184th New York State Legislature

The 184th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 7, 1981, to December 31, 1982, during the seventh and eighth years of Hugh Carey's governorship, in Albany.

184th New York State Legislature
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New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1982
Senate
Members	60
President	Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo (D)
Temporary President	Warren M. Anderson (R)
Party control	Republican (35–25)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Stanley Fink (D)
Party control	Democratic 1981: (86–64) 1982: (88–62)
Sessions
1st January 7 – July 10, 1981 2nd September 16, 1981 – 3rd October 26 – 30, 1981 4th December 3, 1981 – 5th January 6 – July 3, 1982 6th December 13 – 22, 1982

Background

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 1971, and amended in 1974, by the Legislature, 60 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 Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Liberal Party, the Conservative Party, the Right to Life Party, the Libertarian Party, the Communist Party, the Workers World Party and the Socialist Workers Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1980, was held on November 4. The only statewide elective office up for election was a U.S. Senator from New York. Republican Al D'Amato was elected with Conservative and Right to Life endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for U.S. Senator, was: Republicans 2,272,000; Democrats 2,619,000; Liberals 665,000;[1] Conservatives 275,000; Right to Life 152,000; Libertarians 21,500; Communists 4,000; Workers World 3,500; and Socialist Workers 3,000.

Twelve of the thirteen 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; Joan B. Hague (Rep.), of Glens Falls; Rhoda S. Jacobs (Dem.), of Brooklyn; and Gerdi E. Lipschutz (Dem.), of Queens; May W. Newburger (Dem.), of Great Neck; Toni Rettaliata (Rep.), of Huntington; and Florence M. Sullivan (Rep.), a lawyer of Brooklyn—were re-elected. Geraldine L. Daniels (Dem.), of the Bronx; Gloria Davis (Dem.), of the Bronx; Eileen C. Dugan (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Gail S. Shaffer (Dem.), of North Blenheim; Carol A. Siwek (Rep.), of Buffalo; and Helene Weinstein (Dem.), a lawyer of Brooklyn; were also elected to the Assembly.

The New York state election, 1981, was held on November 3. No statewide elective offices were up for election. One vacancy each in the State Senate and the Assembly were filled.

On April 20, 1982, Aurelia Greene (Dem.), of the Bronx, was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly. Thus the 184th Legislature finished having 19 women members, surpassing the previous record of 13 in the 183rd New York State Legislature (1979–1980).

Sessions

The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 204th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1981;[2] and recessed indefinitely on July 10.[3]

Stanley Fink (Dem.) was re-elected Speaker.

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

The Legislature met again on September 16, 1981, to enact amendments to the election laws, concerning the primary elections in New York City.[4]

The Legislature met again from October 26[5] to 30, 1981, to consider welfare and tax matters.[6]

The Legislature met again on December 3, 1981, to override Governor Carey's veto of a new property tax bill.[7]

The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 205th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1982;[8] and recessed indefinitely on July 3.[9]

On March 26, 1982, a special panel of federal judges, consisting of Lawrence W. Pierce, Robert J. Ward and Vincent L. Broderick, ordered the Legislature to re-apportion the legislative districts by April 16.[10]

On April 19, the federal judges noted that the Legislature had not agreed upon a re-apportionment, and announced that they would appoint somebody to elaborate a proposal.[11]

On May 8, 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.[12] 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.[13]

On June 23, the feral judges ordered Special Master Robert P. Patterson Jr. to revise the new apportionment proposed by the Legislature.[14]

On July 3, the revised re-apportionment was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.[15]

The Legislature met for a special session from December 13[16] to 22, 1982, to consider again measures to balance the budget and to keep the mass transit fare in New York City down.[17]

