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21 unusual facts about New York State Senate


105th New York State Legislature

The 105th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to June 2, 1882, during the third year of Alonzo B. Cornell's governorship, in Albany.

106th New York State Legislature

The 106th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to May 4, 1883, during the first year of Grover Cleveland's governorship, in Albany.

107th New York State Legislature

The 107th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1 to May 16, 1884, during the second year of Grover Cleveland's governorship, in Albany.

Anthony Federici

In the mid-1990s, Federici came under scrutiny during a New York State Senate investigation into corruption in the N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters and the construction of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.

Art Young

In 1918, Young again ran unsuccessfully for public office on the Socialist ticket, this time for the New York State Senate.

Charles J. Hynes

In 2005, Hynes narrowly beat a primary challenge from State Senator John L. Sampson who won 37 percent of the vote to Hynes' 41 percent.

David Storobin

David Storobin (born 1979) is a New York Attorney and a former New York State Senator who represented District 27 in the New York State Senate, which includes the neighborhoods of Borough Park, Midwood, Bensonhurst, Brighton Beach, Kensington, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, and Manhattan Beach, among others.

East Williston, New York

Michael Balboni, former NYS Senator 7th District, former Director of NYS Office of Homealand Security

Eric Schneiderman

Before being elected Attorney General, Schneiderman previously represented the 31st District in the New York State Senate.

John Taylor Gatto

Gatto also ran for the New York State Senate, 29th District in 1985 and 1988 as a member of the Conservative Party of New York against incumbent David Paterson.

Lynbrook, New York

Lynbrook is also part of New York State Senate District 9, which is currently represented by Republican Dean Skelos.

March Days

On March 27, 2012, the New York State Senate adopted the first-ever legislative resolution J3784-2011 proclaiming March 31, 2012 as the Azerbaijani Remembrance Day and describing March Days as the genocide "committed by the members of Armenian Dashnak party in concert with Bolsheviks against Azerbaijanis".

Marcia White

Before her current venture, she was a top aide for with the New York State Senator Joe Bruno.

Michael C. Finnegan

Finnegan and Pataki became friends while practicing law in Peekskill and Finnegan would go on to manage Pataki's campaigns for Mayor, State Assembly, State Senate, and the Governorship.

Posthumous sperm retrieval

New York senator Roy M. Goodman proposed a bill in 1997 requiring written consent by the donor in 1998, but it was never passed into law.

Risk International

In 1998 Risk International’s then Vice-President Douglas L. Talley provided expert testimony and evidence before the New York State Senate and evidence before the U.S. House of Representatives related to the discovery and examination of historical documents related to Holocaust victims insurance policies.

During that period Risk International also did extensive research related to Holocaust survivor insurance claims culminating in testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives and the New York State Senate.

Salvatore R. Martoche

He served as assistant counsel to the majority for the New York State Senate from 1974 to 1982 and administrator for the Erie County Bar Association of the Pre-Trial Services Agency, Inc. from 1972 to 1981.

Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story

Staff Sergeant Thorburn was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross by New York State Senator John J. Flanagan for his accomplishments in the Vietnam War.

Wendeen H. Eolis

While president of APCNY, Ms. Eolis was recognized with a "special citation" by the New York State Senate for her contribution to the modernization of employment agency laws in New York State.

Westchester County Board of Legislators

Although the Democrats hold a numerical majority, two of the members of the Democratic conference caucus with the Republicans on the Board to form a majority, similar to the Independent Democratic Conference of the New York State Senate.


199th New York State Legislature

The 199th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 1, 2011, to June 24, 2012, during the first two years of Andrew Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.

Benjamin Wood

Wood was elected as a Democrat to the 37th and 38th United States Congresses (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865.) He was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1866 and 1867 and elected to the 47th United States Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883)

Brad Hoylman

He is a Democratic Senator for the New York State Senate in Manhattan's 27th district, first elected in the 2012 state election.

Christopher Friend

The seat had become vacant after former Assemblyman Tom O'Mara ran successfully for the New York State Senate.

G. Oliver Koppell

He is now married to Lorraine Coyle Koppell, an attorney who narrowly lost a race for the New York State Senate in 2000 to Guy Velella.

General John Hathorn Stone House

After the war he began a more successful political career, first in the New York State Assembly, where he rose to become speaker, then in the state senate and finally in the House of Representatives in the early 19th century.

George G. Barnard

The Impeachment Court (consisting of the Judges of the New York Court of Appeals and the New York State Senators) convened at Saratoga in July, Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach presided.

James Bacalles

Bacalles unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the New York State Senate 53rd District seat held by George Winner; the nomination went to Tom O'Mara, who also went on to win the general election.

James F. Gennaro

In the 2008 New York state elections, Gennaro was the Democratic candidate for the New York State Senate; his opponent was the Republican incumbent, Frank Padavan.

John A. Degnan

Degnan and then worked with State Senator Vincent L. Leibell and his Putnam Community Foundation, a nonprofit housing agency, to restore the building.

Joseph Margiotta

Among his most successful protégés were former United States Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato, former New York State Republican Party chairman Joseph Mondello, and Dean Skelos, majority leader of the New York State Senate.

Liberty, New York

Robert Y. Grant, Justice of the Peace from 1849 to 1855; Supervisor of the Town of Liberty in 1854 and 1859; Postmaster of Liberty from 1855; and a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1860 and 1861.

Marius Schoonmaker

Schoonmaker was a member of the New York State Senate (10th D.) in 1850 and 1851, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, holding office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

New York State Route 153

A bill (S4856, 2007) to enact the swap was introduced in the New York State Senate on April 23 and passed by both the Senate and the New York State Assembly on June 20.

Terry Gipson

Terry W. Gipson is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate, representing district 41, which includes all but two towns of Dutchess County and three towns in Putnam County.

Thomas Kirwan

Kirwan had a reputation as a "reformer" after a 2007 lawsuit where he and Democratic State Senator Liz Krueger joined together to sue Silver, former Governor of New York George Pataki and then Senate Leader Joe Bruno over the infamous legislative dysfunction at the New York State Capitol in Albany, citing disenfranchisement of minority party members of both houses.

Tower 270

It became the Arthur Levitt State Office Building providing New York City offices for members of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate.

Velmanette Montgomery

Velmanette Montgomery (born 1942) represents District 25 in the New York State Senate, which comprises Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Sunset Park, Gowanus, and Park Slope, among other neighborhoods located within the borough of Brooklyn.