New York State Senate

The **New York State Senate** is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, the New York State Assembly being the lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits.

As of 2014, there are 63 seats in the Senate.

## Party history

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## Leadership

|Position|Name|Party|District|||
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|President of the Senate/Lieutenant Governor|Antonio Delgado||Dem|||
|Temporary President/Majority Leader|Andrea Stewart-Cousins||Dem|35||
|Minority Leader|Rob Ortt||Rep|62||

### Democratic Conference leadership

- Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Temporary President and Majority Leader
- Michael Gianaris, Deputy Majority Leader
- Liz Krueger,  Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
- Neil Breslin, Vice President Pro Tempore
- Brian Benjamin, Senior Assistant Majority Leader
- Tim Kennedy, Chair of Majority Program Development Committee
- Jose Serrano, Chair of the Majority Conference
- Brad Hoylman, Assistant Majority Leader on Conference Operations
- Gustavo Rivera, Assistant Majority Leader on House Operations
- Kevin Parker, Majority Whip
- Toby Ann Stavisky, Majority Conference Vice-Chair
- Velmanette Montgomery, Majority Conference Secretary
- Joseph Addabbo, Majority Deputy Whip
- John Liu, Majority Assistant Whip
- Roxanne Persaud, Chair of the Majority Steering Committee
- Todd Kaminsky, Liaison to the Executive Branch
- Leroy Comrie, Deputy Majority Leader for State/Federal Relations
- Shelley Mayer, Deputy Majority Leader for Senate/Assembly Relations
- Monica Martinez, Assistant Majority Leader on Intergovernmental Affairs

### Republican Conference Leadership

- Rob Ortt, Minority Leader
- Joseph Griffo, Deputy Minority Leader
- James L. Seward, Ranking Member of the Finance Committee
- Kenneth P. LaValle, Chair of the Senate Minority Conference
- Andrew J. Lanza, Minority Whip
- Elizabeth Little, Assistant Minority Leader for Policy and Administration
- George A. Amedore, Assistant Minority Leader for Conference Operations
- Patrick M. Gallivan, Assistant Minority Leader for Floor Operations
- Michael H. Ranzenhofer, Vice Chair of the Senate Minority Conference
- Patricia Ritchie, Secretary of the Senate Minority Conference
- Joseph E. Robach, Assistant Minority Whip

## Current members

|District|Senator|Party|First elected|Counties Represented|
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|1||Republican|1976|Suffolk|
|2|_Vacant_|Suffolk|||
|3||Democratic|2018|Suffolk|
|4||Republican|2012|Suffolk|
|5||Democratic|2018|Nassau, Suffolk|
|6||Democratic|2018|Nassau|
|7||Democratic|2018|Nassau|
|8||Democratic|2016|Nassau, Suffolk|
|9||Democratic|2016*|Nassau|
|10||Democratic|2012|Queens|
|11||Democratic|2018|Queens|
|12||Democratic|2010|Queens|
|13||Democratic|2018|Queens|
|14||Democratic|2014|Queens|
|15||Democratic|2008|Queens|
|16||Democratic|1999*|Queens|
|17||Democratic|2012|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|18||Democratic|2018|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|19||Democratic|2015*|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|20||Democratic|2018|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|21||Democratic|2002|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|22||Democratic|2018|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|23||Democratic|2004|Kings (Brooklyn), Richmond (Staten Island)|
|24||Republican|2006|Richmond (Staten Island)|
|25||Democratic|1984|Kings (Brooklyn)|
|26||Democratic|2017*|Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan)|
|27||Democratic|2012|New York (Manhattan)|
|28||Democratic|2002*|New York (Manhattan)|
|29||Democratic|2004|New York (Manhattan), Bronx|
|30||Democratic|2017*|New York (Manhattan)|
|31||Democratic|2018|New York (Manhattan)|
|32||Democratic|2018*|Bronx|
|33||Democratic|2010|Bronx|
|34||Democratic|2018|Bronx, Westchester|
|35||Democratic|2006|Westchester|
|36||Democratic|2016|Bronx, Westchester|
|37||Democratic|2018*|Westchester|
|38||Democratic|2010|Rockland, Westchester|
|39||Democratic|2018|Orange, Rockland, Ulster|
|40||Democratic|2018|Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester|
|41||Republican|2014|Dutchess, Putnam|
|42||Democratic|2018|Delaware, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster|
|43||Republican|2018|Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington|
|44||Democratic|1996|Albany, Rensselaer|
|45||Republican|2002|Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Warren, Washington|
|46||Republican|2014|Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Ulster|
|47||Republican|2006|Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence|
|48||Republican|2010|Jefferson, Oswego, St. Lawrence|
|49||Republican|2016|Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Saratoga, Schenectady|
|50|_Vacant_|Cayuga, Onondaga|||
|51||Republican|1986|Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Otsego, Schoharie, Tompkins, Ulster|
|52||Republican|2015*|Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga|
|53||Democratic|2018|Madison, Oneida, Onondaga|
|54||Republican|2016|Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne|
|55||Republican|2014|Monroe, Ontario|
|56||Republican|2002|Monroe|
|57||Republican|2019*|Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Livingston|
|58||Republican|2010|Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates|
|59||Republican|2010|Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming|
|60|_Vacant_|Erie|||
|61||Republican|2008|Erie, Genesee, Monroe|
|62||Republican|2014|Monroe, Niagara, Orleans|
|63||Democratic|2010|Erie|

First elected in a special election.

## Infobox (legislature)

- **name**: New York State Senate
- **legislature**: New York State Legislature
- **coa pic**: Seal of the New York State Senate.svg
- **house type**: Upper house
- **leader1 type**: Lieutenant Governor of New York, President
- **leader1**: Antonio Delgado
- **party1**: (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election1**: May 25, 2022
- **leader2 type**: Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, Senate Majority Leader
- **leader2**: Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- **party2**: (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election2**: January 2, 2019
- **leader4 type**: Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader
- **leader4**: Rob Ortt
- **party4**: (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **election4**: June 28, 2020
- **term length**: Two years
- **authority**: Article III, New York Constitution
- **salary**: $120,000/year + per diem
- **members**: 63
- **last election1**: 2018 New York Senate election,  November 3, 2020
- **next election1**: 2020 New York Senate election, November 8, 2022
- **redistricting**: Legislative Control
- **structure1**: New York State Senate.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **political groups1**: **Majority**
*  Democratic Party of New York, Democratic (40)
**Minority**
*  Republican Party of New York, Republican (21)
**Vacant:** 2
*  Vacant (2)
- **session room**: New_York_State_Senate_chamber.jpg
- **meeting place**: Senate Chamber at New York State Capitol, Albany