Paterson 's governorship , in Albany .
State Senate
Senators
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine was elected to fill a vacancy 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
3rd
Caesar Trunzo *
Republican
4th
Owen H. Johnson *
Republican
5th
Carl L. Marcellino *
Republican
6th
Kemp Hannon *
Republican
7th
Michael Balboni *
Republican
on January 1, 2007, appointed NYS Deputy Secretary for Public Safety[1]
Craig M. Johnson
Democrat
on February 6, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[2]
8th
Charles J. Fuschillo Jr. *
Republican
9th
Dean Skelos *
Republican
Temporary President and Acting Lt. Gov. from June 24, 2008
10th
Shirley Huntley
Democrat
11th
Frank Padavan *
Republican
12th
George Onorato *
Democrat
13th
John Sabini *
Democrat
in June 2008, appointed NYS Racing Commissioner [3]
14th
Malcolm Smith *
Democrat
15th
Serphin R. Maltese *
Cons./Rep.
16th
Toby Ann Stavisky *
Democrat
17th
Martin Malave Dilan *
Democrat
18th
Velmanette Montgomery *
Democrat
19th
John L. Sampson *
Democrat
20th
Eric Adams
Democrat
21st
Kevin Parker *
Democrat
22nd
Martin Golden *
Republican
23rd
Diane Savino *
Democrat
24th
Andrew Lanza
Republican
25th
Martin Connor *
Democrat
26th
Liz Krueger *
Democrat
27th
Carl Kruger *
Democrat
28th
José M. Serrano *
Democrat
29th
Thomas Duane *
Democrat
30th
Bill Perkins
Democrat
31st
Eric Schneiderman *
Democrat
32nd
Rubén Díaz Sr. *
Democrat
33rd
Efrain Gonzalez Jr. *
Democrat
34th
Jeffrey D. Klein *
Democrat
35th
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Democrat
36th
Ruth Hassell-Thompson *
Democrat
37th
Suzi Oppenheimer *
Democrat
38th
Thomas P. Morahan *
Republican
39th
William J. Larkin Jr. *
Republican
40th
Vincent Leibell *
Republican
41st
Stephen M. Saland *
Republican
42nd
John Bonacic *
Republican
43rd
Joseph Bruno *
Republican
Temporary President until June 24, 2008;
44th
Hugh T. Farley *
Republican
45th
Betty Little *
Republican
46th
Neil Breslin *
Democrat
47th
Joseph Griffo
Republican
48th
James W. Wright *
Republican
resigned effective December 31, 2007
Darrel Aubertine *
Democrat
on February 26, 2008, elected to fill vacancy[4]
49th
David J. Valesky *
Democrat
50th
John A. DeFrancisco *
Republican
51st
James L. Seward *
Republican
52nd
Thomas W. Libous *
Republican
53rd
George H. Winner Jr. *
Republican
54th
Michael F. Nozzolio *
Republican
55th
James S. Alesi *
Republican
56th
Joseph Robach *
Republican
57th
Catharine Young *
Republican
58th
William Stachowski *
Democrat
59th
Dale M. Volker *
Republican
60th
Antoine Thompson
Democrat
61st
Mary Lou Rath *
Republican
62nd
George D. Maziarz *
Republican
Employees
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
Marc Alessi *
Democrat
2nd
Fred W. Thiele Jr. *
Republican
3rd
Patricia Eddington *
Democrat
4th
Steve Englebright *
Democrat
5th
Ginny Fields *
Democrat
6th
Philip Ramos *
Democrat
7th
Michael J. Fitzpatrick *
Republican
8th
Phil Boyle *
Republican
9th
Andrew Raia *
Republican
10th
James D. Conte *
Republican
11th
Robert K. Sweeney *
Democrat
12th
Joseph Saladino *
Republican
13th
Charles D. Lavine *
Democrat
14th
Robert Barra *
Republican
15th
Rob Walker *
Republican
16th
Thomas DiNapoli *
Democrat
on February 7, 2007, elected State Comptroller
Michelle Schimel
Democrat
on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[5]
17th
Thomas McKevitt *
Republican
18th
Earlene Hill Hooper *
Democrat
19th
David McDonough *
Republican
20th
Harvey Weisenberg *
Democrat
21st
Thomas Alfano *
Republican
22nd
Ellen Young
Democrat
23rd
Audrey Pheffer *
Democrat
24th
Mark Weprin *
Democrat
25th
Rory Lancman
Democrat
26th
Ann-Margaret Carrozza *
Democrat
27th
Nettie Mayersohn *
Democrat
28th
Andrew Hevesi *
Democrat
29th
William Scarborough *
Democrat
30th
Margaret Markey *
Democrat
31st
Michele Titus *
Democrat
32nd
Vivian E. Cook *
Democrat
33rd
Barbara M. Clark *
Democrat
34th
Ivan C. Lafayette *
Democrat
35th
Jeffrion L. Aubry *
Democrat
36th
Michael Gianaris *
Democrat
37th
Catherine Nolan *
Democrat
38th
Anthony S. Seminerio *
Democrat
39th
Jose Peralta *
Democrat
40th
Diane Gordon *
Democrat
lost seat on April 8, 2008, upon conviction for bribery[6]
