197th New York State Legislature

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Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008
Members62
197th New York State Legislature
←196th 198th→
The facade of the New York State Capitol building in bright daylight
New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008
Senate
Members62
PresidentLt. Gov. David Paterson (D), until March 17, 2008
Temporary PresidentJoseph Bruno (R), until June 24, 2008
Dean Skelos (R), from June 24, 2008
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members150
SpeakerSheldon Silver (D)
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
1stJanuary 3 – ?, 2007
2ndJanuary 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.

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;
Acting Lt. Gov. from March 17 to June 24, 2008;
resigned his seat on July 18, 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

  • Secretary: ?

State Assembly

References

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