title: 199th New York State Legislature
text: # 199th New York State Legislature
  
  The 199th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5, 2011, to December 31, 2012, during the first two years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.
  
  ## State Senate
  
  An extraordinary session of the State Senate was held on December 7, 2011 to codify a tax code reform promoted by Cuomo.
  
  ### Senators
  
  The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Michael Gianaris, Adriano Espaillat, Greg Ball and Tom O'Mara changed from the Assembly to 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 | Lee Zeldin | Republican | |
  | 4th | Owen H. Johnson* | Republican | |
  | 5th | Carl L. Marcellino* | Republican | |
  | 6th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | |
  | 7th | Jack Martins | Republican | |
  | 8th | Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.* | Republican | |
  | 9th | Dean Skelos* | Republican | elected Temporary President |
  | 10th | Shirley Huntley* | Democrat | |
  | 11th | Tony Avella | Democrat | |
  | 12th | Michael Gianaris* | Democrat | |
  | 13th | Jose Peralta* | Democrat | |
  | 14th | Malcolm Smith* | Democrat | |
  | 15th | Joseph Addabbo Jr.* | Democrat | |
  | 16th | Toby Ann Stavisky* | Democrat | |
  | 17th | Martin Malave Dilan* | Democrat | |
  | 18th | Velmanette Montgomery* | Democrat | |
  | 19th | John L. Sampson* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
  | 20th | Eric Adams* | Democrat | |
  | 21st | Kevin Parker* | Democrat | |
  | 22nd | Martin Golden* | Republican | |
  | 23rd | Diane Savino* | Dem. (IDC) | |
  | 24th | Andrew Lanza* | Republican | |
  | 25th | Daniel Squadron* | Democrat | |
  | 26th | Liz Krueger* | Democrat | |
  | 27th | Carl Kruger* | Democrat | resigned on December 20, 2011 |
  | 27th | David Storobin | Republican | on March 20, 2012, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 28th | José M. Serrano* | Democrat | |
  | 29th | Thomas Duane* | Democrat | |
  | 30th | Bill Perkins* | Democrat | |
  | 31st | Adriano Espaillat* | Democrat | |
  | 32nd | Rubén Díaz Sr.* | Democrat | |
  | 33rd | Gustavo Rivera | Democrat | |
  | 34th | Jeffrey D. Klein* | Dem. (IDC) | |
  | 35th | Andrea Stewart-Cousins* | Democrat | |
  | 36th | Ruth Hassell-Thompson* | Democrat | |
  | 37th | Suzi Oppenheimer* | Democrat | |
  | 38th | David Carlucci | Dem. (IDC) | |
  | 39th | William J. Larkin Jr.* | Republican | |
  | 40th | Greg Ball* | Republican | |
  | 41st | Stephen M. Saland* | Republican | |
  | 42nd | John Bonacic* | Republican | |
  | 43rd | Roy J. McDonald* | Republican | |
  | 44th | Hugh T. Farley* | Republican | |
  | 45th | Betty Little* | Republican | |
  | 46th | Neil Breslin* | Democrat | |
  | 47th | Joseph Griffo* | Republican | |
  | 48th | Patty Ritchie | Republican | |
  | 49th | David J. Valesky* | Dem. (IDC) | |
  | 50th | John A. DeFrancisco* | Republican | |
  | 51st | James L. Seward* | Republican | |
  | 52nd | Thomas W. Libous* | Republican | |
  | 53rd | Tom O'Mara* | Republican | |
  | 54th | Michael F. Nozzolio* | Republican | |
  | 55th | James S. Alesi* | Republican | |
  | 56th | Joseph Robach* | Republican | |
  | 57th | Catharine Young* | Republican | |
  | 58th | Timothy M. Kennedy | Democrat | |
  | 59th | Patrick M. Gallivan | Republican | |
  | 60th | Mark Grisanti | Republican | |
  | 61st | Michael Ranzenhofer* | Republican | |
  | 62nd | George D. Maziarz* | Republican | |
  
  ### Employees
  
  * Secretary: ?
  
