195th New York State Legislature

195th New York State Legislature
195th New York State Legislature
	New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2004
Senate
Members	62
President	Lt. Gov. Mary Donohue (Republican)
Temporary President	Joseph Bruno (Republican)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Sheldon Silver (Democrat)
Party control	Democrat
Sessions
1st
1st	January 8 – ?, 2003
2nd	January 7 – ?, 2004

The 195th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 8, 2003, to December 31, 2004, during the ninth and tenth years of George Pataki's governorship, in Albany.

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Betty Little and Joseph Robach 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	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
8th	Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.*	Republican
9th	Dean Skelos*	Republican
10th	Ada L. Smith*	Democrat
11th	Frank Padavan*	Republican
12th	George Onorato*	Democrat
13th	John Sabini	Democrat
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	Carl Andrews*	Democrat
21st	Kevin Parker	Democrat
22nd	Martin Golden	Republican
23rd	Seymour P. Lachman*	Democrat
24th	John J. Marchi*	Republican
25th	Martin Connor*	Democrat
26th	Liz Krueger*	Democrat
27th	Carl Kruger*	Democrat
28th	Olga A. Méndez*	Democrat
29th	Thomas Duane*	Democrat
30th	David Paterson*	Democrat	Minority Leader
31st	Eric Schneiderman*	Democrat
32nd	Rubén Díaz Sr.	Democrat
33rd	Efrain Gonzalez Jr.*	Democrat
34th	Guy J. Velella*	Republican	resigned on May 14, 2004^[1]
35th	Nicholas A. Spano*	Republican
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	re-elected Temporary President
44th	Hugh T. Farley*	Republican
45th	Betty Little*	Republican
46th	Neil Breslin*	Democrat
47th	Raymond A. Meier*	Republican
48th	James W. Wright*	Republican
49th	Nancy Larraine Hoffmann*	Republican
50th	John A. DeFrancisco*	Republican
51st	James L. Seward*	Republican
52nd	Thomas W. Libous*	Republican
53rd	Randy Kuhl*	Republican
54th	Michael F. Nozzolio*	Republican
55th	James S. Alesi*	Republican
56th	Joseph Robach*	Republican
57th	Patricia McGee*	Republican
58th	William Stachowski*	Democrat
59th	Dale M. Volker*	Republican
60th	Byron Brown*	Democrat
61st	Mary Lou Rath*	Republican
62nd	George D. Maziarz*	Republican

Employees

Secretary:

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	Patricia Eddington*	Democrat
4th	Steve Englebright*	Democrat
5th	Steve Levy*	Democrat	on November 4, 2003, elected Suffolk County Executive
5th	Ginny Fields	Democrat	on March 9, 2004, elected to fill vacancy^[2]
6th	Philip Ramos	Democrat
7th	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Republican
8th	Thomas F. Barraga*	Republican
9th	Andrew Raia	Republican
10th	James D. Conte*	Republican
11th	Robert K. Sweeney*	Democrat
12th	Steven L. Labriola*	Republican	on November 4, 2003, elected Town Clerk of Oyster Bay
12th	Joseph Saladino	Republican	on March 9, 2004, elected to fill vacancy^[2]
13th	David Sidikman*	Democrat
14th	Robert Barra*	Republican
15th	Donna Ferrara*	Republican
16th	Thomas DiNapoli*	Democrat
17th	Maureen O'Connell*	Republican
18th	Earlene Hill Hooper*	Democrat
19th	David McDonough*	Republican
20th	Harvey Weisenberg*	Democrat
21st	Thomas Alfano*	Republican
22nd	Barry Grodenchik	Democrat
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	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
41st	Helene Weinstein*	Democrat
42nd	Rhoda S. Jacobs*	Democrat
43rd	Clarence Norman Jr.*	Democrat
44th	James F. Brennan*	Democrat
45th	Steven Cymbrowitz*	Democrat
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	resigned in January 2003
55th	William Boyland Jr.	Democrat	on February 25, 2003, elected to fill vacancy^[3]
56th	Annette Robinson*	Democrat
57th	Roger L. Green*	Democrat	resigned on June 1, 2004^[4]
58th	N. Nick Perry*	Democrat
59th	Frank R. Seddio*	Democrat
60th	Matthew Mirones*	Republican
61st	John W. Lavelle*	Democrat
62nd	Robert A. Straniere*	Republican
63rd	Michael Cusick	Democrat
64th	Sheldon Silver*	Democrat	re-elected Speaker
65th	Alexander B. Grannis*	Democrat
66th	Deborah J. Glick*	Democrat
67th	Scott Stringer*	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	Steven Sanders*	Democrat
75th	Richard N. Gottfried*	Democrat
76th	Peter M. Rivera*	Democrat
77th	Aurelia Greene*	Democrat
78th	Jose Rivera*	Democrat
79th	Gloria Davis*	Democrat	resigned on January 6, 2003^[5]
79th	Michael Benjamin	Democrat	on February 25, 2003, elected to fill vacancy^[3]
80th	Jeffrey D. Klein*	Democrat
81st	Jeffrey Dinowitz*	Democrat
82nd	Stephen B. Kaufman*	Democrat
83rd	Carl Heastie*	Democrat
84th	Carmen E. Arroyo*	Democrat
85th	Rubén Díaz Jr.*	Democrat
86th	Luis Diaz	Democrat
87th	J. Gary Pretlow*	Democrat
88th	Amy Paulin*	Democrat
89th	Adam Bradley	Democrat
90th	Sandy Galef*	Democrat
91st	Ronald C. Tocci*	Ind. Dem.^[6]
92nd	Richard L. Brodsky*	Democrat
93rd	Mike Spano*	Republican
94th	Alexander J. Gromack*	Democrat
95th	Ryan Karben	Democrat
96th	Nancy Calhoun*	Republican
97th	Howard Mills III*	Republican
98th	Jacob E. Gunther III*	Democrat	died on July 9, 2003^[7]
98th	Aileen Gunther	Democrat	on November 4, 2003, elected to fill vacancy^[8]
99th	Willis Stephens*	Republican
100th	Thomas J. Kirwan*	Republican
101st	Kevin A. Cahill*	Democrat
102nd	Joel M. Miller*	Republican
103rd	Patrick R. Manning*	Republican
104th	John McEneny*	Democrat
105th	Paul D. Tonko*	Democrat
106th	Ronald Canestrari*	Democrat
107th	Clifford Crouch*	Republican
108th	Pat M. Casale*	Republican
109th	Robert G. Prentiss*	Republican
110th	Jim Tedisco*	Republican
111th	Bill Magee*	Democrat
112th	Roy J. McDonald*	Republican
113th	Teresa Sayward	Republican
114th	Chris Ortloff*	Republican
115th	David R. Townsend Jr.*	Republican
116th	RoAnn Destito*	Democrat
117th	Marc W. Butler*	Republican
118th	Darrel Aubertine	Democrat
119th	Joan Christensen*	Democrat
120th	William Magnarelli*	Democrat
121st	Jeffrey Brown*	Republican
122nd	Dede Scozzafava*	Republican
123rd	Gary Finch*	Republican
124th	William Barclay	Republican
125th	Barbara Lifton	Democrat
126th	Robert J. Warner*	Republican
127th	Daniel L. Hooker	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	George H. Winner Jr.*	Republican
138th	Francine DelMonte*	Democrat
139th	Charles H. Nesbitt*	Republican	Minority Leader
140th	Robin Schimminger*	Democrat
141st	Crystal Peoples	Democrat
142nd	Sandra Lee Wirth*	Republican
143rd	Paul Tokasz*	Democrat	Majority Leader
144th	Sam Hoyt*	Democrat
145th	Brian Higgins*	Democrat
146th	Richard A. Smith*	Democrat
147th	Daniel Burling*	Republican
148th	James P. Hayes*	Republican
149th	Catharine Young*	Republican
150th	William L. Parment*	Democrat

Employees

Clerk: ?

References

^ Leading N.Y. GOPer to resign from Senate at UPI on May 13, 2004
^ ^a ^b No Surprises In 3 Special Elections by Vivian S. Toy, in The New York Times on March 14, 2004
^ ^a ^b Espada Wins Council Race in the Bronx by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on February 26, 2003
^ Assemblyman's Resignation Puzzles Many in Brooklyn by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on June 4, 2004
^ LEGISLATOR QUITS, MAY COP PLEA by Bob Kappstatter, in the New York Daily News on January 7, 2003
^ Tocci was elected on the Republican ticket, defeating the regular Democratic candidate, but remained a registered Democrat and sat with the Democrats.
^ He Was a Good Friend First by Matt Youngfrau, in the Sullivan County Democrat on July 11, 2003
^ 98th District special election result at NYS Board of Elections

Sources

Senate election results at NYS Board of Elections
Assembly election results at NYS Board of Elections

[1] Leading N.Y. GOPer to resign from Senate at UPI on May 13, 2004

[NYTMar14-2] No Surprises In 3 Special Elections by Vivian S. Toy, in The New York Times on March 14, 2004

[NYTFeb26-3] Espada Wins Council Race in the Bronx by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on February 26, 2003

[4] Assemblyman's Resignation Puzzles Many in Brooklyn by Jonathan P. Hicks, in The New York Times on June 4, 2004

[5] LEGISLATOR QUITS, MAY COP PLEA by Bob Kappstatter, in the New York Daily News on January 7, 2003

[6] Tocci was elected on the Republican ticket, defeating the regular Democratic candidate, but remained a registered Democrat and sat with the Democrats.

[7] He Was a Good Friend First by Matt Youngfrau, in the Sullivan County Democrat on July 11, 2003

[8] 98th District special election result at NYS Board of Elections

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