New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
New York State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Carl Heastie (D) ; since February 3, 2015
Speaker Pro Tempore	Jeffrion L. Aubry (D) ; since January 9, 2013
Majority Leader	Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) ; since December 17, 2018
Minority Leader	William Barclay (R) ; since January 7, 2020
Structure
Seats	150
Political groups	Majority caucus (103) Democratic (102); Independence (1); Minority caucus (43) Republican (43);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, New York Constitution
Salary	$110,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (150 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022; (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
	State Assembly Chamber; New York State Capitol; Albany, New York
Website
	New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms with no term limits.

The Assembly meets at the State Capitol in Albany. It is currently controlled by the Democratic Party.

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker	Carl Heastie	Democratic	83
Majority Leader	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	Democratic	141
Minority Leader	William Barclay	Republican	120

Composition

The Assembly has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1975. As of October 2020, the Democrats hold 101 of the Assembly's 150 seats.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates Majority Conference)					Total

	Democratic		Ind.	Republican	Con		Vacant
End 2015–16 session	104		1	41	1	147	3

Start 2017–18 session	106		1	43	0	150	0
End 2017-2018 session	102	1	1	42	0	146	4

Start 2019-20 session	105		1	44	0	150	0
January 2020	104			43		148	2
February 2020	103			43		147	3
June 2020	101			43		145	5
Latest voting share	69.7%			29.7%