41st
Helene Weinstein *
Democrat
42nd
Rhoda S. Jacobs *
Democrat
43rd
Karim Camara *
Democrat
44th
James F. Brennan *
Democrat
45th
Steven Cymbrowitz *
Democrat
46th
Alec Brook-Krasny
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 Boyland Jr. *
Democrat
56th
Annette Robinson *
Democrat
57th
Hakeem Jeffries
Democrat
58th
N. Nick Perry *
Democrat
59th
Alan Maisel *
Democrat
60th
Janele Hyer-Spencer
Democrat
61st
John W. Lavelle *
Democrat
died on January 24, 2007
Matthew Titone
Democrat
on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[7]
62nd
Vincent M. Ignizio *
Republican
on February 20, 2007, elected to the New York City Council
Louis Tobacco
Republican
on March 27, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[8]
63rd
Michael Cusick *
Democrat
64th
Sheldon Silver *
Democrat
re-elected Speaker
65th
Pete Grannis *
Democrat
on April 1, 2007, confirmed as Commissioner of NYSDEC
Micah Kellner
Democrat
on June 5, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[9]
66th
Deborah J. Glick *
Democrat
67th
Linda Rosenthal *
Democrat
68th
Adam Clayton Powell IV *
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
Adriano Espaillat *
Democrat
73rd
Jonathan Bing *
Democrat
74th
Brian P. Kavanagh
Democrat
75th
Richard N. Gottfried *
Democrat
76th
Peter M. Rivera *
Democrat
77th
Aurelia Greene *
Democrat
78th
Jose Rivera *
Democrat
79th
Michael Benjamin *
Democrat
80th
Naomi Rivera *
Democrat
81st
Jeffrey Dinowitz *
Democrat
82nd
Michael Benedetto *
Democrat
83rd
Carl Heastie *
Democrat
84th
Carmen E. Arroyo *
Democrat
85th
Rubén Díaz Jr. *
Democrat
86th
Luis Diaz *
Democrat
resigned in July 2008
87th
J. Gary Pretlow *
Democrat
88th
Amy Paulin *
Democrat
89th
Adam Bradley *
Democrat
90th
Sandy Galef *
Democrat
91st
George Latimer *
Democrat
92nd
Richard L. Brodsky *
Democrat
93rd
Mike Spano
Republican
Democrat
changed party affiliation in July 2007[10]
94th
Kenneth Zebrowski *
Democrat
died on March 18, 2007
Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.
Democrat
on May 1, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[11]
95th
Ellen Jaffee
Democrat
96th
Nancy Calhoun *
Republican
97th
Ann Rabbitt *
Republican
98th
Aileen Gunther *
Democrat
99th
Greg Ball
Republican
100th
Thomas J. Kirwan *
Republican
101st
Kevin A. Cahill *
Democrat
102nd
Joel M. Miller *
Republican
103rd
Marcus Molinaro
Republican
104th
John McEneny *
Democrat
105th
Paul Tonko *
Democrat
on June 15, 2007, confirmed to head NYSERDA [12]
George A. Amedore Jr.
Republican
on July 21, 2007, elected to fill vacancy[13]
106th
Ronald Canestrari *
Democrat
Majority Leader
107th
Clifford Crouch *
Republican
108th
Timothy P. Gordon
Ind./Dem.
109th
Robert Reilly *
Democrat
110th
Jim Tedisco *
Republican
Minority Leader
111th
Bill Magee *
Democrat
112th
Roy J. McDonald *
Republican
113th
Teresa Sayward *
Republican
114th
Janet Duprey
Republican
115th
David R. Townsend Jr. *
Republican
116th
RoAnn Destito *
Democrat
117th
Marc W. Butler *
Republican
118th
Darrel Aubertine *
Democrat
on February 26, 2008, elected to the State Senate
119th
Joan Christensen *
Democrat
120th
William Magnarelli *
Democrat
121st
Albert A. Stirpe Jr.
Democrat
122nd
Dede Scozzafava *
Republican
123rd
Gary Finch *
Republican
124th
William Barclay *
Republican
125th
Barbara Lifton *
Democrat
126th
Donna Lupardo *
Democrat
127th
Pete Lopez
Republican
128th
Bob Oaks *
Republican
129th
Brian Kolb *
Republican
130th
Joseph Errigo *
Republican
131st
Susan V. John *
Democrat
132nd
Joseph D. Morelle *
Democrat
133rd
David Gantt *
Democrat
134th
Bill Reilich *
Republican
135th
David Koon *
Democrat
136th
James Bacalles *
Republican
137th
Tom O'Mara *
Republican
138th
Francine DelMonte *
Democrat
139th
Stephen Hawley *
Republican
140th
Robin Schimminger *
Democrat
141st
Crystal Peoples *
Democrat
142nd
Michael W. Cole *
Republican
in May 2007, censured by the Assembly[14]
143rd
Dennis Gabryszak
Democrat
144th
Sam Hoyt *
Democrat
145th
Mark J. F. Schroeder *
Democrat
146th
Jack Quinn III *
Republican
147th
Daniel Burling *
Republican
148th
James P. Hayes *
Republican
149th
Joseph Giglio *
Republican
150th
William L. Parment *
Democrat
Employees
