# 180th New York State Legislature

The 180th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1973, to May 30, 1974, during the fifteenth and final year of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, and during Malcolm Wilson's governorship, in Albany.

## Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow the One man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1971 by the legislature, 60 senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned without restrictions regarding county boundaries.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party also nominated tickets.

## Elections

The 1972 New York state election was held on November 7. The only three statewide elective offices up for election were three seats on the New York Court of Appeals. All three seats were won by Republican judges, two with Conservative endorsement, and one with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the average vote for Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republicans 2,847,000; Democrats 2,709,000; Conservatives 425,000; and Liberals 258,000. To date this was the last time a Republican majority was elected to the State Assembly.
Of the three women members of the previous legislature, Assemblywoman Mary Anne Krupsak (Dem.), a lawyer of Amsterdam, was elected to the state Senate; and Assemblywomen Constance E. Cook (Rep.), a lawyer of Ithaca; and Rosemary R. Gunning (Cons.), a lawyer of Ridgewood, Queens; were re-elected to the assembly. Karen Burstein, a lawyer of Lawrence, and Carol Bellamy, a lawyer of Brooklyn, were also elected to the state Senate; and Estella B. Diggs, of the Bronx, was also elected to the assembly.
The 1973 New York state election was held on November 6. The only statewide elective office up for election was the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Republican Charles D. Breitel was elected with Liberal endorsement. One vacancy in the State Senate and five vacancies in the Assembly were filled. Elizabeth Connelly (Dem.), of Staten Island, was elected to the assembly.

## Sessions

The legislature met for the first regular session (the 196th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1973; and adjourned sine die on May 28.
Perry B. Duryea Jr. (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.
Warren M. Anderson (Rep.) was elected temporary president of the state Senate.
The legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 25, 1973; and adjourned sine die on July 31. This session was called to consider the issue of a $3.5 million bond issue to finance the construction of additional public transportation capacities in New York City.
The legislature met for the second regular session (the 197th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 9, 1974; and adjourned sine die in the early morning of May 17.
The U.S. Department of Justice found fault with the congressional, senatorial and Assembly districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn under the apportionment of 1971, and ordered a revision to safeguard the rights of minorities.
The legislature met for another special session at the State Capitol in Albany on May 29, 1974; and adjourned sine die on the next day. This session was called to remap the legislative districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and to amend the rent-control law passed during the regular session. The Senate passed Governor Wilson's rent law amendment, but the Assembly did not come to a vote on it.
On July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice accepted the revised districts as passed by the legislature.

## State Senate
### Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Chester J. Straub, Vander L. Beatty, Joseph R. Pisani, Mary Anne Krupsak, Edwyn E. Mason and James T. McFarland changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of the session.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Leon E. Giuffreda* | Republican | Chairman of Education |
| 2nd | Bernard C. Smith* | Republican | |
| 3rd | Caesar Trunzo | Republican | |
| 4th | Owen H. Johnson | Republican | |
| 5th | Ralph J. Marino* | Republican | |
| 6th | John R. Dunne* | Republican | |
| 7th | John D. Caemmerer* | Republican | |
| 8th | Norman J. Levy* | Republican | |
| 9th | Karen Burstein | Democrat | |
| 10th | John J. Santucci* | Democrat | |
| 11th | Frank Padavan | Rep./Cons. | |
| 12th | Jack E. Bronston* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 13th | Emanuel R. Gold* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 14th | Nicholas Ferraro* | Democrat | on November 6, 1973, elected D.A. of Queens County |
| 14th | John J. Moore | Democrat | on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy |
| 15th | Martin J. Knorr* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 16th | A. Frederick Meyerson* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Chester J. Straub* | Democrat | |
| 18th | Vander L. Beatty* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Jeremiah B. Bloom* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Donald Halperin* | Democrat | |
| 21st | William T. Conklin* | Rep./Cons. | Deputy Majority Leader |
| 22nd | Albert B. Lewis* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | Carol Bellamy | Democrat | |
| 24th | John J. Marchi* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
| 25th | Paul P. E. Bookson* | Democrat | |
| 26th | Roy M. Goodman* | Rep./Lib. | |
| 27th | Manfred Ohrenstein* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 28th | Sidney A. von Luther* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 29th | Joseph Zaretzki* | Dem./Lib. | Minority Leader |
| 30th | Robert García* | Dem./Rep./Lib. | |
| 31st | Harrison J. Goldin* | Dem./Lib. | on November 6, 1973, elected New York City Comptroller |
| The seat remained vacant throughout the session of 1974 |||
| 32nd | Joseph L. Galiber* | Dem./Rep./Lib. | |
| 33rd | Abraham Bernstein* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 34th | John D. Calandra* | Rep./Dem./Cons. | |
| 35th | John E. Flynn* | Republican | |
| 36th | Joseph R. Pisani* | Republican | |
| 37th | Bernard G. Gordon* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 38th | Donald R. Ackerson | Republican | |
| 39th | Jay P. Rolison Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 40th | Richard E. Schermerhorn* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 41st | Douglas Hudson* | Republican | |
| 42nd | Walter B. Langley* | Republican | |
| 43rd | Ronald B. Stafford* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 44th | Mary Anne Krupsak* | Dem./Lib. | on November 5, 1974, elected Lieutenant Governor of New York |
| 45th | Hugh Douglas Barclay* | Republican | |
| 46th | James H. Donovan* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 47th | Warren M. Anderson* | Republican | elected Temporary President; acting as Lt. Gov. from December 18, 1973 |
| 48th | Edwyn E. Mason* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 49th | Martin S. Auer | Republican | |
| 50th | Tarky Lombardi Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 51st | William T. Smith* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 52nd | Frederick L. Warder* | Republican | |
| 53rd | Gordon J. DeHond | Rep./Cons. | |
| 54th | Fred J. Eckert | Rep./Cons. | |
| 55th | Frank J. Glinski* | Dem./Lib. | resigned in 1973 |
| 55th | Joseph A. Tauriello | Democrat | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 56th | James D. Griffin* | Dem./Cons. | |
| 57th | Jess J. Present* | Republican | |
| 58th | Thomas F. McGowan* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 59th | James T. McFarland* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 60th | Lloyd H. Paterson | Rep./Lib. | |

