# 182nd New York State Legislature

The 182nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met in Albany from January 5, 1977, to December 31, 1978, during the third and fourth years of Hugh Carey's governorship.

## 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, and amended in 1974, 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 contiguously without restrictions regarding county boundaries.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Communist Party, the Socialist Workers Party, the Libertarian Party and the Labor Party also nominated tickets.

## Elections

The 1976 New York state election was held on November 2. The only statewide elective offices up for election was a U.S. Senator from New York. Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan, with Liberal endorsement, defeated the incumbent Conservative James L. Buckley who had Republican endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for U.S. Senator, was: Democrats 3,239,000; Republicans 2,525,000; Conservatives 311,000; Liberals 184,000; Communists 25,000; Socialist Workers 16,000; Libertarians 11,000; and Labor 7,000.
Eight of the eleven women members of the previous legislature—State Senators Carol Bellamy (Dem.), a lawyer of Brooklyn; Karen Burstein (Dem.), a lawyer of Lawrence; and Linda Winikow (Dem.), of Spring Valley; and Assemblywomen Jean Amatucci (Dem.), a registered nurse of White Lake; Elizabeth Connelly (Dem.), of Staten Island; Estella B. Diggs (Dem.), of the Bronx; Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; and Gerdi E. Lipschutz (Dem.), of Queens—were re-elected. Mary Rose McGee (Dem.), of Huntington, was also elected to the Assembly.
The 1977 New York state electionwas held on November 8. No statewide elective offices were up for election. Two vacancies in the Assembly were filled. State Senator Carol Bellamy was elected President of the New York City Council.
On February 14, 1978, Pinny Cooke (Rep.) was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly; and on April 11, 1978, Olga A. Méndez (Dem.) was elected to fill a vacancy in the State Senate.

## Sessions

The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 200th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1977; and recessed indefinitely on July 15.
Stanley Steingut (Dem.) was re-elected Speaker.
Warren M. Anderson (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate.
The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 201st) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1978; and recessed indefinitely on June 24.
On March 14, 1978, Assemblywoman Jean Amatucci had a baby son, becoming the first New York state legislator to give birth during her elected term.

