# 203rd New York State Legislature

The 203rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 9, 2019, to December 31, 2020, during the ninth and tenth years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.

## Key legislation

* Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act
* Reproductive Health Act (S2796)
* Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act
* Cannabis and Taxation Act
* Jose Peralta New York state DREAM Act
* Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
* Child Victims Act
* Greenlight Act
* Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act

## State Senate
### Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. James Skoufis 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 | Minority Leader; resigned his seat effective June 28, 2020 |
| 3rd | Monica Martinez | Democrat | |
| 4th | Phil Boyle* | Republican | |
| 5th | Jim Gaughran | Democrat | |
| 6th | Kevin Thomas | Democrat | |
| 7th | Anna Kaplan | Democrat | |
| 8th | John E. Brooks* | Democrat | |
| 9th | Todd Kaminsky* | Democrat | |
| 10th | James Sanders Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 11th | John Liu | Democrat | |
| 12th | Michael Gianaris* | Democrat | |
| 13th | Jessica Ramos | Democrat | |
| 14th | Leroy Comrie* | Democrat | |
| 15th | Joseph Addabbo Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 16th | Toby Ann Stavisky* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Simcha Felder* | Ind. Dem. | |
| 18th | Julia Salazar | Democrat | |
| 19th | Roxanne Persaud* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Zellnor Myrie | Democrat | |
| 21st | Kevin Parker* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Andrew Gounardes | Democrat | |
| 23rd | Diane Savino* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Andrew Lanza* | Republican | |
| 25th | Velmanette Montgomery* | Democrat | |
| 26th | Brian P. Kavanagh* | Democrat | |
| 27th | Brad Hoylman* | Democrat | |
| 28th | Liz Krueger* | Democrat | |
| 29th | José M. Serrano* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Brian Benjamin* | Democrat | |
| 31st | Robert Jackson | Democrat | |
| 32nd | Luis R. Sepúlveda* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | Gustavo Rivera* | Democrat | |
| 34th | Alessandra Biaggi | Democrat | |
| 35th | Andrea Stewart-Cousins* | Democrat | elected Temporary President |
| 36th | Jamaal Bailey* | Democrat | |
| 37th | Shelley Mayer* | Democrat | |
| 38th | David Carlucci* | Democrat | |
| 39th | James Skoufis* | Democrat | |
| 40th | Peter Harckham | Democrat | |
| 41st | Sue Serino* | Republican | |
| 42nd | Jen Metzger | Democrat | |
| 43rd | Daphne Jordan | Republican | |
| 44th | Neil Breslin* | Democrat | |
| 45th | Betty Little* | Republican | |
| 46th | George A. Amedore Jr.* | Republican | |
| 47th | Joseph Griffo* | Republican | |
| 48th | Patty Ritchie* | Republican | |
| 49th | Jim Tedisco* | Republican | |
| 50th | Bob Antonacci | Republican | on November 5, 2019, elected to the NY Supreme Court |
| 50th | vacant | | The seat remained vacant throughout 2020 |
| 51st | James L. Seward* | Republican | |
| 52nd | Fred Akshar* | Republican | |
| 53rd | Rachel May | Democrat | |
| 54th | Pam Helming* | Republican | |
| 55th | Rich Funke* | Republican | |
| 56th | Joseph Robach* | Republican | |
| 57th | Catharine Young* | Republican | resigned effective March 10, 2019 |
| 57th | George Borrello | Republican | on November 5, 2019, elected to fill vacancy |
| 58th | Tom O'Mara* | Republican | |
| 59th | Patrick M. Gallivan* | Republican | |
| 60th | Chris Jacobs* | Republican | on June 23, 2020, elected to the 116th U.S. Congress |
| 61st | Michael Ranzenhofer* | Republican | |
| 62nd | Rob Ortt* | Republican | Minority Leader from June 28, 2020 |
| 63rd | Timothy M. Kennedy* | Democrat | |