  ## 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 | Daniel Losquadro | Republican | |
  | 2nd | Fred Thiele* | Ind./Dem. | |
  | 3rd | L. Dean Murray* | Republican | |
  | 4th | Steve Englebright* | Democrat | |
  | 5th | Al Graf | Republican | |
  | 6th | Philip Ramos* | Democrat | |
  | 7th | Michael J. Fitzpatrick* | Republican | |
  | 8th | Phil Boyle* | Republican | |
  | 9th | Andrew Raia* | Republican | |
  | 10th | James D. Conte* | Republican | died on October 16, 2012 |
  | 11th | Robert K. Sweeney* | Democrat | |
  | 12th | Joseph Saladino* | Republican | |
  | 13th | Charles D. Lavine* | Democrat | |
  | 14th | Brian F. Curran | Republican | |
  | 15th | Michael Montesano* | Republican | |
  | 16th | Michelle Schimel* | Democrat | |
  | 17th | Thomas McKevitt* | Republican | |
  | 18th | Earlene Hill Hooper* | Democrat | |
  | 19th | David McDonough* | Republican | |
  | 20th | Harvey Weisenberg* | Democrat | |
  | 21st | Ed Ra | Republican | |
  | 22nd | Grace Meng* | Democrat | on November 6, 2012, elected to the 113th U.S. Congress |
  | 23rd | Audrey Pheffer* | Democrat | on May 12, 2011, took office as County Clerk of Queens County |
  | 23rd | Phil Goldfeder | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 24th | David Weprin* | Democrat | |
  | 25th | Rory Lancman* | Democrat | |
  | 26th | Edward Braunstein | Democrat | |
  | 27th | Nettie Mayersohn* | Democrat | resigned on March 30, 2011 |
  | 27th | Michael Simanowitz | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 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 | Michael DenDekker* | Democrat | |
  | 35th | Jeffrion L. Aubry* | Democrat | |
  | 36th | Aravella Simotas | Democrat | |
  | 37th | Catherine Nolan* | Democrat | |
  | 38th | Michael G. Miller* | Democrat | |
  | 39th | Francisco Moya | Democrat | |
  | 40th | Inez Barron* | Democrat | |
  | 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 | in February 2011, appointed Commissioner of NYS Homes and Community Renewal |
  | 54th | Rafael Espinal | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 55th | William Boyland Jr.* | Democrat | |
  | 56th | Annette Robinson* | Democrat | |
  | 57th | Hakeem Jeffries* | Democrat | on November 6, 2012, elected to the 113th U.S. Congress |
  | 58th | N. Nick Perry* | Democrat | |
  | 59th | Alan Maisel* | Democrat | |
  | 60th | Nicole Malliotakis | Republican | |
  | 61st | Matthew Titone* | Democrat | |
  | 62nd | Louis Tobacco* | Republican | |
  | 63rd | Michael Cusick* | Democrat | |
  | 64th | Sheldon Silver* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
  | 65th | Micah Kellner* | Democrat | |
  | 66th | Deborah J. Glick* | Democrat | |
  | 67th | Linda Rosenthal* | Democrat | |
  | 68th | Robert J. Rodriguez | 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 | Guillermo Linares | Democrat | |
  | 73rd | Jonathan Bing* | Democrat | in June 2011 appointed Commissioner of the NYS Liquidation Bureau |
  | 73rd | Dan Quart | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 74th | Brian P. Kavanagh* | Democrat | |
  | 75th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | |
  | 76th | Peter M. Rivera* | Democrat | on June 30, 2012, took office as NYS Labor Commissioner |
  | 77th | Vanessa Gibson* | Democrat | |
  | 78th | Jose Rivera* | Democrat | |
  | 79th | Eric Stevenson | Democrat | |
  | 80th | Naomi Rivera* | Democrat | |
  | 81st | Jeffrey Dinowitz* | Democrat | |
  | 82nd | Michael Benedetto* | Democrat | |
  | 83rd | Carl Heastie* | Democrat | |
  | 84th | Carmen E. Arroyo* | Democrat | |
  | 85th | Marcos Crespo* | Democrat | |
  | 86th | Nelson Castro* | Democrat | |
  | 87th | J. Gary Pretlow* | Democrat | |
