198th New York State Legislature
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Legislative bodyNew York State Legislature
JurisdictionNew York, United States
TermJanuary 1, 2009 – December 31, 2010
Members62
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| Legislative body | New York State Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||
| Term | January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2010 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 62 | ||||
| President | vacant until July 8, 2009; Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch (D), from July 8, 2009 | ||||
| Temporary President | Malcolm Smith (D), until June 8, 2009; Pedro Espada Jr., from June 8 to July 9, 2009; Malcolm Smith (D), from July 9, 2009 | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
| Assembly | |||||
| Members | 150 | ||||
| Speaker | Sheldon Silver (D) | ||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||
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The 198th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 2009, to December 31, 2010, during the later part of David Paterson's governorship, in Albany.
On June 8, 2009, began the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis.
Senators
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Roy J. McDonald changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this legislature. Assemblyman Jose Peralta 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 | Brian X. Foley | Democrat | |
| 4th | Owen H. Johnson* | Republican | |
| 5th | Carl L. Marcellino* | Republican | |
| 6th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | |
| 7th | Craig M. Johnson* | Democrat | |
| 8th | Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.* | Republican | |
| 9th | Dean Skelos* | Republican | Minority Leader until June 8, 2009; Majority Leader from June 8 to 15, 2009; Republican Leader from June 15 to July 9, 2009; Minority Leader from July 9, 2009 |
| 10th | Shirley Huntley* | Democrat | |
| 11th | Frank Padavan* | Republican | |
| 12th | George Onorato* | Democrat | |
| 13th | Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | expelled on February 9, 2010 |
| Jose Peralta* | Democrat | on March 16, 2010, elected to fill vacancy[1] | |
| 14th | Malcolm Smith* | Democrat | Temporary President and Acting Lt. Gov. until June 8, 2009; Minority Leader from June 8 to 15, 2009; Democratic Leader from June 15 to July 9, 2009; Temporary President from July 9, 2009 |
| 15th | Joseph Addabbo Jr. | Democrat | |
| 16th | Toby Ann Stavisky* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Martin Malave Dilan* | Democrat | |
| 18th | Velmanette Montgomery* | Democrat | |
| 19th | John L. Sampson* | Democrat | Chairman of the Democratic Conference from July 9, 2009 |
| 20th | Eric Adams* | Democrat | |
| 21st | Kevin Parker* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Martin Golden* | Republican | |
| 23rd | Diane Savino* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Andrew Lanza* | Republican | |
| 25th | Daniel Squadron | 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 | on November 2, 2010, elected Attorney General |
| 32nd | Rubén Díaz Sr.* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | Pedro Espada Jr. | Democrat | Temporary President from June 8 to July 9, 2009; Acting Lieutenant Governor from June 8 to July 8, 2009; Majority Leader from July 9, 2009, to December 14, 2010 |
| 34th | Jeffrey D. Klein* | Democrat | |
| 35th | Andrea Stewart-Cousins* | Democrat | |
| 36th | Ruth Hassell-Thompson* | Democrat | |
| 37th | Suzi Oppenheimer* | Democrat | |
| 38th | Thomas P. Morahan* | Republican | died on July 12, 2010 |
| 39th | William J. Larkin Jr.* | Republican | |
| 40th | Vincent Leibell* | Republican | on November 2, 2010, elected Putnam County Executive resigned his seat on December 2, 2010[2] |
| 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 | Darrel Aubertine* | Democrat | |
| 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 | Michael Ranzenhofer | Republican | |
| 62nd | George D. Maziarz* | Republican | |
Employees
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