## State Senate
### Senators

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 | Senator | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Kenneth LaValle | Republican | |
| 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 | on April 11, 1978, appointed to the New York Public Service Commission |
| 10th | vacant | Senator-elect John J. Santucci (D) appointed on December 30, 1976, as D.A. of Queens County | Senator-elect John J. Santucci (D) appointed on December 30, 1976, as D.A. of Queens County |
| 10th | Sheldon Farber | Republican | on March 1, 1977, elected to fill vacancy |
| 11th | Frank Padavan* | Republican | |
| 12th | Jack E. Bronston* | Democrat | |
| 13th | Emanuel R. Gold* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Anthony V. Gazzara* | Democrat | |
| 15th | Martin J. Knorr* | Republican | |
| 16th | Howard E. Babbush* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Major Owens* | Democrat | |
| 18th | Thomas J. Bartosiewicz* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Jeremiah B. Bloom* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Donald Halperin* | Democrat | |
| 21st | William T. Conklin* | Republican | Deputy Majority Leader |
| 22nd | Albert B. Lewis* | Democrat | on January 4, 1978, appointed as Superintendent of Insurance |
| 22nd | Martin M. Solomon | Democrat | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 23rd | Vander L. Beatty* | Democrat | |
| 24th | John J. Marchi* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
| 25th | Carol Bellamy* | Democrat | on November 8, 1977, elected President of the New York City Council |
| 25th | Martin Connor | Democrat | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 26th | Roy M. Goodman* | Republican | |
| 27th | Manfred Ohrenstein* | Democrat | Minority Leader |
| 28th | Carl McCall* | Democrat | |
| 29th | Franz S. Leichter* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Robert García* | Democrat | on February 14, 1978, elected to the 95th U.S. Congress |
| 30th | Olga A. Méndez | Democrat | on April 11, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 31st | Israel Ruiz Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 32nd | Joseph L. Galiber* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | Abraham Bernstein* | Democrat | |
| 34th | John D. Calandra* | Republican | |
| 35th | John E. Flynn* | Republican | |
| 36th | Joseph R. Pisani* | Republican | |
| 37th | Bernard G. Gordon* | Republican | died on May 4, 1978 |
| 38th | Linda Winikow* | Democrat | |
| 39th | Jay P. Rolison Jr.* | Republican | |
| 40th | Richard E. Schermerhorn* | Republican | |
| 41st | Joseph Bruno | Republican | |
| 42nd | Howard C. Nolan Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 43rd | Ronald B. Stafford* | Republican | |
| 44th | Hugh T. Farley | Republican | |
| 45th | Hugh Douglas Barclay* | Republican | |
| 46th | James H. Donovan* | Republican | |
| 47th | Warren M. Anderson* | Republican | re-elected Temporary President |
| 48th | Edwyn E. Mason* | Republican | |
| 49th | Martin S. Auer* | Republican | |
| 50th | Tarky Lombardi Jr.* | Republican | |
| 51st | William T. Smith* | Republican | |
| 52nd | Frederick L. Warder* | Republican | |
| 53rd | John D. Perry* | Democrat | |
| 54th | Fred J. Eckert* | Republican | |
| 55th | Joseph A. Tauriello* | Democrat | |
| 56th | James D. Griffin* | Democrat | on November 8, 1977, elected Mayor of Buffalo |
| 56th | Raymond F. Gallagher | Democrat | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 57th | Jess J. Present* | Republican | |
| 58th | Dale M. Volker* | Republican | |
| 59th | James T. McFarland* | Republican | on June 23, 1978, appointed to the New York State Civil Service Commission |
| 60th | Lloyd H. Paterson* | Republican | on August 7, 1978, convicted of theft |