  | 88th | Amy Paulin* | Democrat | |
  | 89th | Robert Castelli* | Republican | |
  | 90th | Sandy Galef* | Democrat | |
  | 91st | George Latimer* | Democrat | |
  | 92nd | Thomas J. Abinanti | Democrat | |
  | 93rd | Mike Spano* | Democrat | on November 8, 2011, elected Mayor of Yonkers |
  | 93rd | Shelley Mayer | Democrat | on March 20, 2012, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 94th | Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.* | Democrat | |
  | 95th | Ellen Jaffee* | Democrat | |
  | 96th | Nancy Calhoun* | Republican | |
  | 97th | Ann Rabbitt* | Republican | |
  | 98th | Aileen Gunther* | Democrat | |
  | 99th | Steve Katz | Republican | |
  | 100th | Thomas J. Kirwan | Republican | died on November 28, 2011 |
  | 100th | Frank Skartados | Democrat | on March 20, 2012, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 101st | Kevin A. Cahill* | Democrat | |
  | 102nd | Joel M. Miller* | Republican | |
  | 103rd | Marcus Molinaro* | Republican | on November 8, 2011, elected Dutchess County Executive |
  | 103rd | Didi Barrett | Democrat | on March 20, 2012, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 104th | John McEneny* | Democrat | |
  | 105th | George A. Amedore Jr.* | Republican | |
  | 106th | Ronald Canestrari* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
  | 107th | Clifford Crouch* | Republican | |
  | 108th | Steven McLaughlin | Republican | |
  | 109th | Robert Reilly* | Democrat | |
  | 110th | Jim Tedisco* | Republican | |
  | 111th | Bill Magee* | Democrat | |
  | 112th | Tony Jordan* | Republican | |
  | 113th | Teresa Sayward* | Republican | |
  | 114th | Janet Duprey* | Republican | |
  | 115th | Claudia Tenney | Republican | |
  | 116th | RoAnn Destito* | Democrat | on May 10, 2011, confirmed as Commissioner of the NYS Office of General Services |
  | 116th | Anthony Brindisi | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 117th | Marc W. Butler* | Republican | |
  | 118th | Addie Jenne* | Democrat | |
  | 119th | Samuel D. Roberts | Democrat | |
  | 120th | William Magnarelli* | Democrat | |
  | 121st | Donald R. Miller | Republican | |
  | 122nd | Ken Blankenbush | 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 | Minority Leader |
  | 130th | Sean Hanna | Republican | |
  | 131st | Harry Bronson | Democrat | |
  | 132nd | Joseph D. Morelle* | Democrat | |
  | 133rd | David Gantt* | Democrat | |
  | 134th | Bill Reilich* | Republican | |
  | 135th | Mark C. Johns | Republican | |
  | 136th | Phil Palmesano | Republican | |
  | 137th | Christopher S. Friend | Republican | |
  | 138th | John Ceretto | Republican | |
  | 139th | Stephen Hawley* | Republican | |
  | 140th | Robin Schimminger* | Democrat | |
  | 141st | Crystal Peoples* | Democrat | |
  | 142nd | Jane Corwin* | Republican | |
  | 143rd | Dennis Gabryszak* | Democrat | |
  | 144th | Sam Hoyt* | Democrat | on July 1, 2011, appointed as a Senior Vice President of the Empire State Development Corporation |
  | 144th | Sean Ryan | Democrat | on September 13, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 145th | Mark J. F. Schroeder* | Democrat | on November 8, 2011, elected Buffalo City Comptroller |
  | 145th | Michael P. Kearns | Ind. Dem. | on March 20, 2012, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 146th | Kevin Smardz | Republican | |
  | 147th | Daniel Burling* | Republican | |
  | 148th | James P. Hayes* | Republican | resigned effective September 6, 2011 |
  | 148th | Raymond Walter | Republican | on November 8, 2011, elected to fill vacancy |
  | 149th | Joseph Giglio* | Republican | |
  | 150th | Andy Goodell | Republican | |
  
  ### Employees
  
  * Clerk: ?
  