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New York State Assembly
New York State Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
 None
History
New session started
 January 2019
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly
Carl Heastie (D)
Since February 3, 2015
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
New York State Assembly.svg
Political groups
 Majority caucus (103)
  •      Democratic (102)
  •      Independence (1)

Minority caucus (43)
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
NewYorkAssemblyChamber.jpg
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, the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms with no term limits.

The Assembly meets at the State Capitol in Albany. It is currently controlled by the Democratic Party.

Leadership

Position Name Party District
Speaker Carl Heastie Democratic 83
Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes Democratic 141
Minority Leader William Barclay Republican 120

Composition

The Assembly has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1975. As of October 2020, the Democrats hold 101 of the Assembly's 150 seats.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates Majority Conference)
 Total
Democratic Ind. Republican Con Vacant
End 2015–16 session 104 1 41 1 147 3
Start 2017–18 session 106 1 43 0 150 0
End 2017-2018 session 102 1 42 146 4
Start 2019-20 session 105 1 44 0 150 0
January 2020 104 43 148 2
February 2020 103 43 147 3
June 2020 101 145 5
Latest voting share 69.7% 29.7%

Members of the New York State Assembly

2018 New York State Assembly election results by seat
Membership of the Assembly represented by an equal-area projection since the 2018 election
District Member Party First elected Counties
1 Fred Thiele Ind 1995+ Suffolk
2 Anthony Palumbo Rep 2013+ Suffolk
3 Joe DeStefano Rep 2018 Suffolk
4 Steve Englebright Dem 1992+ Suffolk
5 Douglas M. Smith Rep 2018+ Suffolk
6 Philip Ramos Dem 2002 Suffolk
7 Andrew Garbarino Rep 2012 Suffolk
8 Michael J. Fitzpatrick Rep 2002 Suffolk
9 Mike LiPetri Rep 2018 Nassau, Suffolk
10 Steve Stern Dem 2018+ Suffolk
11 Kimberly Jean-Pierre Dem 2014 Suffolk
12 Keith Brown Rep 2020+ Suffolk
13 Charles D. Lavine Dem 2004 Nassau
14 David McDonough Rep 2002+ Nassau
15 Michael Montesano Rep 2010+ Nassau
16 Anthony D'Urso Dem 2016 Nassau
17 John Mikulin Rep 2018+ Nassau
18 Taylor Darling Dem 2018 Nassau
19 Ed Ra Rep 2010 Nassau
20 Melissa Miller Rep 2016 Nassau
21 Judy Griffin Dem 2018 Nassau
22 Michaelle C. Solages Dem 2012 Nassau
23 Stacey Pheffer Amato Dem 2016 Queens
24 David Weprin Dem 2010+ Queens
25 Nily Rozic Dem 2012 Queens
26 Edward Braunstein Dem 2010 Queens
27 Daniel Rosenthal Dem 2017+ Queens
28 Andrew Hevesi Dem 2005+ Queens
29 Alicia Hyndman Dem 2015+ Queens
30 Brian Barnwell Dem 2016 Queens
31 Khaleel Anderson Dem 2020 Queens
32 Vivian E. Cook Dem 1990 Queens
33 Clyde Vanel Dem 2016+ Queens
34 Michael DenDekker Dem 2008 Queens
35 Jeffrion L. Aubry Dem 1992+ Queens
36 Aravella Simotas Dem 2010 Queens
37 Catherine Nolan Dem 1984 Queens
38 Michael G. Miller Dem 2009+ Queens
39 Catalina Cruz Dem 2018 Queens
40 Ron Kim Dem 2012 Queens
41 Helene Weinstein Dem 1980 Kings
42 Rodneyse Bichotte Dem 2014 Kings
43 Diana Richardson Dem 2015+ Kings
44 Robert Carroll Dem 2016 Kings
45 Steven Cymbrowitz Dem 2000 Kings
46 Mathylde Frontus Dem 2018 Kings
47 William Colton Dem 1996 Kings
48 Simcha Eichenstein Dem 2018 Kings
49 Peter J. Abbate Jr. Dem 1986 Kings
50 Joseph R. Lentol Dem 1972 Kings
51 Félix W. Ortiz Dem 1994 Kings
52 Jo Anne Simon Dem 2014 Kings
53 Maritza Davila Dem 2013+ Kings
54 Erik Martin Dilan Dem 2014 Kings
55 Latrice Walker Dem 2014 Kings
56 Tremaine Wright Dem 2016 Kings
57 Walter T. Mosley Dem 2012 Kings
58 N. Nick Perry Dem 1992 Kings
59 Jaime Williams Dem 2016+ Kings
60 Charles Barron Dem 2014 Kings
61 Charles Fall Dem 2018 Richmond
62 Michael Reilly Rep 2018 Richmond
63 Michael Cusick Dem 2002 Richmond
64 Nicole Malliotakis Rep 2010 Kings, Richmond
65 Yuh-Line Niou Dem 2016 New York
66 Deborah J. Glick Dem 1990 New York
67 Linda Rosenthal Dem 2006+ New York
