# 188th New York State Legislature

The 188th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4, 1989, to December 31, 1990, during the seventh and eighth years of Mario Cuomo'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 1982 by the Legislature, 61 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 Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Right to Life Party, an "Independent Progressive Party", the Workers World Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Socialist Workers Party also nominated tickets.

## Elections

The 1988 New York state election was held on November 8. The only statewide elective office up for election was a U.S. Senator from New York. Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan was re-elected with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for U.S. Senator, was: Democrats/Liberals 4,049,000; Republicans/Conservatives 1,876,000; Right to Life 65,000; Independent Progressives 15,000; Workers World 13,500; Libertarians 12,000; and Socialist Workers 11,000.
All sitting 22 women members of the legislature—State Senators Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; Velmanette Montgomery (Dem.), of Brooklyn; and Suzi Oppenheimer (Dem.), of Mamaroneck; and Assemblywomen Barbara M. Clark (Dem.), of Queens; Elizabeth Connelly (Dem.), of Staten Island; Pinny Cooke (Rep.), of Rochester; Geraldine L. Daniels (Dem.), of the Bronx; Gloria Davis (Dem.), of the Bronx; Eileen C. Dugan (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Aurelia Greene (Dem.), of the Bronx; Earlene Hill Hooper (Dem.), of Hempstead; Rhoda S. Jacobs (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Cynthia Jenkins (Dem.), a librarian of Queens; Helen M. Marshall (Dem.), a teacher and librarian of Queens; Nettie Mayersohn (Dem.), of Queens; Patricia McGee (Rep.), of Franklinville; Mary M. McPhillips (Dem.), of Middletown; Catherine Nolan (Dem.), of Queens; Audrey Pheffer (Dem.), of Queens; and Helene Weinstein (Dem.), a lawyer of Brooklyn—were re-elected. Ada L. Smith (Dem.), of Queens, was also elected to the State Senate. Cecile D. Singer (Rep.), of Yonkers, was also elected to the Assembly.
The 1989 New York state election was held on November 7. Two vacancies in the State Senate were filled. Assemblywoman Mary M. McPhillips was elected as County Executive of Orange County.

## Sessions

The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 212th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1989; and recessed indefinitely on July 1.
Mel Miller (Dem.) was re-elected Speaker of the Assembly.
Ralph J. Marino (Rep.) was elected Temporary President of the Senate.
The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 213th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1990; and recessed indefinitely on July 2.
The legislature met again from December 3 to 14, 1990. This session was called to consider state budget cuts, an increase in CUNY's tuition rates, and an anti-crime plan proposed by Mayor of New York City David Dinkins.