### Employees

* Secretary: Roger C. Thompson

## State Assembly
### Assemblymen

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 | Assemblymen | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Perry B. Duryea Jr.* | Republican | Minority Leader |
| 2nd | George J. Hochbrueckner* | Democrat | |
| 3rd | Icilio W. Bianchi Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 4th | Robert C. Wertz* | Republican | |
| 5th | Paul E. Harenberg* | Democrat | |
| 6th | John C. Cochrane* | Republican | |
| 7th | John J. Flanagan* | Republican | |
| 8th | Mary Rose McGee | Democrat | |
| 9th | William L. Burns* | Republican | Minority Coordinator of Committees |
| 10th | Lewis J. Yevoli* | Democrat | |
| 11th | Philip B. Healey* | Republican | |
| 12th | George A. Murphy* | Republican | on November 7, 1978, elected to the New York Supreme Court |
| 13th | Thomas S. Gulotta | Republican | |
| 14th | Joseph M. Reilly* | Republican | |
| 15th | Angelo F. Orazio* | Democrat | |
| 16th | Irwin J. Landes* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Kemp Hannon | Republican | |
| 18th | Armand P. D'Amato* | Republican | |
| 19th | Raymond J. McGrath | Republican | |
| 20th | Arthur J. Kremer* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 21st | Henry W. Dwyer* | Republican | in January 1978, appointed as Deputy County Executive of Nassau Co. |
| 21st | George H. Madison | Republican | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 22nd | Gerdi E. Lipschutz* | Democrat | |
| 23rd | John A. Esposito* | Republican | |
| 24th | Saul Weprin* | Democrat | |
| 25th | Vincent F. Nicolosi* | Democrat | |
| 26th | Leonard P. Stavisky* | Democrat | |
| 27th | Arthur J. Cooperman* | Democrat | |
| 28th | Alan G. Hevesi* | Democrat | |
| 29th | Guy R. Brewer* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Ralph Goldstein | Democrat | |
| 31st | Alfred A. DelliBovi* | Republican | |
| 32nd | Edward Abramson* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | John T. Flack* | Republican | |
| 34th | Ivan C. Lafayette | Democrat | |
| 35th | John G. Lopresto* | Republican | |
| 36th | Denis J. Butler* | Democrat | |
| 37th | Clifford E. Wilson | Democrat | |
| 38th | Frederick D. Schmidt* | Democrat | |
| 39th | Stanley Fink* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
| 40th | Edward Griffith* | Democrat | |
| 41st | Stanley Steingut* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
| 42nd | David P. Greenberg | Democrat | |
| 43rd | George A. Cincotta* | Democrat | on June 22, 1978, appointed as Chairman of the NYS Commission on Cable TV |
| 44th | Mel Miller* | Democrat | |
| 45th | Chuck Schumer* | Democrat | |
| 46th | Howard L. Lasher* | Democrat | |
| 47th | Frank J. Barbaro* | Democrat | |
| 48th | Leonard Silverman* | Democrat | on May 6, 1977, appointed to the New York Court of Claims |
| 48th | Samuel Hirsch | Democrat | on November 8, 1977, elected to fill vacancy |
| 49th | Dominick L. DiCarlo* | Republican | Deputy Minority Leader |
| 50th | Christopher J. Mega* | Republican | |
| 51st | Joseph Ferris* | Democrat | |
| 52nd | Michael L. Pesce* | Democrat | |
| 53rd | Woodrow Lewis* | Democrat | |
| 54th | Thomas S. Boyland | Democrat | |
| 55th | Thomas R. Fortune* | Democrat | |
| 56th | Albert Vann* | Democrat | |
| 57th | Harvey L. Strelzin* | Democrat | |
| 58th | Joseph R. Lentol* | Democrat | |
| 59th | Peter G. Mirto* | Democrat | |
| 60th | Guy Molinari* | Republican | |
| 61st | Elizabeth Connelly* | Democrat | |
| 62nd | Louis DeSalvio* | Democrat | |
| 63rd | Sheldon Silver | Democrat | |
| 64th | William F. Passannante* | Democrat | |
| 65th | Andrew J. Stein* | Democrat | on November 8, 1977, elected Borough President of Manhattan |
| 65th | Steven Sanders | Democrat | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 66th | Mark Alan Siegel* | Democrat | |
| 67th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | Chairman of Codes |
| 68th | Alexander B. Grannis* | Democrat | |
| 69th | Jerrold Nadler | Democrat | |
| 70th | Edward C. Sullivan | Democrat | |
| 71st | George W. Miller* | Democrat | |
| 72nd | Angelo Del Toro* | Democrat | |
| 73rd | Edward H. Lehner* | Democrat | |
| 74th | Herman D. Farrell Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 75th | José E. Serrano* | Democrat | |