68 Robert J. Rodriguez Dem 2010 New York
69 Daniel J. O'Donnell Dem 2002 New York
70 Inez Dickens Dem 2016 New York
71 Al Taylor Dem 2017+ New York
72 Carmen De La Rosa Dem 2016 New York
73 Dan Quart Dem 2011+ New York
74 Harvey Epstein Dem 2018+ New York
75 Richard N. Gottfried Dem 1970 New York
76 Rebecca Seawright Dem 2014 New York
77 Latoya Joyner Dem 2014 Bronx
78 Jose Rivera Dem 2000 Bronx
79 Michael Blake Dem 2014 Bronx
80 Nathalia Fernandez Dem 2018+ Bronx
81 Jeffrey Dinowitz Dem 1994+ Bronx
82 Michael Benedetto Dem 2004 Bronx
83 Carl Heastie Dem 2000 Bronx
84 Carmen E. Arroyo Dem 1994+ Bronx
85 Kenny Burgos Dem 2020 Bronx
86 Victor M. Pichardo Dem 2013+ Bronx
87 Karines Reyes Dem 2018 Bronx
88 Amy Paulin Dem 2000 Westchester
89 J. Gary Pretlow Dem 1992 Westchester
90 Nader Sayegh Dem 2018 Westchester
91 Steven Otis Dem 2012 Westchester
92 Thomas J. Abinanti Dem 2010 Westchester
93 David Buchwald Dem 2012 Westchester
94 Kevin Byrne Rep 2016 Westchester, Putnam
95 Sandy Galef Dem 1992 Westchester, Putnam
96 Kenneth Zebrowski Jr. Dem 2007+ Rockland
97 Ellen Jaffee Dem 2006 Rockland
98 Karl A. Brabenec Rep 2014 Orange, Rockland
99 Colin Schmitt Rep 2018 Orange, Rockland
100 Aileen Gunther Dem 2003+ Orange, Sullivan
101 Brian Miller Rep 2016 Delaware, Herkimer, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Sullivan, Ulster
102 Christopher Tague Rep 2018+ Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster
103 Kevin A. Cahill Dem 1998 Dutchess, Ulster
104 Jonathan Jacobson Dem 2018+ Dutchess, Orange, Ulster
105 Kieran Lalor Rep 2012 Dutchess
106 Didi Barrett Dem 2012+ Columbia, Dutchess
107 Jacob Ashby Rep 2018+ Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington
108 John T. McDonald III Dem 2012 Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga
109 Patricia Fahy Dem 2012 Albany
110 Phillip Steck Dem 2012 Albany, Schenectady
111 Angelo Santabarbara Dem 2012 Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady
112 Mary Beth Walsh Rep 2016 Saratoga, Schenectady
113 Carrie Woerner Dem 2014 Saratoga, Washington
114 Dan Stec Rep 2012 Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
115 Billy Jones Dem 2016 Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence
116 Mark Walczyk Rep 2018 Jefferson, St. Lawrence
117 Ken Blankenbush Rep 2010 Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence
118 Robert Smullen Rep 2018 Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Oneida, St. Lawrence
119 Marianne Buttenschon Dem 2018 Herkimer, Oneida
120 William A. Barclay Rep 2002 Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego
121 John Salka Rep 2018 Madison, Oneida, Otsego
122 Clifford W. Crouch Rep 1995+ Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego
123 Donna Lupardo Dem 2004 Broome
124 Christopher S. Friend Rep 2010 Broome, Chemung, Tioga
125 Barbara Lifton Dem 2002 Cortland, Tompkins
126 Gary Finch Rep 1999+ Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Onondaga
127 Albert A. Stirpe Jr. Dem 2012 Onondaga
128 Pamela Hunter Dem 2015+ Onondaga
129 William Magnarelli Dem 1998 Onondaga
130 Brian Manktelow Rep 2018 Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne
131 Brian Kolb Rep 2000+ Ontario, Seneca
132 Phil Palmesano Rep 2010 Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Yates
133 Marjorie Byrnes Rep 2018 Livingston, Monroe, Steuben
134 Peter Lawrence Rep 2014 Monroe
135 Mark C. Johns Rep 2010 Monroe
136 Sarah Clark Dem 2020 Monroe
137 Demond Meeks Dem 2020 Monroe
138 Harry Bronson Dem 2010 Monroe
139 Stephen Hawley Rep 2006+ Genesee, Monroe, Orleans
140 Robin Schimminger Dem 1976 Erie, Niagara
141 Crystal Peoples-Stokes Dem 2002 Erie
142 Patrick B. Burke Dem 2018 Erie
143 Monica P. Wallace Dem 2016 Erie
144 Michael Norris Rep 2016 Erie, Niagara, Orleans
145 Angelo Morinello Rep 2016 Erie, Niagara
146 Karen McMahon Dem 2018 Erie, Niagara
147 David DiPietro Rep 2012 Erie, Wyoming
148 Joseph Giglio Rep 2005+ Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben
149 Sean Ryan Dem 2011 Erie
150 Andy Goodell Rep 2010 Chautauqua
  • +Elected in a special election

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