## State Assembly
### Assembly members

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."
| District | Member | Party | First elected | Counties |
| 1 | Fred Thiele | Ind | 1995+ | Suffolk |
| 2 | Anthony Palumbo | Rep | 2013+ | Suffolk |
| 3 | Joseph DeStefano | Rep | 2018 | Suffolk |
| 4 | Steven Englebright | Dem | 1992+ | Suffolk |
| 5 | Douglas M. Smith | Rep | 2018+ | Suffolk |
| 6 | Philip Ramos | Dem | 2002 | Suffolk |
| 7 | Andrew Garbarino | Rep | 2012 | Suffolk |
| 8 | Michael J. Fitzpatrick | Rep | 2002 | Suffolk |
| 9 | Michael LiPetri | Rep | 2018 | Nassau, Suffolk |
| 10 | Steve Stern | Dem | 2018+ | Suffolk |
| 11 | Kimberly Jean-Pierre | Dem | 2014 | Suffolk |
| 12 | Andrew Raia | Rep | 2002 | Suffolk |
| 13 | Charles Lavine | Dem | 2004 | Nassau |
| 14 | David McDonough | Rep | 2002+ | Nassau |
| 15 | Michael Montesano | Rep | 2010+ | Nassau |
| 16 | Anthony D'Urso | Dem | 2016 | Nassau |
| 17 | John Mikulin | Rep | 2018+ | Nassau |
| 18 | Taylor Raynor | Dem | 2018 | Nassau |
| 19 | Ed Ra | Rep | 2010 | Nassau |
| 20 | Melissa Miller | Rep | 2016 | Nassau |
| 21 | Judy Griffin | Dem | 2018 | Nassau |
| 22 | Michaelle C. Solages | Dem | 2012 | Nassau |
| 23 | Stacey Pheffer Amato | Dem | 2016 | Queens |
| 24 | David Weprin | Dem | 2010+ | Queens |
| 25 | Nily Rozic | Dem | 2012 | Queens |
| 26 | Edward Braunstein | Dem | 2010 | Queens |
| 27 | Daniel Rosenthal | Dem | 2017+ | Queens |
| 28 | Andrew Hevesi | Dem | 2005+ | Queens |
| 29 | Alicia Hyndman | Dem | 2015+ | Queens |
| 30 | Brian Barnwell | Dem | 2016 | Queens |
| 31 | Michele Titus | Dem | 2002+ | Queens |
| 32 | Vivian E. Cook | Dem | 1990 | Queens |
| 33 | Clyde Vanel | Dem | 2016+ | Queens |
| 34 | Michael DenDekker | Dem | 2008 | Queens |
| 35 | Jeffrion Aubry | Dem | 1992+ | Queens |
| 36 | Aravella Simotas | Dem | 2010 | Queens |
| 37 | Catherine Nolan | Dem | 1984 | Queens |
| 38 | Michael G. Miller | Dem | 2009+ | Queens |
| 39 | Catalina Cruz | Dem | 2018 | Queens |
| 40 | Ron Kim | Dem | 2012 | Queens |
| 41 | Helene Weinstein | Dem | 1980 | Kings |
| 42 | Rodneyse Bichotte | Dem | 2014 | Kings |
| 43 | Diana Richardson | Dem | 2015+ | Kings |
| 44 | Robert Carroll | Dem | 2016 | Kings |
| 45 | Steven Cymbrowitz | Dem | 2000 | Kings |
| 46 | Mathylde Frontus | Dem | 2018 | Kings |
| 47 | William Colton | Dem | 1996 | Kings |
| 48 | Simcha Eichenstein | Dem | 2018 | Kings |
| 49 | Peter Abbate | Dem | 1986 | Kings |
| 50 | Joseph Lentol | Dem | 1972 | Kings |
| 51 | Félix Ortiz | Dem | 1994 | Kings |
| 52 | Jo Anne Simon | Dem | 2014 | Kings |
| 53 | Maritza Davila | Dem | 2013+ | Kings |
| 54 | Erik Dilan | Dem | 2014 | Kings |
| 55 | Latrice Walker | Dem | 2014 | Kings |
| 56 | Tremaine Wright | Dem | 2016 | Kings |
| 57 | Walter T. Mosley | Dem | 2012 | Kings |
| 58 | N. Nick Perry | Dem | 1992 | Kings |
| 59 | Jaime Williams | Dem | 2016+ | Kings |
| 60 | Charles Barron | Dem | 2014 | Kings |
| 61 | Charles Fall | Dem | 2018 | Richmond |
| 62 | Michael Reilly | Rep | 2018 | Richmond |
| 63 | Michael Cusick | Dem | 2002 | Richmond |
| 64 | Nicole Malliotakis | Rep | 2010 | Kings, Richmond |
| 65 | Yuh-Line Niou | Dem | 2016 | New York |
| 66 | Deborah Glick | Dem | 1990 | New York |
| 67 | Linda Rosenthal | Dem | 2006+ | New York |
| 68 | Robert J. Rodriguez | Dem | 2010 | New York |
| 69 | Daniel O'Donnell | Dem | 2002 | New York |
| 70 | Inez Dickens | Dem | 2016 | New York |
| 71 | Al Taylor | Dem | 2017+ | New York |
| 72 | Carmen De La Rosa | Dem | 2016 | New York |
| 73 | Dan Quart | Dem | 2011+ | New York |
| 74 | Harvey Epstein | Dem | 2018+ | New York |
| 75 | Richard Gottfried | Dem | 1970 | New York |
| 76 | Rebecca Seawright | Dem | 2014 | New York |
| 77 | Latoya Joyner | Dem | 2014 | Bronx |
| 78 | Jose Rivera | Dem | 2000 | Bronx |
| 79 | Michael Blake | Dem | 2014 | Bronx |
| 80 | Nathalia Fernandez | Dem | 2018+ | Bronx |
| 81 | Jeffrey Dinowitz | Dem | 1994+ | Bronx |
| 82 | Michael Benedetto | Dem | 2004 | Bronx |
| 83 | Carl Heastie | Dem | 2000 | Bronx |
| 84 | Carmen E. Arroyo | Dem | 1994+ | Bronx |
| 85 | Marcos Crespo | Dem | 2009+ | Bronx |
| 86 | Victor M. Pichardo | Dem | 2013+ | Bronx |