| 76th | Seymour Posner* | Democrat | on February 22, 1978, appointed to the NYS Workmen's Compensation Board |
| 76th | Charles R. Johnson | Liberal | on April 11, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 77th | Armando Montano* | Democrat | |
| 78th | Estella B. Diggs* | Democrat | |
| 79th | Louis Niñé* | Democrat | |
| 80th | Guy J. Velella* | Republican | |
| 81st | (Alan Hochberg*) | Democrat | did not take his seat; convicted of a felony; seat vacated on January 26, 1977 |
| 81st | Eliot Engel | Liberal | on March 1, 1977, elected to fill vacancy |
| 82nd | Thomas J. Culhane* | Democrat | on September 19, 1977, appointed to the NYS Commission of Investigation |
| 82nd | Sean P. Walsh | Democrat | on November 8, 1977, elected to fill vacancy |
| 83rd | George Friedman | Democrat | |
| 84th | G. Oliver Koppell* | Democrat | |
| 85th | John C. Dearie* | Democrat | |
| 86th | Vincent A. Marchiselli* | Democrat | |
| 87th | Thomas J. McInerney | Democrat | |
| 88th | Richard C. Ross* | Republican | |
| 89th | William B. Finneran | Democrat | |
| 90th | Gordon W. Burrows* | Republican | |
| 91st | Edward F. X. Ryan Jr. | Democrat | |
| 92nd | Peter M. Sullivan* | Republican | |
| 93rd | Mary B. Goodhue* | Republican | |
| 94th | Willis H. Stephens* | Republican | |
| 95th | Eugene Levy* | Republican | |
| 96th | Robert J. Connor* | Democrat | |
| 97th | Lawrence Herbst* | Republican | |
| 98th | Jean Amatucci* | Democrat | |
| 99th | Emeel S. Betros* | Republican | |
| 100th | Glenn E. Warren | Republican | |
| 101st | Maurice D. Hinchey* | Democrat | |
| 102nd | Clarence D. Lane* | Republican | |
| 103rd | Fred G. Field Jr.* | Republican | on November 8, 1977, elected Supervisor of the Town of Colonie |
| 103rd | Michael J. Hoblock Jr. | Republican | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 104th | Richard J. Conners | Democrat | |
| 105th | Charles D. Cook* | Republican | |
| 106th | Neil W. Kelleher* | Republican | |
| 107th | Clark C. Wemple* | Republican | |
| 108th | Robert A. D'Andrea* | Republican | |
| 109th | Glenn H. Harris* | Republican | Minority Whip |
| 110th | Gerald B. H. Solomon* | Republican | on November 7, 1978, elected to the 96th U.S. Congress |
| 111th | Andrew W. Ryan Jr.* | Republican | |
| 112th | David O'Brien Martin | Republican | |
| 113th | Peter S. Dokuchitz* | Republican | |
| 114th | H. Robert Nortz | Republican | |
| 115th | William R. Sears* | Republican | |
| 116th | Nicholas J. Calogero* | Republican | |
| 117th | John R. Zagame* | Republican | |
| 118th | Leonard F. Bersani | Republican | |
| 119th | Hyman M. Miller* | Republican | |
| 120th | Melvin N. Zimmer | Democrat | |
| 121st | William E. Bush | Republican | |
| 122nd | Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr.* | Republican | |
| 123rd | James W. McCabe* | Democrat | |
| 124th | James R. Tallon Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 125th | Lloyd Stephen Riford Jr.* | Republican | |
| 126th | L. Richard Marshall* | Republican | |
| 127th | Charles D. Henderson* | Republican | |
| 128th | Gary A. Lee* | Republican | on November 7, 1978, elected to the 96th U.S. Congress |
| 129th | James F. Hurley* | Republican | |
| 130th | Thomas A. Hanna* | Republican | |
| 131st | Gary Proud | Democrat | |
| 132nd | Thomas R. Frey* | Democrat | on December 22, 1977, appointed as Director of State Operations |
| 132nd | Pinny Cooke | Republican | on February 14, 1978, elected to fill vacancy |
| 133rd | Andrew D. Virgilio* | Democrat | |
| 134th | Roger J. Robach* | Democrat | |
| 135th | James F. Nagle | Republican | |
| 136th | James L. Emery* | Republican | Assistant Minority Leader |
| 137th | R. Stephen Hawley* | Republican | |
| 138th | John B. Daly* | Republican | |
| 139th | Matthew J. Murphy Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 140th | Robin L. Schimminger | Democrat | |
| 141st | G. James Fremming* | Democrat | |
| 142nd | Stephen R. Greco* | Democrat | |
| 143rd | Arthur O. Eve* | Democrat | |
| 144th | William B. Hoyt | Democrat | |
| 145th | Richard J. Keane | Democrat | |
| 146th | Dennis T. Gorski* | Democrat | |
| 147th | Ronald H. Tills* | Republican | |
| 148th | Vincent J. Graber, Sr.* | Democrat | |
| 149th | Daniel B. Walsh* | Democrat | |
| 150th | Rolland E. Kidder* | Democrat | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Catherine A. Carey