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. L. Paul Kehoe changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1st	Kenneth LaValle*	Republican
2nd	James J. Lack*	Republican
3rd	Caesar Trunzo*	Republican
4th	Owen H. Johnson*	Republican
5th	Ralph J. Marino*	Republican
6th	John R. Dunne*	Republican
7th	John D. Caemmerer*	Republican	died on February 7, 1982
	Michael J. Tully Jr.	Republican	on April 20, 1982, elected to fill vacancy
8th	Norman J. Levy*	Republican
9th	Carol Berman*	Democrat
10th	Jeremy S. Weinstein*	Democrat
11th	Frank Padavan*	Republican
12th	Gary L. Ackerman*	Democrat
13th	Emanuel R. Gold*	Democrat
14th	Anthony V. Gazzara*	Democrat
15th	Martin J. Knorr*	Republican
16th	Howard E. Babbush*	Democrat
17th	Major Owens*	Democrat	on November 2, 1982, elected to the 98th U.S. Congress
18th	Thomas J. Bartosiewicz*	Democrat
19th	Marty Markowitz*	Democrat
20th	Donald Halperin*	Democrat
21st	Christopher J. Mega*	Republican
22nd	Martin M. Solomon*	Democrat
23rd	Vander L. Beatty*	Democrat
24th	John J. Marchi*	Republican	Chairman of Finance
25th	Martin Connor*	Democrat
26th	Roy M. Goodman*	Republican
27th	Manfred Ohrenstein*	Democrat	Minority Leader
28th	Leon Bogues*	Democrat
29th	Franz S. Leichter*	Democrat
30th	Olga A. Méndez*	Democrat
31st	Israel Ruiz, Jr.*	Democrat
32nd	Joseph L. Galiber*	Democrat
33rd	Abraham Bernstein*	Democrat
34th	John D. Calandra*	Republican
35th	John E. Flynn*	Republican
36th	Joseph R. Pisani*	Republican
37th	Mary B. Goodhue*	Republican
38th	Linda Winikow*	Democrat
39th	Jay P. Rolison, Jr.*	Republican
40th	Richard E. Schermerhorn*	Republican
41st	Joseph Bruno*	Republican
42nd	Howard C. Nolan, Jr.*	Democrat
43rd	Ronald B. Stafford*	Republican
44th	Hugh T. Farley*	Republican
45th	Hugh Douglas Barclay*	Republican
46th	James H. Donovan*	Republican	Chairman of Education
47th	Warren M. Anderson*	Republican	re-elected Temporary President
48th	Charles D. Cook*	Republican
49th	Martin S. Auer*	Republican
50th	Tarky Lombardi, Jr.*	Republican
51st	William T. Smith*	Republican
52nd	L. Paul Kehoe*	Republican
53rd	John D. Perry*	Democrat
54th	Fred J. Eckert*	Republican	on February 11, 1982, appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Fiji
	William M. Steinfeldt	Republican	on April 20, 1982, elected to fill vacancy
55th	Anthony M. Masiello	Democrat
56th	Raymond F. Gallagher*	Democrat	resigned in July 1981, to become Chairman of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
	William Stachowski	Democrat	on November 3, 1981, elected to fill vacancy
57th	Jess J. Present*	Republican
58th	Dale M. Volker*	Republican
59th	Walter J. Floss Jr.*	Republican
60th	John B. Daly*	Republican

Employees

• Secretary: Roger C. Thompson (1981)
  • Stephen F. Sloan (1982)

