185th New York State Legislature




















185th New York State Legislature



184th 186th

The facade of the New York State Capitol building in bright daylight

New York State Capitol (2009)

Overview
Jurisdiction
New York, United States
TermJanuary 1, 1983 – December 31, 1984
Senate
Members61
PresidentLt. Gov. Alfred DelBello (D)
Temporary President
Warren M. Anderson (R)
Party controlRepublican (35–26)
Assembly
Members150
Speaker
Stanley Fink (D)
Party controlDemocratic (98–52)
Sessions








1stJanuary 5 – June 28, 1983
2ndSeptember 15, 1983 –
3rdJanuary 4 – July 1, 1984
4thDecember 6, 1984 –

The 185th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5, 1983, to December 31, 1984, during the first and second years of Mario Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.




Contents





  • 1 Background


  • 2 Elections


  • 3 Sessions


  • 4 State Senate

    • 4.1 Senators


    • 4.2 Employees



  • 5 State Assembly

    • 5.1 Assemblymen


    • 5.2 Employees



  • 6 Notes


  • 7 Sources




Background


On May 8, 1982, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats announced that they had agreed upon a new apportionment. The number of seats in the State Senate was increased from 60 to 61.[1] The new district lines were gerrymandered by the Republican Senate majority to increase Republican strength, and by the Democratic Assembly majority to increase Democratic strength.[2]


On June 23, 1982, a special panel of three federal judges ordered Special Master Robert P. Patterson Jr. to revise the new apportionment proposed by the Legislature.[3]


On July 3, 1982, the revised re-apportionment was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.[4]


Thus, 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 Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Right to Life Party, the Libertarian Party, a "Statewide Independent Party", a "Unity Party", the New Alliance Party, and the Socialist Workers Party also nominated tickets.



Elections


The New York state election, 1982, was held on November 2. Lieutenant Governor Mario Cuomo was elected Governor, and Westchester County Executive Alfred DelBello was elected Lieutenant Governor, both Democrats. The elections to the other three statewide elective offices resulted in the re-election of the three incumbent officeholders: a Republican Comptroller, a Democratic Attorney General and a Democratic U.S. Senator. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 2,560,000; Republicans 2,249,000; Conservatives 230,000; Liberals 116,000; Right to Life 52,000; Libertarians 17,000; Statewide Independents 16,000; Unity 6,000; New Alliance 5,000; and Socialist Workers 4,000.


Sixteen of the nineteen women members of the previous legislature—State Senators Carol Berman (Dem.), of Lawrence; Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem, and Linda Winikow (Dem.), of Spring Valley; and Assemblywomen 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; Rhoda S. Jacobs (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Gerdi E. Lipschutz (Dem.), of Queens; May W. Newburger (Dem.), of Great Neck; Toni Rettaliata (Rep.), of Huntington; Gail S. Shaffer (Dem.), of North Blenheim; and Helene Weinstein (Dem.), a lawyer of Brooklyn—were re-elected. Anna V. Jefferson (Dem.), an accountant of Brooklyn, was also elected to the State Senate. Cynthia Jenkins (Dem.), a librarian of Queens; Helen M. Marshall (Dem.), a teacher and librarian of Queens; Nettie Mayersohn (Dem.), of Queens; Mary M. McPhillips (Dem.), of Middletown; Barbara Patton (Dem.), a lawyer of Hempstead; and Louise M. Slaughter (Dem.), of Fairport; were also elected to the Assembly. Gail S. Shaffer did not take her seat in the Assembly, and was appointed as Secretary of State of New York instead.


On May 24, 1983, Julia Harrison (Dem.), of Queens, was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly. Thus the 185th Legislature finished having 23 women members, surpassing the previous record of 19 in the 184th New York State Legislature (in 1982).


The New York state election, 1983, was held on November 8. One vacancy in the Assembly was filled.



Sessions


The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 206th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 5, 1983;[5] and recessed indefinitely on June 28.[6]


Stanley Fink (Dem.) was re-elected Speaker of the Assembly.


Warren M. Anderson (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the Senate.