## State Senate
### Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. John B. Sheffer II changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of the session. Assemblyman Kemp Hannon 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* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 2nd | James J. Lack* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 3rd | Caesar Trunzo* | Republican | |
| 4th | Owen H. Johnson* | Rep./Cons. | Chairman of Environmental Conservation |
| 5th | Ralph J. Marino* | Rep./Cons. | elected Temporary President |
| 6th | John R. Dunne* | Rep./Cons. | Chairman of Judiciary; resigned in September 1989 |
| 6th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | on November 7, 1989, elected to fill vacancy |
| 7th | Michael J. Tully Jr.* | Rep./Cons. | Chairman of Health |
| 8th | Norman J. Levy* | Rep./Cons. | Chairman of Transportation |
| 9th | Dean Skelos* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 10th | Andrew Jenkins* | Dem./Lib. | on May 7, 1990, convicted of two felonies |
| 11th | Frank Padavan* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 12th | Leonard P. Stavisky* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 13th | Emanuel R. Gold* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 14th | George Onorato* | Democrat | |
| 15th | Serphin R. Maltese | Cons./Rep./RTL | |
| 16th | Jeremy S. Weinstein* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 17th | Howard E. Babbush* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 18th | Donald Halperin* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Martin M. Solomon* | Democrat | |
| 20th | Ada L. Smith | Democrat | |
| 21st | Marty Markowitz* | Democrat | |
| 22nd | Velmanette Montgomery* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 23rd | Christopher J. Mega* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 24th | John J. Marchi* | Rep./Dem./Lib. | Vice-President pro tempore |
| 25th | Martin Connor* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 26th | Roy M. Goodman* | Rep./Lib. | |
| 27th | Manfred Ohrenstein* | Dem./Lib. | Minority Leader |
| 28th | Franz S. Leichter* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 29th | David Paterson* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 30th | Olga A. Méndez* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 31st | Joseph L. Galiber* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 32nd | Israel Ruiz Jr.* | Dem./Lib. | on February 3, 1989, convicted of a federal felony |
| 32nd | Efrain Gonzalez Jr. | Democrat | on November 7, 1989, elected to fill vacancy |
| 33rd | Abraham Bernstein* | Dem./Lib. | died on March 4, 1990 |
| 33rd | Jeffrey R. Korman | Democrat | on May 1, 1990, elected to fill vacancy |
| 34th | Guy J. Velella* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 35th | Nicholas A. Spano* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 36th | Suzi Oppenheimer* | Dem./Lib. | |
| 37th | Mary B. Goodhue* | Rep./Cons. | |
| 38th | Eugene Levy* | Rep./Cons. | died on July 12, 1990 |
| 39th | E. Arthur Gray | Democrat | |
| 40th | Charles D. Cook* | Republican | |
| 41st | Jay P. Rolison Jr.* | Republican | |
| 42nd | Howard C. Nolan Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 43rd | Joseph Bruno* | Republican | |
| 44th | Hugh T. Farley* | Republican | Chairman of Banks |
| 45th | Ronald B. Stafford* | Republican | Deputy Majority Leader |
| 46th | John M. McHugh* | Republican | |
| 47th | James H. Donovan* | Republican | Chairman of Education; died on August 31, 1990 |
| 48th | Nancy Larraine Hoffmann* | Democrat | |
| 49th | Tarky Lombardi Jr.* | Republican | Chairman of Finance |
| 50th | James L. Seward* | Republican | |
| 51st | Thomas W. Libous | Republican | |
| 52nd | Randy Kuhl* | Republican | |
| 53rd | L. Paul Kehoe* | Republican | |
| 54th | John D. Perry* | Democrat | |
| 55th | Ralph E. Quattrociocchi* | Democrat | |
| 56th | Jess J. Present* | Republican | |
| 57th | William Stachowski* | Democrat | |
| 58th | Anthony M. Masiello* | Democrat | |
| 59th | Dale M. Volker* | Republican | |
| 60th | John B. Sheffer II* | Republican | |
| 61st | John B. Daly* | Republican | |