State Assembly

Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

District	Assemblymen	Party	Notes
1st	John L. Behan*	Republican
2nd	George J. Hochbrueckner*	Democrat
3rd	Icilio W. Bianchi, Jr.*	Democrat
4th	Robert C. Wertz*	Republican
5th	Paul E. Harenberg*	Democrat
6th	John C. Cochrane*	Republican
7th	John J. Flanagan*	Republican
8th	Toni Rettaliata*	Republican
9th	Louis T. Howard*	Republican	on November 3, 1981, elected to the Suffolk County Legislature
	Patrick G. Halpin	Democrat	on April 20, 1982, elected to fill vacancy
10th	Lewis J. Yevoli*	Democrat
11th	Philip B. Healey*	Republican
12th	Frederick E. Parola*	Republican
13th	Thomas S. Gulotta*	Republican	on January 9, 1981, appointed as Presiding Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead[18]
	Guy Mazza	Republican	on April 7, 1981, elected to fill vacancy[19]
14th	Joseph M. Reilly*	Republican
15th	Angelo F. Orazio*	Democrat
16th	May W. Newburger*	Democrat
17th	Kemp Hannon*	Republican
18th	Armand P. D'Amato*	Republican
19th	Dean Skelos	Republican
20th	Arthur J. Kremer*	Democrat	Chairman of Ways and Means
21st	George H. Madison*	Republican
22nd	Gerdi E. Lipschutz*	Democrat
23rd	John A. Esposito*	Republican
24th	Saul Weprin*	Democrat
25th	Douglas Prescott	Republican
26th	Leonard P. Stavisky*	Democrat
27th	David L. Cohen*	Democrat
28th	Alan G. Hevesi*	Democrat
29th	Andrew Jenkins*	Democrat
30th	Ralph Goldstein*	Democrat
31st	Anthony S. Seminerio*	Democrat
32nd	Edward Abramson*	Democrat
33rd	John T. Flack*	Republican
34th	Ivan C. Lafayette*	Democrat
35th	John G. Lopresto*	Republican
36th	Denis J. Butler*	Democrat
37th	Clifford E. Wilson*	Democrat
38th	Frederick D. Schmidt*	Democrat
39th	Stanley Fink*	Democrat	re-elected Speaker
40th	Edward Griffith*	Democrat
41st	Helene Weinstein	Democrat
42nd	Harry Smoler*	Democrat
43rd	Rhoda S. Jacobs*	Democrat
44th	Mel Miller*	Democrat
45th	Daniel L. Feldman	Democrat
46th	Howard L. Lasher*	Democrat
47th	Frank J. Barbaro*	Democrat
48th	Samuel Hirsch*	Democrat
49th	Dominick L. DiCarlo*	Republican	in July 1981 nominated as an Assistant U.S. Secretary of State
	Louis Freda	Democrat	on November 3, 1981, elected to fill vacancy
50th	Florence M. Sullivan*	Republican
51st	Joseph Ferris*	Democrat
52nd	Eileen C. Dugan	Democrat
53rd	Woodrow Lewis*	Democrat
54th	Thomas S. Boyland*	Democrat	died on February 7, 1982
	William F. Boyland	Democrat	on April 20, 1982, elected to fill vacancy
55th	Thomas R. Fortune*	Democrat
56th	Albert Vann*	Democrat
57th	Roger L. Green	Democrat
58th	Joseph R. Lentol*	Democrat
59th	Victor L. Robles*	Democrat
60th	Robert A. Straniere	Republican
61st	Elizabeth Connelly*	Democrat
62nd	Paul M. Viggiano*	Democrat
63rd	Sheldon Silver*	Democrat
64th	William F. Passannante*	Democrat	Speaker pro tempore
65th	Steven Sanders*	Democrat
66th	Mark Alan Siegel*	Democrat
67th	Richard N. Gottfried*	Democrat
68th	Alexander B. Grannis*	Democrat
69th	Jerrold Nadler*	Democrat
70th	Edward C. Sullivan*	Democrat
71st	Geraldine L. Daniels	Democrat
72nd	Angelo Del Toro*	Democrat
73rd	John Brian Murtaugh	Democrat
74th	Herman D. Farrell, Jr.*	Democrat
75th	José E. Serrano*	Democrat
76th	Charles R. Johnson*	Democrat	resigned on December 16, 1981
	Aurelia Greene	Democrat	on April 20, 1982, elected to fill vacancy
77th	Armando Montano*	Democrat
78th	Gloria Davis	Democrat
79th	Louis Niñé*	Democrat
80th	Guy J. Velella*	Republican