### Employees

* Secretary: Albert J. Abrams

## State Assembly
### Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. George A. Murphy and John J. LaFalce changed from the Senate to the Assembly at the beginning of the session.
Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Perry B. Duryea Jr.* | Republican | re-elected Speaker |
| 2nd | Peter J. Costigan* | Republican | |
| 3rd | Icilio W. Bianchi Jr. | Democrat | |
| 4th | Robert C. Wertz* | Republican | |
| 5th | Dennis O'Doherty | Republican | |
| 6th | John C. Cochrane | Republican | |
| 7th | John J. Flanagan | Republican | |
| 8th | John G. McCarthy* | Republican | |
| 9th | William L. Burns* | Republican | |
| 10th | Stuart R. Levine | Republican | |
| 11th | Philip B. Healey* | Republican | |
| 12th | George A. Murphy* | Republican | |
| 13th | Milton Jonas* | Republican | |
| 14th | Joseph M. Reilly* | Republican | |
| 15th | John E. Kingston* | Republican | Majority Leader |
| 16th | Irwin J. Landes* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Joseph M. Margiotta* | Republican | |
| 18th | Armand P. D'Amato | Republican | |
| 19th | John S. Thorp Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Arthur J. Kremer* | Democrat | |
| 21st | George J. Farrell Jr.* | Republican | |
| 22nd | Herbert A. Posner* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | John A. Esposito* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 24th | Saul Weprin* | Democrat | |
| 25th | Vincent F. Nicolosi | Democrat | |
| 26th | Leonard P. Stavisky* | Democrat | |
| 27th | Arthur J. Cooperman* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 28th | Alan G. Hevesi* | Democrat | |
| 29th | Guy R. Brewer* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Herbert J. Miller* | Democrat | |
| 31st | Alfred A. DelliBovi* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 32nd | Edward Abramson | Democrat | |
| 33rd | John T. Flack* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 34th | Joseph F. Lisa* | Democrat | |
| 35th | John G. Lopresto* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 36th | Joseph S. Calabretta* | Democrat | on November 6, 1973, elected to the New York City Civil Court |
| 36th | Anthony V. Gazzara | Democrat | on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy |
| 37th | Rosemary R. Gunning* | Cons./Rep. | |
| 38th | Vito P. Battista* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 39th | Stanley Fink* | Democrat | |
| 40th | Edward Griffith | Democrat | |
| 41st | Stanley Steingut* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 42nd | Brian Sharoff* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 43rd | George A. Cincotta* | Democrat | |
| 44th | Mel Miller* | Democrat | |
| 45th | Stephen J. Solarz* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 46th | Howard L. Lasher | Democrat | |
| 47th | Frank J. Barbaro | Democrat | |
| 48th | Leonard Silverman* | Democrat | |
| 49th | Dominick L. DiCarlo* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 50th | Robert F. Kelly* | Rep./Cons. | appointed as Chairman of the NYS Cable TV Commission |
| 50th | Christopher J. Mega | Rep./Cons. | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 51st | Vincent A. Riccio* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 52nd | Michael L. Pesce | Democrat | |
| 53rd | Woodrow Lewis | Democrat | |
| 54th | Samuel D. Wright* | Dem./Rep./Lib. | resigned to run for the New York City Council |
| 54th | Charles T. Hamilton | Democrat | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 55th | Thomas R. Fortune* | Democrat | |
| 56th | Calvin Williams* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 57th | Harvey L. Strelzin* | Democrat | |
| 58th | Joseph R. Lentol | Democrat | |
| 59th | Peter G. Mirto* | Democrat | |
| 60th | Lucio F. Russo* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 61st | Edward J. Amann Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | appointed to the New York Court of Claims |
| 61st | Elizabeth Connelly | Dem./Cons. | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 62nd | Louis DeSalvio* | Democrat | |
| 63rd | Anthony G. DiFalco* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 64th | William F. Passannante* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 65th | Andrew J. Stein* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 66th | Antonio G. Olivieri* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 67th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 68th | Peter A. A. Berle* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 69th | Albert H. Blumenthal* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 70th | Jesse Gray | Democrat | |
| 71st | Franz S. Leichter* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 72nd | George W. Miller* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 73rd | Edward H. Lehner | Democrat | |
| 74th | Mark T. Southall* | Democrat | |
| 75th | Eugenio Alvarez | Democrat | in 1974 appointed as Deputy NYC Commissioner of Housing Supervision |
| 76th | Seymour Posner* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 77th | Armando Montano* | Dem./Rep./Lib. | |
| 78th | Estella B. Diggs | Democrat | |
| 79th | Louis Niñé* | Democrat | |
