New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly
New York State Legislature

Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 2021
Leadership
Speaker	Carl Heastie (D) since February 3, 2015
Speaker pro tempore	Jeffrion L. Aubry (D) since January 9, 2013
Majority Leader	Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) since December 17, 2018
Minority Leader	William Barclay (R) since January 7, 2020
Structure
Seats	150

Political groups	Majority caucus (106) Democratic (105) Independence (1) Minority caucus (43) Republican (43) Vacant (1) Vacant (1)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, New York Constitution
Salary	$110,000/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020 (150 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022 (150 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

State Assembly Chamber New York State Capitol Albany, New York
Website
New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature,^[1] with the New York State Senate being the upper house.^[2] There are 150 seats in the Assembly.^[3] Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.^[4]

The Assembly convenes at the State Capitol in Albany.

Leadership of the Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly. The Speaker is elected by the Majority Conference followed by confirmation of the full Assembly through the passage of an Assembly Resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker also has the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The minority leader is elected by party caucus. The majority leader of the Assembly is selected by, and serves, the Speaker.^[5]

Democrat Carl Heastie of the 83rd Assembly District has served as Speaker of the Assembly since February 2015.^[6] Crystal Peoples-Stokes of the 141st Assembly District has served as Assembly Majority Leader since December 2018.^[7] Republican Will Barclay of the 120th Assembly District has served as Assembly Minority Leader since January 2020.^[8]

Position		Dist.
Speaker	Carl Heastie	83
Majority Leader	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	141
Minority Leader	William Barclay	120

Composition by party

The Assembly has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1975.^[9]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates Majority Conference)					Total

	Dem.		Ind.	Rep.	Con.		Vacant
End 2015–16 session	104		1	41	1	147	3

Start 2017–18 session^[10]	106		1	43	0	150	0
End 2017-2018 session	102	1^[a]^[11]^[12]	1	42	0	146	4

Start 2019-20 session^[13]	105		1	44	0	150	0
End 2019-2020 session	101		1	43	0	145	5

Start 2021-22 session	106		1	43	0	150	0
September 10, 2021^[14]	105		1	43	0	149	1
Latest voting share	71.1%			28.9%

Members of the New York State Assembly

Membership of the Assembly represented by an equal-area projection since the 2018 election