The Legislature met for a special session on September 15, 1983, to consider changes to the laws concerning transportation of cargoes.[7]


The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 207th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1984;[8] and recessed indefinitely shortly before 2 a.m. on July 1.[9]


An hour after midnight, on May 30, the State Assembly rejected after a stormy debate of many hours the proposal to raise the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 years; the vote stood 80 to 69.[10]


The Legislature met for another special session on December 6, 1984. At this session, the legislators raised the wages of the legislators who were elected to the next Legislature; approved a sales tax increase for Erie County; and extended a corporate tax surcharge used to subsidize the New York City mass transit system.[11]



State Senate



Senators


The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Andrew Jenkins and Lloyd Stephen Riford Jr. changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Assemblyman Leonard P. Stavisky was elected to fill a vacancy in the Senate.


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District
Senator
Party
Notes
1st

Kenneth LaValle*
Rep./Cons.

2nd

James J. Lack*
Rep./Cons.

3rd

Caesar Trunzo*
Rep./Cons./RTL

4th

Owen H. Johnson*
Rep./Cons./RTL

5th

Ralph J. Marino*
Rep./Cons.

6th

John R. Dunne*
Rep./Cons.

7th

Michael J. Tully Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

8th

Norman J. Levy*
Rep./Cons.
Chairman of Transportation
9th

Carol Berman*
Dem./Lib.

10th

Andrew Jenkins*
Dem./Lib.

11th

Frank Padavan*
Rep./Cons./RTL

12th

Gary L. Ackerman*
Dem./Lib.
on March 1, 1983, elected to the 98th U.S. Congress

Leonard P. Stavisky*
Democrat
on April 12, 1983, elected to fill vacancy[12]
13th

Emanuel R. Gold*
Dem./Lib.

14th

Anthony V. Gazzara*
Dem./Cons./RTL
on May 23, 1983, appointed as Chairman of the NYS Liquor Authority[13]

George Onorato
Democrat
on June 28, 1983, elected to fill vacancy[14]
15th

Martin J. Knorr*
Rep./Cons./RTL

16th

Jeremy S. Weinstein*
Dem./Lib.

17th

Howard E. Babbush*
Dem./Lib.

18th

Donald Halperin*
Democrat

19th

Martin M. Solomon*
Democrat

20th

Thomas J. Bartosiewicz*
Democrat

21st

Marty Markowitz*
Democrat

22nd

Anna V. Jefferson
Democrat

23rd

Joseph G. Montalto
Dem./Lib.

24th

John J. Marchi*
Rep./Dem./Cons.
Chairman of Finance
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

Leon Bogues*
Dem./Lib.

30th

Olga A. Méndez*
Dem./Lib.

31st

Joseph L. Galiber*
Dem./Lib.

32nd

Israel Ruiz, Jr.*
Dem./Lib.

33rd

Abraham Bernstein*
Dem./Lib.

34th

John D. Calandra*
Rep./Cons./RTL

35th

John E. Flynn*
Rep./Cons./RTL

36th

Joseph R. Pisani*
Rep./Cons.
resigned on June 27, 1984[15]
37th

Mary B. Goodhue*
Rep./Cons.

38th

Linda Winikow*
Dem./Lib.

39th

Richard E. Schermerhorn*
Rep./Cons./RTL

40th

Charles D. Cook*
Rep./Cons.

41st

Jay P. Rolison, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

42nd

Howard C. Nolan, Jr.*
Dem./Lib.

43rd

Joseph Bruno*
Rep./Cons.

44th

Hugh T. Farley*
Rep./Cons./RTL

45th

Ronald B. Stafford*
Rep./Cons.

46th

Hugh Douglas Barclay*
Rep./Cons.

47th

James H. Donovan*
Rep./Cons.
Chairman of Education
48th

Martin S. Auer*
Rep./Cons.

49th

Tarky Lombardi, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

50th

Lloyd Stephen Riford, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

51st

Warren M. Anderson*
Rep./Cons.
re-elected Temporary President
52nd

William T. Smith*
Rep./Cons.

53rd

L. Paul Kehoe*
Rep./Cons.

54th

John D. Perry*
Democrat

55th

William M. Steinfeldt*
Republican

56th

Jess J. Present*
Republican

57th

William Stachowski*
Democrat

58th

Anthony M. Masiello*
Dem./Lib.

59th

Dale M. Volker*
Rep./Cons./RTL

60th

Walter J. Floss Jr.*
Rep./Cons./RTL

61st

John B. Daly*
Rep./Cons.


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.