### Employees

* Secretary: Stephen F. Sloan

## 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 | Joseph Sawicki Jr.* | Republican | |
| 2nd | John L. Behan* | Republican | |
| 3rd | John Powell | Rep./Cons. | on November 7, 1989, elected to the Town Council of Brookhaven |
| 3rd | Icilio W. Bianchi Jr. | Democrat | on February 20, 1990, elected to fill vacancy |
| 4th | Robert J. Gaffney* | Republican | |
| 5th | Paul E. Harenberg* | Democrat | |
| 6th | Robert C. Wertz* | Republican | |
| 7th | Thomas F. Barraga* | Republican | |
| 8th | John C. Cochrane* | Republican | |
| 9th | John J. Flanagan* | Republican | |
| 10th | James D. Conte* | Republican | |
| 11th | Robert K. Sweeney* | Democrat | |
| 12th | Philip B. Healey* | Republican | |
| 13th | Lewis J. Yevoli* | Democrat | |
| 14th | Frederick E. Parola* | Republican | |
| 15th | Daniel Frisa* | Republican | |
| 16th | Thomas DiNapoli* | Democrat | |
| 17th | Kemp Hannon* | Republican | on November 7, 1989, elected to the State Senate |
| 17th | Michael Balboni | Republican | on February 20, 1990, elected to fill vacancy |
| 18th | Earlene Hill Hooper* | Democrat | |
| 19th | Charles J. O'Shea* | Republican | |
| 20th | vacant | | Assemblyman-elect Arthur J. Kremer (D) resigned on December 14, 1988 |
| 20th | Harvey Weisenberg | Democrat | on February 14, 1989, elected to fill vacancy |
| 21st | Gregory R. Becker* | Republican | |
| 22nd | George H. Madison* | Republican | |
| 23rd | Audrey Pheffer* | Democrat | |
| 24th | Saul Weprin* | Democrat | Chairman of Ways and Means |
| 25th | Douglas Prescott* | Republican | |
| 26th | Morton C. Hillman* | Democrat | |
| 27th | Nettie Mayersohn* | Democrat | |
| 28th | Alan G. Hevesi* | Democrat | |
| 29th | Cynthia Jenkins* | Democrat | |
| 30th | Joseph Crowley* | Democrat | |
| 31st | Anthony S. Seminerio* | Democrat | |
| 32nd | Edward Abramson* | Democrat | |
| 33rd | Barbara M. Clark* | Democrat | |
| 34th | Ivan C. Lafayette* | Democrat | |
| 35th | Helen M. Marshall* | Democrat | |
| 36th | Denis J. Butler* | Democrat | |
| 37th | Catherine Nolan* | Democrat | |
| 38th | Frederick D. Schmidt* | Democrat | |
| 39th | Anthony J. Genovesi* | Democrat | |
| 40th | Edward Griffith* | Democrat | |
| 41st | Helene Weinstein* | Democrat | |
| 42nd | Rhoda S. Jacobs* | Democrat | |
| 43rd | Clarence Norman Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 44th | Mel Miller* | Democrat | re-elected Speaker |
| 45th | Daniel L. Feldman* | Democrat | |
| 46th | Howard L. Lasher* | Democrat | |
| 47th | Frank J. Barbaro* | Democrat | |
| 48th | Dov Hikind* | Democrat | |
| 49th | Peter J. Abbate Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 50th | Joseph R. Lentol* | Democrat | |
| 51st | James F. Brennan* | Democrat | |
| 52nd | Eileen C. Dugan* | Democrat | |
| 53rd | Vito J. Lopez* | Democrat | |
| 54th | Thomas F. Catapano* | Democrat | |
| 55th | William F. Boyland* | Democrat | |
| 56th | Albert Vann* | Democrat | |
| 57th | Roger L. Green* | Democrat | |
| 58th | Elizabeth Connelly* | Democrat | |
| 59th | Eric N. Vitaliano* | Democrat | |
| 60th | Robert A. Straniere* | Republican | |
| 61st | William F. Passannante* | Democrat | |
| 62nd | Sheldon Silver* | Democrat | |
| 63rd | Steven Sanders* | Democrat | |
| 64th | Richard N. Gottfried* | Democrat | |
| 65th | Alexander B. Grannis* | Democrat | |
| 66th | Mark Alan Siegel* | Democrat | |
| 67th | Jerrold Nadler* | Democrat | |
| 68th | Angelo Del Toro* | Democrat | |
| 69th | Edward C. Sullivan* | Democrat | |
| 70th | Geraldine L. Daniels* | Democrat | |
| 71st | Herman D. Farrell Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 72nd | John Brian Murtaugh* | Democrat | |
| 73rd | José E. Serrano* | Democrat | on March 20, 1990, elected to the 101st U.S. Congress |