Dist.		First elected	Counties
1	Fred Thiele	1995+	Suffolk
2	Jodi Giglio	2020	Suffolk
3	Joe DeStefano	2018	Suffolk
4	Steve Englebright	1992+	Suffolk
5	Douglas M. Smith	2018+	Suffolk
6	Philip Ramos	2002	Suffolk
7	Jarett Gandolfo	2020	Suffolk
8	Michael J. Fitzpatrick	2002	Suffolk
9	Michael Durso	2020	Nassau, Suffolk
10	Steve Stern	2018+	Suffolk
11	Kimberly Jean-Pierre	2014	Suffolk
12	Keith Brown	2020+	Suffolk
13	Charles D. Lavine	2004	Nassau
14	David McDonough	2002+	Nassau
15	Michael Montesano	2010+	Nassau
16	Gina Sillitti	2020	Nassau
17	John Mikulin	2018+	Nassau
18	Taylor Darling	2018	Nassau
19	Ed Ra	2010	Nassau
20	Eric Brown	2022+	Nassau
21	Judy Griffin	2018	Nassau
22	Michaelle C. Solages	2012	Nassau
23	Stacey Pheffer Amato	2016	Queens
24	David Weprin	2010+	Queens
25	Nily Rozic	2012	Queens
26	Edward Braunstein	2010	Queens
27	Daniel Rosenthal	2017+	Queens
28	Andrew Hevesi	2005+	Queens
29	Alicia Hyndman	2015+	Queens
30	Brian Barnwell	2016	Queens
31	Khaleel Anderson	2020	Queens
32	Vivian E. Cook	1990	Queens
33	Clyde Vanel	2016+	Queens
34	Jessica González-Rojas	2020	Queens
35	Jeffrion L. Aubry	1992+	Queens
36	Zohran Mamdani	2020	Queens
37	Catherine Nolan	1984	Queens
38	Jenifer Rajkumar	2020	Queens
39	Catalina Cruz	2018	Queens
40	Ron Kim	2012	Queens
41	Helene Weinstein	1980	Kings (Brooklyn)
42	Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn	2014	Kings (Brooklyn)
43	Brian A. Cunningham	2022+	Kings (Brooklyn)
44	Robert Carroll	2016	Kings (Brooklyn)
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	2000	Kings (Brooklyn)
46	Mathylde Frontus	2018	Kings (Brooklyn)
47	William Colton	1996	Kings (Brooklyn)
48	Simcha Eichenstein	2018	Kings (Brooklyn)
49	Peter J. Abbate Jr.	1986	Kings (Brooklyn)
50	Emily Gallagher	2020	Kings (Brooklyn)
51	Marcela Mitaynes	2020	Kings (Brooklyn)
52	Jo Anne Simon	2014	Kings (Brooklyn)
53	Maritza Davila	2013+	Kings (Brooklyn)
54	Erik Martin Dilan	2014	Kings (Brooklyn)
55	Latrice Walker	2014	Kings (Brooklyn)
56	Stefani Zinerman	2020	Kings (Brooklyn)
57	Phara Souffrant Forrest	2020	Kings (Brooklyn)
58	Vacant		Kings (Brooklyn)
59	Jaime Williams	2016+	Kings (Brooklyn)
60	Nikki Lucas	2022+	Kings (Brooklyn)
61	Charles Fall	2018	Richmond (Staten Island)
62	Michael Reilly	2018	Richmond (Staten Island)
63	Michael Cusick	2002	Richmond (Staten Island)
64	Michael Tannousis	2020	Kings (Brooklyn), Richmond (Staten Island)
65	Yuh-Line Niou	2016	New York (Manhattan)
66	Deborah J. Glick	1990	New York (Manhattan)
67	Linda Rosenthal	2006+	New York (Manhattan)
68	Eddie Gibbs	2022+	New York (Manhattan)
69	Daniel J. O'Donnell	2002	New York (Manhattan)
70	Inez Dickens	2016	New York (Manhattan)
71	Al Taylor	2017+	New York (Manhattan)
72	Manny De Los Santos	2022+	New York (Manhattan)
73	Dan Quart	2011+	New York (Manhattan)
74	Harvey Epstein	2018+	New York (Manhattan)
75	Richard N. Gottfried	1970	New York (Manhattan)
76	Rebecca Seawright	2014	New York (Manhattan)
77	Latoya Joyner	2014	Bronx
78	Jose Rivera	2000	Bronx
79	Chantel Jackson	2020	Bronx
80	Nathalia Fernandez	2018+	Bronx
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	1994+	Bronx
82	Michael Benedetto	2004	Bronx
83	Carl Heastie	2000	Bronx
84	Amanda Septimo	2020	Bronx
85	Kenny Burgos	2020	Bronx
86	Yudelka Tapia	2021+	Bronx
87	Karines Reyes	2018	Bronx
88	Amy Paulin	2000	Westchester
89	J. Gary Pretlow	1992	Westchester
90	Nader Sayegh	2018	Westchester
91	Steven Otis	2012	Westchester
92	Thomas J. Abinanti	2010	Westchester
93	Chris Burdick	2020	Westchester
94	Kevin Byrne	2016	Westchester, Putnam
95	Sandy Galef	1992	Westchester, Putnam
96	Kenneth Zebrowski Jr.	2007+	Rockland
97	Michael Lawler	2020	Rockland
98	Karl A. Brabenec	2014	Orange, Rockland
99	Colin Schmitt	2018	Orange, Rockland
100	Aileen Gunther	2003+	Orange, Sullivan
101	Brian Miller	2016	Delaware, Herkimer, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Sullivan, Ulster
102	Christopher Tague	2018+	Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster
103	Kevin A. Cahill	1998	Dutchess, Ulster
104	Jonathan Jacobson	2018+	Dutchess, Orange, Ulster
105	Kieran Lalor	2012	Dutchess
106	Didi Barrett	2012+	Columbia, Dutchess
107	Jacob Ashby	2018+	Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington
108	John T. McDonald III	2012	Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga
109	Patricia Fahy	2012	Albany
110	Phillip Steck	2012	Albany, Schenectady
111	Angelo Santabarbara	2012	Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady
112	Mary Beth Walsh	2016	Saratoga, Schenectady
113	Carrie Woerner	2014	Saratoga, Washington
114	Matt Simpson	2020	Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
115	Billy Jones	2016	Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence
116	Mark Walczyk	2018	Jefferson, St. Lawrence
117	Ken Blankenbush	2010	Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence
118	Robert Smullen	2018	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, St. Lawrence
119	Marianne Buttenschon	2018	Herkimer, Oneida
120	William A. Barclay	2002	Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego
121	John Salka	2018	Madison, Oneida, Otsego
122	Joe Angelino	2020	Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego
123	Donna Lupardo	2004	Broome
124	Christopher S. Friend	2010	Broome, Chemung, Tioga
125	Anna Kelles	2020	Cortland, Tompkins
126	John Lemondes Jr.	2020	Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga
127	Albert A. Stirpe Jr.	2012	Onondaga
128	Pamela Hunter	2015+	Onondaga
129	William Magnarelli	1998	Onondaga
130	Brian Manktelow	2018	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne
131	Jeff Gallahan	2020	Ontario, Seneca
132	Phil Palmesano	2010	Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates
133	Marjorie Byrnes	2018	Livingston, Monroe, Steuben
134	Josh Jensen	2020	Monroe
135	Jennifer Lunsford	2020	Monroe
136	Sarah Clark	2020	Monroe
137	Demond Meeks	2020	Monroe
138	Harry Bronson	2010	Monroe
139	Stephen Hawley	2006+	Genesee, Monroe, Orleans
140	William Conrad III	2020	Erie, Niagara
141	Crystal Peoples-Stokes	2002	Erie
142	Patrick B. Burke	2018	Erie
143	Monica P. Wallace	2016	Erie
144	Michael Norris	2016	Erie, Niagara, Orleans
145	Angelo Morinello	2016	Erie, Niagara
146	Karen McMahon	2018	Erie, Niagara
147	David DiPietro	2012	Erie, Wyoming
148	Joseph Giglio	2005+	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben
149	Jonathan Rivera	2020	Erie
150	Andy Goodell	2010	Chautauqua

