# 198th New York State Legislature

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.

## State Senate
### 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 |
| 13th | Jose Peralta* | Democrat | on March 16, 2010, elected to fill vacancy |
| 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 |
| 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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## State Assembly
### Assembly members

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 | Assembly member | Party | Notes |
| 1st | Marc Alessi* | Democrat | |
| 2nd | Fred W. Thiele Jr.* | Republican | |
| 2nd | Fred W. Thiele Jr.* | Independence | changed party affiliation in October 2009 |
| 3rd | Patricia Eddington* | Democrat | on November 3, 2009, elected Town Clerk of Brookhaven |
| 3rd | L. Dean Murray | Republican | on February 9, 2010, elected to fill vacancy |
| 4th | Steve Englebright* | Democrat | |
| 5th | Ginny Fields* | Democrat | |
| 6th | Philip Ramos* | Democrat | |
| 7th | Michael J. Fitzpatrick* | Republican | |
| 8th | Phil Boyle* | Republican | |
| 9th | Andrew Raia* | Republican | |
| 10th | James D. Conte* | Republican | |
| 11th | Robert K. Sweeney* | Democrat | |
| 12th | Joseph Saladino* | Republican | |
| 13th | Charles D. Lavine* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Robert Barra* | Republican | |
| 15th | Rob Walker* | Republican | in January 2010 appointed Chief Deputy Nassau County Executive |
| 15th | Michael Montesano | Republican | on February 9, 2010, elected to fill vacancy |
| 16th | Michelle Schimel* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Thomas McKevitt* | Republican | |
| 18th | Earlene Hill Hooper* | Democrat | |
| 19th | David McDonough* | Republican | |
| 20th | Harvey Weisenberg* | Democrat | |
| 21st | Thomas Alfano* | Republican | |
| 22nd | Grace Meng | Democrat | |
| 23rd | Audrey Pheffer* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Mark Weprin* | Democrat | on November 3, 2009, elected to the New York City Council |
| 24th | David Weprin | Democrat | on February 9, 2010, elected to fill vacancy |
| 25th | Rory Lancman* | Democrat | |
| 26th | Ann-Margaret Carrozza* | Democrat | |
| 27th | Nettie Mayersohn* | Democrat | |
| 28th | Andrew Hevesi* | Democrat | |
| 29th | William Scarborough* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Margaret Markey* | Democrat | |
| 31st | Michele Titus* | Democrat | |
| 32nd | Vivian E. Cook* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | Barbara M. Clark* | Democrat | |
| 34th | Michael DenDekker | Democrat | |
| 35th | Jeffrion L. Aubry* | Democrat | |
| 36th | Michael Gianaris* | Democrat | |
| 37th | Catherine Nolan* | Democrat | |
| 38th | Anthony S. Seminerio* | Democrat | resigned on June 23, 2009 |
| 38th | Michael G. Miller | Democrat | on September 15, 2009, elected to fill vacancy |
| 39th | Jose Peralta* | Democrat | on March 16, 2010, elected to the State Senate |
| 40th | Inez Barron | Democrat | |
| 41st | Helene Weinstein* | Democrat | |
| 42nd | Rhoda S. Jacobs* | Democrat | |
| 43rd | Karim Camara* | Democrat | |
| 44th | James F. Brennan* | Democrat | |
| 45th | Steven Cymbrowitz* | Democrat | |
| 46th | Alec Brook-Krasny* | Democrat | |
| 47th | William Colton* | Democrat | |
| 48th | Dov Hikind* | Democrat | |
| 49th | Peter J. Abbate Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 50th | Joseph R. Lentol* | Democrat | |
| 51st | Félix W. Ortiz* | Democrat | |
| 52nd | Joan Millman* | Democrat | |
| 53rd | Vito J. Lopez* | Democrat | |
| 54th | Darryl C. Towns* | Democrat | |
| 55th | William Boyland Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 56th | Annette Robinson* | Democrat | |
| 57th | Hakeem Jeffries* | Democrat | |
| 58th | N. Nick Perry* | Democrat | |
| 59th | Alan Maisel* | Democrat | |
| 60th | Janele Hyer-Spencer* | Democrat | |
| 61st | Matthew Titone* | Democrat | |
| 62nd | Louis Tobacco* | Republican | |
| 63rd | Michael Cusick* | Democrat | |
| 64th | Sheldon Silver* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
| 65th | Micah Kellner* | Democrat | |