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District
Assemblymen
Party
Notes
1st

Joseph Sawicki Jr.
Rep./RTL

2nd

John L. Behan*
Rep./Cons./RTL

3rd

Icilio W. Bianchi, Jr.*
Democrat

4th

George J. Hochbrueckner*
Democrat

5th

Paul E. Harenberg*
Democrat

6th

Robert C. Wertz*
Rep./Cons./RTL

7th

Thomas F. Barraga
Rep./Cons./RTL

8th

John C. Cochrane*
Rep./Cons.

9th

John J. Flanagan*
Rep./Cons./RTL

10th

Toni Rettaliata*
Rep./Cons.
Chairwoman of the Minority Steering Committee
11th

Patrick G. Halpin*
Democrat

12th

Philip B. Healey*
Rep./Cons.

13th

Lewis J. Yevoli*
Democrat

14th

Frederick E. Parola*
Rep./Cons.
Assistant Minority Whip
15th

Angelo F. Orazio*
Dem./Lib.

16th

May W. Newburger*
Dem./Lib.

17th

Kemp Hannon*
Rep./Cons.
Minority Leader pro tempore
18th

Barbara Patton
Dem./Lib.

19th

Armand P. D'Amato*
Rep./Cons.

20th

Arthur J. Kremer*
Dem./Lib.
Chairman of Ways and Means
21st

Gregory R. Becker
Rep./Cons.

22nd

George H. Madison*
Rep./Cons.

23rd

Gerdi E. Lipschutz*
Democrat

24th

Saul Weprin*
Dem./Lib.

25th

John F. Duane
Democrat

26th

Leonard P. Stavisky*
Dem./Lib.
on April 12, 1983, elected to the State Senate

Julia Harrison
Dem./Lib.
on May 24, 1983, elected to fill vacancy[16]
27th

Nettie Mayersohn
Democrat

28th

Alan G. Hevesi*
Dem./Lib.

29th

Cynthia Jenkins
Dem./Lib.

30th

Ralph Goldstein*
Dem./Lib.

31st

Anthony S. Seminerio*
Dem./Cons.

32nd

Edward Abramson*
Democrat

33rd

Alton Waldon
Dem./Lib.

34th

Ivan C. Lafayette*
Dem./Lib.

35th

Helen M. Marshall
Democrat

36th

Denis J. Butler*
Democrat

37th

Clifford E. Wilson*
Dem./Lib.

38th

Frederick D. Schmidt*
Dem./RTL

39th

Stanley Fink*
Dem./Lib.
re-elected Speaker
40th

Edward Griffith*
Dem./Lib.

41st

Helene Weinstein*
Democrat

42nd

Rhoda S. Jacobs*
Dem./Lib.

43rd

Clarence Norman Jr.
Dem./Lib.

44th

Mel Miller*
Dem./Lib.

45th

Daniel L. Feldman*
Democrat

46th

Howard L. Lasher*
Dem./Lib.

47th

Frank J. Barbaro*
Dem./Lib.

48th

Dov Hikind
Democrat

49th

Louis Freda*
Dem./Lib.

50th

Joseph R. Lentol*
Democrat

51st

Joseph Ferris*
Dem./Lib.

52nd

Eileen C. Dugan*
Dem./Lib.

53rd

Victor L. Robles*
Dem./Rep./Lib.
on November 6, 1984, elected to the New York City Council
54th

Thomas F. Catapano
Dem./Lib.

55th

William F. Boyland*
Dem./Lib.

56th

Albert Vann*
Dem./Lib.

57th

Roger L. Green*
Dem./Lib.

58th

Elizabeth Connelly*
Democrat

59th

Eric N. Vitaliano
Dem./RTL

60th

Robert A. Straniere*
Rep./Cons./RTL

61st

William F. Passannante*
Dem./Lib.

62nd

Sheldon Silver*
Dem./Lib.

63rd

Steven Sanders*
Dem./Lib.

64th

Richard N. Gottfried*
Dem./Lib.

65th

Alexander B. Grannis*
Dem./Lib.

66th

Mark Alan Siegel*
Dem./Lib.

67th

Jerrold Nadler*
Dem./Lib.

68th

Angelo Del Toro*
Dem./Lib.

69th

Edward C. Sullivan*
Dem./Lib.