Members of the New York State Assembly

District	Member	Party	First elected	Counties
1	Fred Thiele	Ind	1995+	Suffolk
2	Anthony Palumbo	Rep	2013+	Suffolk
3	Joe DeStefano	Rep	2018	Suffolk
4	Steve Englebright	Dem	1992+	Suffolk
5	Douglas M. Smith	Rep	2018+	Suffolk
6	Philip Ramos	Dem	2002	Suffolk
7	Andrew Garbarino	Rep	2012	Suffolk
8	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	Rep	2002	Suffolk
9	Mike LiPetri	Rep	2018	Nassau, Suffolk
10	Steve Stern	Dem	2018+	Suffolk
11	Kimberly Jean-Pierre	Dem	2014	Suffolk
12	Keith Brown	Rep	2020+	Suffolk
13	Charles D. Lavine	Dem	2004	Nassau
14	David McDonough	Rep	2002+	Nassau
15	Michael Montesano	Rep	2010+	Nassau
16	Anthony D'Urso	Dem	2016	Nassau
17	John Mikulin	Rep	2018+	Nassau
18	Taylor Darling	Dem	2018	Nassau
19	Ed Ra	Rep	2010	Nassau
20	Melissa Miller	Rep	2016	Nassau
21 Archived 2020-12-23 at the Wayback Machine	Judy Griffin	Dem	2018	Nassau
22	Michaelle C. Solages	Dem	2012	Nassau
23	Stacey Pheffer Amato	Dem	2016	Queens
24	David Weprin	Dem	2010+	Queens
25	Nily Rozic	Dem	2012	Queens
26	Edward Braunstein	Dem	2010	Queens
27	Daniel Rosenthal	Dem	2017+	Queens
28	Andrew Hevesi	Dem	2005+	Queens
29	Alicia Hyndman	Dem	2015+	Queens
30	Brian Barnwell	Dem	2016	Queens
31	Khaleel Anderson	Dem	2020	Queens
32	Vivian E. Cook	Dem	1990	Queens
33	Clyde Vanel	Dem	2016+	Queens
34	Michael DenDekker	Dem	2008	Queens
35	Jeffrion L. Aubry	Dem	1992+	Queens
36	Aravella Simotas	Dem	2010	Queens
37	Catherine Nolan	Dem	1984	Queens
38	Michael G. Miller	Dem	2009+	Queens
39	Catalina Cruz	Dem	2018	Queens
40	Ron Kim	Dem	2012	Queens
41	Helene Weinstein	Dem	1980	Kings
42	Rodneyse Bichotte	Dem	2014	Kings
43	Diana Richardson	Dem	2015+	Kings
44	Robert Carroll	Dem	2016	Kings
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Dem	2000	Kings
46	Mathylde Frontus	Dem	2018	Kings
47	William Colton	Dem	1996	Kings
48	Simcha Eichenstein	Dem	2018	Kings
49	Peter J. Abbate Jr.	Dem	1986	Kings
50	Joseph R. Lentol	Dem	1972	Kings
51	Félix W. Ortiz	Dem	1994	Kings
52	Jo Anne Simon	Dem	2014	Kings
53	Maritza Davila	Dem	2013+	Kings
54	Erik Martin Dilan	Dem	2014	Kings
55	Latrice Walker	Dem	2014	Kings
56	Tremaine Wright	Dem	2016	Kings
57	Walter T. Mosley	Dem	2012	Kings
58	N. Nick Perry	Dem	1992	Kings
59	Jaime Williams	Dem	2016+	Kings
60	Charles Barron	Dem	2014	Kings
61	Charles Fall	Dem	2018	Richmond
62	Michael Reilly	Rep	2018	Richmond
63	Michael Cusick	Dem	2002	Richmond
64	Nicole Malliotakis	Rep	2010	Kings, Richmond
65	Yuh-Line Niou	Dem	2016	New York
66	Deborah J. Glick	Dem	1990	New York
67	Linda Rosenthal	Dem	2006+	New York
68	Robert J. Rodriguez	Dem	2010	New York
69	Daniel J. O'Donnell	Dem	2002	New York
70	Inez Dickens	Dem	2016	New York
71	Al Taylor	Dem	2017+	New York
72	Carmen De La Rosa	Dem	2016	New York
73	Dan Quart	Dem	2011+	New York
74	Harvey Epstein	Dem	2018+	New York
75	Richard N. Gottfried	Dem	1970	New York
76	Rebecca Seawright	Dem	2014	New York
77	Latoya Joyner	Dem	2014	Bronx
78	Jose Rivera	Dem	2000	Bronx
79	Michael Blake	Dem	2014	Bronx
80	Nathalia Fernandez	Dem	2018+	Bronx
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Dem	1994+	Bronx
82	Michael Benedetto	Dem	2004	Bronx
83	Carl Heastie	Dem	2000	Bronx
84	Carmen E. Arroyo	Dem	1994+	Bronx
85	Kenny Burgos	Dem	2020	Bronx
86	Victor M. Pichardo	Dem	2013+	Bronx
87	Karines Reyes	Dem	2018	Bronx
88	Amy Paulin	Dem	2000	Westchester
89	J. Gary Pretlow	Dem	1992	Westchester
90	Nader Sayegh	Dem	2018	Westchester
91	Steven Otis	Dem	2012	Westchester
92	Thomas J. Abinanti	Dem	2010	Westchester
93	David Buchwald	Dem	2012	Westchester
94	Kevin Byrne	Rep	2016	Westchester, Putnam
95	Sandy Galef	Dem	1992	Westchester, Putnam
96	Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.	Dem	2007+	Rockland
97	Ellen Jaffee	Dem	2006	Rockland
98	Karl A. Brabenec	Rep	2014	Orange, Rockland
99	Colin Schmitt	Rep	2018	Orange, Rockland
100	Aileen Gunther	Dem	2003+	Orange, Sullivan
101	Brian Miller	Rep	2016	Delaware, Herkimer, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Sullivan, Ulster
102	Christopher Tague	Rep	2018+	Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster
103	Kevin A. Cahill	Dem	1998	Dutchess, Ulster
104	Jonathan Jacobson	Dem	2018+	Dutchess, Orange, Ulster
105	Kieran Lalor	Rep	2012	Dutchess
106	Didi Barrett	Dem	2012+	Columbia, Dutchess
107	Jacob Ashby	Rep	2018+	Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington
108	John T. McDonald III	Dem	2012	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga
109	Patricia Fahy	Dem	2012	Albany
110	Phillip Steck	Dem	2012	Albany, Schenectady
111	Angelo Santabarbara	Dem	2012	Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady
112	Mary Beth Walsh	Rep	2016	Saratoga, Schenectady
113	Carrie Woerner	Dem	2014	Saratoga, Washington
114	Dan Stec	Rep	2012	Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
115	Billy Jones	Dem	2016	Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence
116	Mark Walczyk	Rep	2018	Jefferson, St. Lawrence
117	Ken Blankenbush	Rep	2010	Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence
118	Robert Smullen	Rep	2018	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, St. Lawrence
119	Marianne Buttenschon	Dem	2018	Herkimer, Oneida
120	William A. Barclay	Rep	2002	Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego
121	John Salka	Rep	2018	Madison, Oneida, Otsego
122	Clifford W. Crouch	Rep	1995+	Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego
123	Donna Lupardo	Dem	2004	Broome
124	Christopher S. Friend	Rep	2010	Broome, Chemung, Tioga
125	Barbara Lifton	Dem	2002	Cortland, Tompkins
126	Gary Finch	Rep	1999+	Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga
127	Albert A. Stirpe Jr.	Dem	2012	Onondaga
128	Pamela Hunter	Dem	2015+	Onondaga
129	William Magnarelli	Dem	1998	Onondaga
130	Brian Manktelow	Rep	2018	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne
131	Brian Kolb	Rep	2000+	Ontario, Seneca
132	Phil Palmesano	Rep	2010	Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates
133	Marjorie Byrnes	Rep	2018	Livingston, Monroe, Steuben
134	Peter Lawrence	Rep	2014	Monroe
135	Mark C. Johns	Rep	2010	Monroe
136	Sarah Clark	Dem	2020	Monroe
137	Demond Meeks	Dem	2020	Monroe
138	Harry Bronson	Dem	2010	Monroe
139	Stephen Hawley	Rep	2006+	Genesee, Monroe, Orleans
140	Robin Schimminger	Dem	1976	Erie, Niagara
141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	Dem	2002	Erie
142	Patrick B. Burke	Dem	2018	Erie
143	Monica P. Wallace	Dem	2016	Erie
144	Michael Norris	Rep	2016	Erie, Niagara, Orleans
145	Angelo Morinello	Rep	2016	Erie, Niagara
146	Karen McMahon	Dem	2018	Erie, Niagara
147	David DiPietro	Rep	2012	Erie, Wyoming
148	Joseph Giglio	Rep	2005+	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben
149	Sean Ryan	Dem	2011	Erie
150	Andy Goodell	Rep	2010	Chautauqua