| 87 | Karines Reyes | Dem | 2018 | Bronx |
| 88 | Amy Paulin | Dem | 2000 | Westchester |
| 89 | J. Gary Pretlow | Dem | 1992 | Westchester |
| 90 | Nader Sayegh | Dem | 2018 | Westchester |
| 91 | Steven Otis | Dem | 2012 | Westchester |
| 92 | Tom Abinanti | Dem | 2010 | Westchester |
| 93 | David Buchwald | Dem | 2012 | Westchester |
| 94 | Kevin Byrne | Rep | 2016 | Westchester, Putnam |
| 95 | Sandy Galef | Dem | 1992 | Westchester, Putnam |
| 96 | Kenneth Zebrowski Jr. | Dem | 2007+ | Rockland |
| 97 | Ellen Jaffee | Dem | 2006 | Rockland |
| 98 | Karl A. Brabenec | Rep | 2014 | Orange, Rockland |
| 99 | Colin Schmitt | Rep | 2018 | Orange |
| 100 | Aileen Gunther | Dem | 2003+ | Orange, Sullivan |
| 101 | Brian Miller | Rep | 2016 | Delaware, Herkimer, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Sullivan, Ulster |
| 102 | Christopher Tague | Rep | 2018+ | Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster |
| 103 | Kevin Cahill | Dem | 1998 | Dutchess, Ulster |
| 104 | Jonathan Jacobson | Dem | 2018 | Dutchess, Orange, Ulster |
| 105 | Kieran Lalor | Rep | 2012 | Dutchess |
| 106 | Didi Barrett | Dem | 2012+ | Columbia, Dutchess |
| 107 | Jacob Ashby | Rep | 2018+ | Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington |
| 108 | John T. McDonald III | Dem | 2012 | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga |
| 109 | Patricia Fahy | Dem | 2012 | Albany |
| 110 | Phil Steck | Dem | 2012 | Albany, Schenectady |
| 111 | Angelo Santabarbara | Dem | 2012 | Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady |
| 112 | Mary Beth Walsh | Rep | 2016 | Saratoga, Schenectady |
| 113 | Carrie Woerner | Dem | 2014 | Saratoga, Washington |
| 114 | Dan Stec | Rep | 2012 | Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington |
| 115 | Billy Jones | Dem | 2016 | Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence |
| 116 | Mark Walczyk | Rep | 2018 | Jefferson, St. Lawrence |
| 117 | Ken Blankenbush | Rep | 2010 | Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence |
| 118 | Robert Smullen | Rep | 2018 | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, St. Lawrence |
| 119 | Marianne Buttenschon | Dem | 2018 | Herkimer, Oneida |
| 120 | William A. Barclay | Rep | 2002 | Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego |
| 121 | John Salka | Rep | 2018 | Madison, Oneida, Otsego |
| 122 | Clifford Crouch | Rep | 1995+ | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego |
| 123 | Donna Lupardo | Dem | 2004 | Broome |
| 124 | Christopher Friend | Rep | 2010 | Broome, Chemung, Tioga |
| 125 | Barbara Lifton | Dem | 2002 | Cortland, Tompkins |
| 126 | Gary Finch | Rep | 1999+ | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga |
| 127 | Al Stirpe | Dem | 2012 | Onondaga |
| 128 | Pamela Hunter | Dem | 2015+ | Onondaga |
| 129 | William Magnarelli | Dem | 1998 | Onondaga |
| 130 | Brian Manktelow | Rep | 2018 | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne |
| 131 | Brian Kolb | Rep | 2000+ | Ontario, Seneca |
| 132 | Philip Palmesano | Rep | 2010 | Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates |
| 133 | Marjorie Byrnes | Rep | 2018 | Livingston, Monroe, Steuben |
| 134 | Peter Lawrence | Rep | 2014 | Monroe |
| 135 | Mark C. Johns | Rep | 2010 | Monroe |
| 136 | Jamie Romeo | Dem | 2018 | Monroe |
| 137 | David Gantt | Dem | 1982 | Monroe |
| 138 | Harry Bronson | Dem | 2010 | Monroe |
| 139 | Stephen Hawley | Rep | 2006+ | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans |
| 140 | Robin Schimminger | Dem | 1976 | Erie, Niagara |
| 141 | Crystal Peoples | Dem | 2002 | Erie |
| 142 | Patrick B. Burke | Dem | 2018 | Erie |
| 143 | Monica P. Wallace | Dem | 2016 | Erie |
| 144 | Michael Norris | Rep | 2016 | Erie, Niagara, Orleans |
| 145 | Angelo Morinello | Rep | 2016 | Erie, Niagara |
| 146 | Karen McMahon | Dem | 2018 | Erie, Niagara |
| 147 | David DiPietro | Rep | 2012 | Erie, Wyoming |
| 148 | Joseph Giglio | Rep | 2005+ | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben |
| 149 | Sean Ryan | Dem | 2011+ | Erie |
| 150 | Andy Goodell | Rep | 2010 | Chautauqua |
* +Elected in a special election