+Elected in a special election

Committees

The New York State Assembly has the following committees:^[15]

Aging
Agriculture
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Banks
Children and Families
Cities
Codes
Consumer Affairs and Protection
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
Correction
Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
Education
Election Law
Energy
Environmental Conservation
Ethics and Guidance
Governmental Employees
Governmental Operations
Health
Higher Education
Housing
Insurance
Judiciary
Labor
Libraries and Education Technology
Local Governments
Mental Health
Oversight, Analysis and Investigation
Racing and Wagering
Real Property Taxation
Rules
Small Business
Social Services
Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
Transportation
Veterans' Affairs
Ways and Means

Notes

^ Asm. Erik Bohen (a registered Democrat who won an April 24, 2018 special election on the Republican Party line) was not a member of any caucus during his Assembly tenure.

References

^ Colon, Dave. "As Democratic Senate Becomes Reality, Unclear How Hard Assembly Majority Will Push Prior Agenda". Gotham Gazette.
^ "The Secret Playbook NY State Senate Democrats Used To 'Wipe The Floor' With Republicans". Gothamist. November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
^ "Crystal Peoples-Stokes in the running for Assembly majority leader post". November 13, 2018.
^ Press, Chris Carola Associated. "New York state lawmakers push term limits for elected state offices". Daily Freeman.
^ "Roles and Responsibilities of Selected Leadership Positions". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ McKinley, Jesse (February 3, 2015). "Heastie Elected Speaker of New York Assembly". The New York Times.
^ "WNY gets Albany leverage as Peoples-Stokes named Assembly majority leader". December 17, 2018.
^ "NY Assembly Republicans select new minority leader". Glens Falls Post-Star.
^ Journal, Seth Barron is associate editor of City; Institute, project director of the NYC Initiative at the Manhattan (October 16, 2018). "All-Blue Albany?". City Journal. {{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
^ "2016 Election Results | New York State Board of Elections". www.elections.ny.gov.
^ "Bohen, Burke Have Rematch for Assembly Seat". spectrumlocalnews.com.
^ Precious, Tom (April 25, 2018). "A day after his Assembly victory, Bohen receives a lesson in Albany 101".
^ https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018Assembly.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Bronx lawmaker resigns from state Assembly – Bronx Times". August 14, 2021.
^ "Committees, Commissions and Task Forces". New York State Assembly.

External links

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204th New York Legislature (2021–2022) Speaker of the Assembly Carl Heastie (D) Speaker pro tempore Jeffrion Aubry (D) Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D) Minority Leader Will Barclay (R)
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