+Elected in a special election

Notes

↑ Asm. Erik Bohen (a registered Democrat who won an April 24, 2018 special election on the Republican Party line) was not a member of any caucus during his Assembly tenure.

References

↑ Colon, Dave. "As Democratic Senate Becomes Reality, Unclear How Hard Assembly Majority Will Push Prior Agenda". Gotham Gazette.
↑ "The Secret Playbook NY State Senate Democrats Used To 'Wipe The Floor' With Republicans". Gothamist. November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
↑ "Crystal Peoples-Stokes in the running for Assembly majority leader post". November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
↑ Press, Chris Carola Associated. "New York state lawmakers push term limits for elected state offices". Daily Freeman. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
↑ "All-Blue Albany?". City Journal. October 16, 2018.
↑ "2016 Election Results | New York State Board of Elections". www.elections.ny.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
↑ "Bohen, Burke Have Rematch for Assembly Seat". spectrumlocalnews.com.
↑ Precious, Tom (April 25, 2018). "A day after his Assembly victory, Bohen receives a lesson in Albany 101". Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Huntington Leaders Sworn Into Office |". HuntingtonNow.com. January 7, 2020.
↑ "What you need to know about the race to fill Michele Titus' Assembly seat". QNS.com. 10 January 2020.
↑ "Governor Cuomo Sets April 28 Special Election for the 27th Congressional District, Vacant State Assembly and State Senate Seats". Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. February 10, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
↑ MacGillivary, Stephanie. "Romeo resigns from New York State Assembly for County Clerk appointment – Ballotpedia News".
↑ "State Assemblyman David Gantt Dies". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
↑ "Bronx Democratic Chairman abdicates, resigns from NYS Assembly". Parkchester Times. June 27, 2020. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
↑ Though Richardson was elected on the Working Families Party line, she is a registered Democrat.

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[7] Asm. Erik Bohen (a registered Democrat who won an April 24, 2018 special election on the Republican Party line) was not a member of any caucus during his Assembly tenure.

[1] Colon, Dave. "As Democratic Senate Becomes Reality, Unclear How Hard Assembly Majority Will Push Prior Agenda". Gotham Gazette.

[2] "The Secret Playbook NY State Senate Democrats Used To 'Wipe The Floor' With Republicans". Gothamist. November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[3] "Crystal Peoples-Stokes in the running for Assembly majority leader post". November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

[4] Press, Chris Carola Associated. "New York state lawmakers push term limits for elected state offices". Daily Freeman. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

[5] "All-Blue Albany?". City Journal. October 16, 2018.

[6] "2016 Election Results | New York State Board of Elections". www.elections.ny.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-12-31.

[8] "Bohen, Burke Have Rematch for Assembly Seat". spectrumlocalnews.com.

[9] Precious, Tom (April 25, 2018). "A day after his Assembly victory, Bohen receives a lesson in Albany 101". Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[10] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[auto2-11] "Huntington Leaders Sworn Into Office |". HuntingtonNow.com. January 7, 2020.

[auto3-12] "What you need to know about the race to fill Michele Titus' Assembly seat". QNS.com. 10 January 2020.

[auto-13] "Governor Cuomo Sets April 28 Special Election for the 27th Congressional District, Vacant State Assembly and State Senate Seats". Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. February 10, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[auto1-14] MacGillivary, Stephanie. "Romeo resigns from New York State Assembly for County Clerk appointment – Ballotpedia News".

[Gantt-15] "State Assemblyman David Gantt Dies". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[Crespo-16] "Bronx Democratic Chairman abdicates, resigns from NYS Assembly". Parkchester Times. June 27, 2020. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[17] Though Richardson was elected on the Working Families Party line, she is a registered Democrat.

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