70th

Geraldine L. Daniels*
Dem./Lib.

71st

Herman D. Farrell, Jr.*
Dem./Lib.

72nd

John Brian Murtaugh*
Dem./Lib.

73rd

José E. Serrano*
Dem./Lib.

74th

Louis Niñé*
Democrat
died on March 14, 1983

Hector L. Diaz
Dem./Rep.
on May 24, 1983, elected to fill vacancy[17]
75th

John C. Dearie*
Dem./Lib.

76th

Aurelia Greene*
Democrat

77th

Jose Rivera
Democrat

78th

Gloria Davis*
Dem./Lib.

79th

George Friedman*
Dem./Lib.

80th

G. Oliver Koppell*
Dem./Lib.

81st

Eliot Engel*
Dem./Lib.

82nd

Vincent A. Marchiselli*
Dem./Lib.

83rd

Nicholas A. Spano*
Rep./Cons.

84th

Gordon W. Burrows*
Rep./Cons.

85th

John M. Perone*
Rep./Cons.

86th

Richard L. Brodsky
Dem./Lib.

87th

Peter M. Sullivan*
Rep./Cons.

88th

John R. Branca
Dem./Lib.
on July 12, 1983, appointed as Chairman of the NYS Athletic Commission[18]

Gregory P. Young
Democrat
on November 8, 1983, elected to fill vacancy
89th

Henry William Barnett
Republican

90th

Vincent Leibell
Republican

91st

William J. Ryan
Democrat

92nd

Robert J. Connor
Dem./Lib.

93rd

Eugene Levy*
Republican

94th

Mary M. McPhillips
Democrat

95th

William J. Larkin, Jr.*
Rep./Cons./RTL

96th

Lawrence E. Bennett
Democrat

97th

Stephen M. Saland*
Rep./Cons.

98th

Richard I. Coombe
Rep./Cons.

99th

Glenn E. Warren*
Rep./Cons.

100th

Neil W. Kelleher*
Rep./Cons./RTL

101st

Maurice D. Hinchey*
Dem./Lib.

102nd

Clarence D. Lane*
Rep./Cons.

103rd

Michael J. Hoblock, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

104th

Richard J. Conners*
Dem./Lib.

105th
(Gail S. Shaffer}*
Dem./Lib.
on January 1, 1983, appointed as Secretary of State of New York

Paul D. Tonko
Democrat
on April 12, 1983, elected to fill vacancy[19]
106th

Michael R. McNulty
Dem./Lib.

107th

James Tedisco
Rep./Cons./RTL

108th

Robert A. D'Andrea*
Rep./Cons.

109th

Glenn H. Harris*
Rep./Cons.

110th

Andrew W. Ryan, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

111th

John W. McCann
Republican

112th

John G. A. O'Neil*
Republican

113th

Anthony J. Casale*
Rep./Cons.

114th

H. Robert Nortz*
Rep./Cons.

115th

William R. Sears*
Rep./Cons./RTL

116th

Richard S. Ruggiero*
Democrat

117th

Ray T. Chesbro*
Rep./Cons.

118th

Michael J. Bragman*
Dem./Cons.

119th

William E. Bush*
Rep./Cons.

120th

Melvin N. Zimmer*
Dem./Cons./RTL

121st

Hyman M. Miller*
Rep./Cons.

122nd

Clarence D. Rappleyea, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.
Minority Leader[20]
123rd

James W. McCabe*
Democrat

124th

James R. Tallon, Jr.*
Democrat

125th

Hugh S. MacNeil*
Republican

126th

George H. Winner, Jr.*
Rep./Cons.

127th

Randy Kuhl*
Rep./Cons.

128th

Michael F. Nozzolio
Rep./Cons.

129th

Frank G. Talomie Sr.*
Rep./Cons.

130th

Louise M. Slaughter
Democrat

131st

Gary Proud*
Dem./RTL

132nd

Pinny Cooke*
Republican

133rd

David F. Gantt
Dem./Lib.

134th

Roger J. Robach*
Dem./Cons./RTL

135th

James F. Nagle*
Rep./Cons.

136th

Richard C. Wesley
Republican

137th

R. Stephen Hawley*
Republican

138th

Joseph T. Pillittere*
Dem./RTL

139th

Matthew J. Murphy, Jr.*
Dem./Cons./RTL

140th

Robin L. Schimminger*
Democrat

141st

Arthur O. Eve*
Dem./Lib.