| 80th | Guy Velella | Rep./Cons. | |
| 81st | Alan Hochberg* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 82nd | Thomas J. Culhane | Democrat | |
| 83rd | Burton Hecht* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 84th | G. Oliver Koppell* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 85th | (Anthony J. Mercorella)* | Dem./Lib. | resigned on January 3 and took a seat in the New York City Council |
| 85th | John C. Dearie | Democrat | on February 27, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 86th | Anthony J. Stella* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 87th | Bruce F. Caputo | Rep./Cons. | |
| 88th | Richard C. Ross | Rep./Cons. | |
| 89th | Alvin M. Suchin* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 90th | Gordon W. Burrows* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 91st | Richard E. Mannix | Rep./Cons. | |
| 92nd | J. Edward Meyer* | Rep./Cons. | elected as a Republican with Conservative endorsement |
| 92nd | J. Edward Meyer* | Democrat | on December 4, 1973, became a Democrat |
| 93rd | Peter R. Biondo* | Republican | |
| 94th | Willis H. Stephens* | Republican | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 95th | Eugene Levy* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 96th | Harold K. Grune | Rep./Cons. | |
| 97th | Lawrence Herbst* | Republican | |
| 98th | Louis Ingrassia | Republican | |
| 99th | Emeel S. Betros* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 100th | Benjamin P. Roosa Jr. | Republican | |
| 101st | H. Clark Bell* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 102nd | Clarence D. Lane* | Republican | |
| 103rd | Fred G. Field Jr.* | Republican | |
| 104th | Thomas W. Brown* | Democrat | |
| 105th | Charles D. Cook | Republican | |
| 106th | Neil W. Kelleher* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 107th | Clark C. Wemple* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 108th | Fred W. Droms Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 109th | Glenn H. Harris* | Rep./Cons./Lib. | |
| 110th | Gerald B. H. Solomon | Rep./Cons. | |
| 111th | Andrew W. Ryan Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 112th | K. Daniel Haley* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 113th | Harold C. Luther | Republican | died on May 15, 1973 |
| 113th | Peter S. Dokuchitz | Republican | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 114th | Donald L. Taylor* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 115th | William R. Sears* | Republican | |
| 116th | Nicholas J. Calogero | Republican | |
| 117th | Edward F. Crawford* | Rep./Cons. | Chairman of Judiciary; on November 6, 1973, elected to the New York Supreme Court |
| 117th | Ralph Shapiro | Dem./Cons. | on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy; died on April 8, 1974 |
| 118th | Leonard F. Bersani* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 119th | Hyman M. Miller* | Republican | |
| 120th | Edward M. Kinsella* | Rep./Cons. | died on December 3, 1973 |
| 120th | Rocco Pirro | Republican | on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy |
| 121st | Thomas J. Murphy* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 122nd | Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. | Republican | |
| 123rd | James W. McCabe | Democrat | |
| 124th | Francis J. Boland Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 125th | Lloyd Stephen Riford Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 126th | L. Richard Marshall* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 127th | Charles D. Henderson* | Republican | |
| 128th | Constance E. Cook* | Republican | |
| 129th | James F. Hurley | Rep./Cons. | |
| 130th | Thomas A. Hanna | Rep./Cons. | |
| 131st | Raymond J. Lill* | Democrat | |
| 132nd | Thomas R. Frey | Democrat | |
| 133rd | Frank A. Carroll* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 134th | William M. Steinfeldt* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 135th | Don W. Cook* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 136th | James L. Emery* | Republican | |
| 137th | William C. Knights | Republican | died on February 5, 1973 |
| 137th | R. Stephen Hawley | Republican | on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy |
| 138th | John B. Daly | Republican | |
| 139th | Richard J. Hogan* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 140th | John J. LaFalce* | Dem./Lib. | on November 5, 1974, elected to the 94th U.S. Congress |
| 141st | Chester R. Hardt* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 142nd | Stephen R. Greco* | Dem./Cons. | |
| 143rd | Arthur O. Eve* | Democrat | |
| 144th | Albert J. Hausbeck* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 145th | Francis J. Griffin* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 146th | Alan J. Justin | Rep./Cons. | |
| 147th | Ronald H. Tills* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 148th | Dale M. Volker | Republican | |
| 149th | Daniel B. Walsh | Dem./Lib. | |
| 150th | John W. Beckman* | Rep./Cons. | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Donald A. Campbell, until February 1973, resigned
** Thomas H. Bartzos, acting from February 1973, appointed as clerk in January 1974