| 66th | Deborah J. Glick* | Democrat | |
| 67th | Linda Rosenthal* | Democrat | |
| 68th | Adam Clayton Powell IV* | Democrat | |
| 69th | Daniel J. O'Donnell* | Democrat | |
| 70th | Keith L. T. Wright* | Democrat | |
| 71st | Herman D. Farrell Jr.* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 72nd | Adriano Espaillat* | Democrat | |
| 73rd | Jonathan Bing* | Democrat | |
| 74th | Brian P. Kavanagh* | Democrat | |
| 75th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | |
| 76th | Peter M. Rivera* | Democrat | |
| 77th | Aurelia Greene* | Democrat | in April 2009, appointed as Deputy Bronx Borough President |
| 77th | Vanessa Gibson | Democrat | on June 2, 2009, elected to fill vacancy |
| 78th | Jose Rivera* | Democrat | |
| 79th | Michael Benjamin* | Democrat | |
| 80th | Naomi Rivera* | Democrat | |
| 81st | Jeffrey Dinowitz* | Democrat | |
| 82nd | Michael Benedetto* | Democrat | |
| 83rd | Carl Heastie* | Democrat | |
| 84th | Carmen E. Arroyo* | Democrat | |
| 85th | Rubén Díaz Jr.* | Democrat | on April 21, 2009, elected Borough President of the Bronx |
| 85th | Marcos Crespo | Democrat | on June 2, 2009, elected to fill vacancy |
| 86th | Nelson Castro | Democrat | |
| 87th | J. Gary Pretlow* | Democrat | |
| 88th | Amy Paulin* | Democrat | |
| 89th | Adam Bradley* | Democrat | on November 3, 2009, elected Mayor of White Plains |
| 89th | Robert Castelli | Republican | on February 9, 2010, elected to fill vacancy |
| 90th | Sandy Galef* | Democrat | |
| 91st | George Latimer* | Democrat | |
| 92nd | Richard L. Brodsky* | Democrat | |
| 93rd | Mike Spano* | Democrat | |
| 94th | Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 95th | Ellen Jaffee* | Democrat | |
| 96th | Nancy Calhoun* | Republican | |
| 97th | Ann Rabbitt* | Republican | |
| 98th | Aileen Gunther* | Democrat | |
| 99th | Greg Ball* | Republican | |
| 100th | Frank Skartados | Democrat | |
| 101st | Kevin A. Cahill* | Democrat | |
| 102nd | Joel M. Miller* | Republican | |
| 103rd | Marcus Molinaro* | Republican | |
| 104th | John McEneny* | Democrat | |
| 105th | George A. Amedore Jr.* | Republican | |
| 106th | Ronald Canestrari* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
| 107th | Clifford Crouch* | Republican | |
| 108th | Timothy P. Gordon* | Ind./Dem. | |
| 109th | Robert Reilly* | Democrat | |
| 110th | Jim Tedisco* | Republican | Minority Leader until April 2009 |
| 111th | Bill Magee* | Democrat | |
| 112th | Tony Jordan | Republican | |
| 113th | Teresa Sayward* | Republican | |
| 114th | Janet Duprey* | Republican | |
| 115th | David R. Townsend Jr.* | Republican | |
| 116th | RoAnn Destito* | Democrat | |
| 117th | Marc W. Butler* | Republican | |
| 118th | Addie Jenne | Democrat | |
| 119th | Joan Christensen* | Democrat | |
| 120th | William Magnarelli* | Democrat | |
| 121st | Albert A. Stirpe Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 122nd | Dede Scozzafava* | Republican | |
| 123rd | Gary Finch* | Republican | |
| 124th | William Barclay* | Republican | |
| 125th | Barbara Lifton* | Democrat | |
| 126th | Donna Lupardo* | Democrat | |
| 127th | Pete Lopez* | Republican | |
| 128th | Bob Oaks* | Republican | |
| 129th | Brian Kolb* | Republican | Minority Leader from April 2009 |
| 130th | Joseph Errigo* | Republican | |
| 131st | Susan V. John* | Democrat | |
| 132nd | Joseph D. Morelle* | Democrat | |
| 133rd | David Gantt* | Democrat | |
| 134th | Bill Reilich* | Republican | |
| 135th | David Koon* | Democrat | |
| 136th | James Bacalles* | Republican | |
| 137th | Tom O'Mara* | Republican | |
| 138th | Francine DelMonte* | Democrat | |
| 139th | Stephen Hawley* | Republican | |
| 140th | Robin Schimminger* | Democrat | |
| 141st | Crystal Peoples* | Democrat | |
| 142nd | Jane Corwin | Republican | |
| 143rd | Dennis Gabryszak* | Democrat | |
| 144th | Sam Hoyt* | Democrat | |
| 145th | Mark J. F. Schroeder* | Democrat | |
| 146th | Jack Quinn III* | Republican | |
| 147th | Daniel Burling* | Republican | |
| 148th | James P. Hayes* | Republican | |
| 149th | Joseph Giglio* | Republican | |
| 150th | William L. Parment* | Democrat | |