142nd

John B. Sheffer II*
Republican

143rd

Dennis T. Gorski*
Dem./Cons.

144th

William B. Hoyt*
Dem./Lib.

145th

Richard J. Keane*
Dem./Cons.

146th

Francis J. Pordum
Dem./RTL

147th

L. William Paxon
Rep./Cons./RTL

148th

Vincent J. Graber Sr.*
Dem./Cons.

149th

Daniel B. Walsh*
Democrat
Majority Leader
150th

William L. Parment
Dem./Lib.


Employees


  • Clerk: Catherine A. Carey


Notes



  1. ^ DISTRICTING PLAN DRAWN IN ALBANY; SOME INCUMBENTS MAY LOSE SEATS by E. J. Dionne Jr, in the New York Times on May 9, 1982


  2. ^ HOW NEW LINES WILL AFFECT POLITICAL RACES by James Feron, in the New York Times on May 16, 1982


  3. ^ COURT APPOINTEES TO MODIFY REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR STATE by Arnold H. Lubasch, in the New York Times on June 24, 1982


  4. ^ NEW REDISTRICTING BY NEW YORK STATE IS APPROVED BY U.S. by Jane Perlez, in the New York Times on July 4, 1982


  5. ^ CUOMO ISSUES CALL FOR "PARTNERSHIP" TO SPARK GROWTH by Josh Barbanel, in the New York Times on January 6, 1983


  6. ^ CUOMO EXPECTS NEW BOND ISSUE TO REBUILD STATE by Josh Barbanel, in the New York Times on June 29, 1983


  7. ^ BILL APPROVED TO PERMIT BIGGER TRUCKS ON ROADS by Edward A. Gargan, in the New York Times on September 16, 1983


  8. ^ CUOMO PROPOSES A BROAD AGENDA IN ANNUAL SPEECH by Josh Barbanel, in the New York Times on January 5, 1984


  9. ^ AFTER ONE FINAL BATTLE, LEGISLATURE GOES HOME by Edward A. Gargan, in the New York Times on July 2, 1984


  10. ^ MEASURE TO RAISE DRINKING AGE TO 21 LOSES IN NEW YORK by Michael Oreskes, in the New York Times on May 30, 1984


  11. ^ EXTENSION OF TAX TO RETAIN FARES VOTED IN ALBANY by Michael Oreskes, in the New York Times on December 7, 1984


  12. ^ STAVISKY WINS RACE FOR STATE SENATE in the New York Times on April 13, 1983


  13. ^ HEAD OF STATE LIQUOR AGENCY GETS EMERGENCY POWERS FOR SIX MONTHS by Selwyn Raab, in the New York Times on July 18, 1983


  14. ^ ONORATO, DEMOCRAT, TAKESSENATE RACE IN A QUEENS DISTRICT in the New York Times on June 29, 1983


  15. ^ ALBANY LEADERS DRAFT A PROPOSAL ON MALPRACTICE in the New York Times on June 28, 1984


  16. ^ DEMOCRATS WIN 2 SPECIAL RACES FOR LEGISLATURE; ...In the 26th Assembly District...Julia Harrison, who had the Liberal Party designation as well as her own Democratic line, defeated... by Glenn Fowler, in the New York Times on May 25, 1983


  17. ^ DEMOCRATS WIN 2 SPECIAL RACES FOR LEGISLATURE; ...In the 74th Assembly District...Hector Diaz, with Republican as well as Democratic endorsement, won... by Glenn Fowler, in the New York Times on May 25, 1983


  18. ^ JOHN BRANCA HEADS SPORTS COMMISSION in the New York Times on July 13, 1983


  19. ^ STAVISKY WINS RACE FOR STATE SENATE; ...Paul Tonko, of Amsterdam, a Democrat, was the winner... in the New York Times on April 13, 1983


  20. ^ G.O.P. MINORITY ELEVATES 4 by Frank Lynn, in the New York Times on February 6, 1983



Sources



  • VOTING IN NEW YORK STATE FOR 61 SEATS IN THE SENATE in the New York Times on November 4, 1982


  • VOTE TOTALS FOR RACES IN THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY in the New York Times on November 4, 1982








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