| 73rd | David Rosado | Dem./Lib. | on May 1, 1990, elected to fill vacancy |
| 74th | Hector L. Diaz* | Democrat | |
| 75th | John C. Dearie* | Democrat | |
| 76th | Aurelia Greene* | Democrat | |
| 77th | Israel Martinez* | Democrat | |
| 78th | Gloria Davis* | Democrat | |
| 79th | George Friedman* | Democrat | |
| 80th | G. Oliver Koppell* | Democrat | Chairman of Judiciary |
| 81st | Stephen B. Kaufman | Democrat | |
| 82nd | Larry Seabrook* | Democrat | |
| 83rd | Terence M. Zaleski* | Democrat | |
| 84th | Cecile D. Singer | Republican | |
| 85th | Ronald C. Tocci* | Democrat | |
| 86th | Richard L. Brodsky* | Democrat | |
| 87th | Peter M. Sullivan* | Republican | |
| 88th | Gregory P. Young* | Democrat | |
| 89th | Henry William Barnett* | Republican | |
| 90th | Vincent Leibell* | Republican | |
| 91st | George E. Pataki* | Republican | |
| 92nd | Joseph R. Holland | Republican | |
| 93rd | Samuel Colman* | Democrat | |
| 94th | Mary M. McPhillips* | Democrat | on November 7, 1989, elected as County Executive of Orange County |
| 94th | John Bonacic | Republican | on February 20, 1990, elected to fill vacancy |
| 95th | William J. Larkin Jr.* | Republican | |
| 96th | Lawrence E. Bennett* | Democrat | |
| 97th | Stephen M. Saland* | Republican | |
| 98th | Richard I. Coombe* | Republican | |
| 99th | Glenn E. Warren* | Republican | |
| 100th | Neil W. Kelleher* | Republican | |
| 101st | Maurice D. Hinchey* | Democrat | |
| 102nd | John Faso* | Republican | |
| 103rd | Arnold W. Proskin* | Republican | |
| 104th | Richard J. Conners* | Democrat | |
| 105th | Paul D. Tonko* | Democrat | |
| 106th | Ronald Canestrari | Democrat | |
| 107th | James Tedisco* | Republican | |
| 108th | Robert A. D'Andrea* | Republican | |
| 109th | Glenn H. Harris* | Republican | |
| 110th | Chris Ortloff* | Republican | |
| 111th | John W. McCann* | Republican | |
| 112th | John G. A. O'Neil* | Republican | |
| 113th | Anthony J. Casale* | Republican | |
| 114th | H. Robert Nortz* | Republican | |
| 115th | William R. Sears* | Republican | |
| 116th | Ralph J. Eannace Jr.* | Republican | |
| 117th | Ray T. Chesbro* | Republican | |
| 118th | Michael J. Bragman* | Democrat | |
| 119th | William E. Bush* | Republican | |
| 120th | Melvin N. Zimmer* | Democrat | |
| 121st | Harold C. Brown Jr. | Republican | |
| 122nd | Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr.* | Republican | Minority Leader |
| 123rd | Richard H. Miller* | Republican | |
| 124th | James R. Tallon Jr.* | Democrat | Majority Leader |
| 125th | Martin A. Luster | Democrat | |
| 126th | George H. Winner Jr.* | Republican | |
| 127th | Donald R. Davidsen* | Republican | |
| 128th | Michael F. Nozzolio* | Republican | |
| 129th | Frank G. Talomie Sr.* | Republican | |
| 130th | Robert L. King* | Republican | |
| 131st | Gary Proud* | Democrat | |
| 132nd | Pinny Cooke* | Republican | |
| 133rd | David F. Gantt* | Democrat | |
| 134th | Roger J. Robach* | Democrat | Deputy Majority Leader |
| 135th | James F. Nagle* | Republican | |
| 136th | John W. Hasper* | Republican | |
| 137th | R. Stephen Hawley* | Republican | |
| 138th | Joseph T. Pillittere* | Democrat | |
| 139th | Matthew J. Murphy Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 140th | Robin L. Schimminger* | Democrat | |
| 141st | Arthur O. Eve* | Democrat | |
| 142nd | Richard R. Anderson | Republican | |
| 143rd | Paul Tokasz* | Democrat | |
| 144th | William B. Hoyt* | Democrat | |
| 145th | Richard J. Keane* | Democrat | |
| 146th | Francis J. Pordum* | Democrat | |
| 147th | Thomas M. Reynolds | Republican | |
| 148th | Vincent J. Graber Sr.* | Democrat | |
| 149th | Patricia McGee* | Republican | |
| 150th | William L. Parment* | Democrat | |

### Employees

* Clerk: Francine Misasi