81st	Eliot Engel*	Democrat
82nd	Sean P. Walsh*	Democrat
83rd	George Friedman*	Democrat
84th	G. Oliver Koppell*	Democrat
85th	John C. Dearie*	Democrat
86th	Vincent A. Marchiselli*	Democrat
87th	Nicholas A. Spano*	Republican
88th	John R. Branca	Democrat
89th	William B. Finneran*	Democrat
90th	Gordon W. Burrows*	Republican
91st	John M. Perone*	Republican
92nd	Peter M. Sullivan*	Republican
93rd	Jon S. Fossel*	Republican
94th	Willis H. Stephens*	Republican
95th	Eugene Levy*	Republican
96th	Thomas P. Morahan	Republican
97th	William J. Larkin, Jr.*	Republican
98th	Raymond M. Kisor*	Republican
99th	Stephen M. Saland*	Republican
100th	Glenn E. Warren*	Republican
101st	Maurice D. Hinchey*	Democrat
102nd	Clarence D. Lane*	Republican
103rd	Michael J. Hoblock, Jr.*	Republican
104th	Richard J. Conners*	Democrat
105th	Gail S. Shaffer	Democrat
106th	Neil W. Kelleher*	Republican
107th	Clark C. Wemple*	Republican
108th	Robert A. D'Andrea*	Republican
109th	Glenn H. Harris*	Republican
110th	Joan B. Hague*	Republican
111th	Andrew W. Ryan, Jr.*	Republican
112th	John G. A. O'Neil	Republican
113th	Anthony J. Casale*	Republican
114th	H. Robert Nortz*	Republican
115th	William R. Sears*	Republican
116th	Richard S. Ruggiero	Democrat
117th	Ray T. Chesbro	Republican
118th	Michael J. Bragman	Democrat
119th	Hyman M. Miller*	Republican
120th	Melvin N. Zimmer*	Democrat
121st	William E. Bush*	Republican
122nd	Clarence D. Rappleyea, Jr.*	Republican
123rd	James W. McCabe*	Democrat
124th	James R. Tallon, Jr.*	Democrat
125th	Lloyd Stephen Riford, Jr.*	Republican
126th	George H. Winner, Jr.	Republican
127th	Randy Kuhl	Republican
128th	Hugh S. MacNeil*	Republican
129th	Frank G. Talomie Sr.	Republican
130th	Thomas A. Hanna*	Republican
131st	Gary Proud*	Democrat
132nd	Pinny Cooke*	Republican
133rd	Dale Rath	Republican
134th	Roger J. Robach*	Democrat
135th	James F. Nagle*	Republican
136th	James L. Emery*	Republican	Minority Leader
137th	R. Stephen Hawley*	Republican
138th	Joseph T. Pillittere*	Democrat
139th	Matthew J. Murphy, Jr.*	Democrat
140th	Robin L. Schimminger*	Democrat
141st	John B. Sheffer II*	Republican
142nd	Carol A. Siwek	Republican
143rd	Arthur O. Eve*	Democrat
144th	William B. Hoyt*	Democrat
145th	Richard J. Keane*	Democrat
146th	Dennis T. Gorski*	Democrat
147th	Richard L. Kennedy*	Republican
148th	Vincent J. Graber, Sr.*	Democrat
149th	Daniel B. Walsh*	Democrat	Majority Leader
150th	Rolland E. Kidder*	Democrat

Employees

• Clerk: Catherine A. Carey

Notes

1. This large number of votes was polled by the incumbent Republican/Liberal Jacob K. Javits who lost the Republican primary to D'Amato, and ran on the Liberal ticket for re-election.
2. A FORMAL TOUCH MARKS CONVENING OF LEGISLATURE by Robin Herman, in The New York Times on January 8, 1981
3. STATE LEGISLATURE RECESSES IN RUSH OF COMPROMISES by Richard J. Meislin, in The New York Times on July 11, 1981
4. LEGISLATURE, SPLITTING RACIALLY, VOTES BILLS FOR CITY PRIMARIES in The New York Times on September 17, 1981
5. LEGISLATORS WEIGH WELFARE CUTS' IMPACT by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on October 27, 1981
6. ASSEMBLY APPROVES BILL THAT CUTS SOME GROUPS FROM WELFARE ROLLS by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on October 31, 1981
7. LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES CAREY; PROPERTY TAX BILL IS NOW LAW by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on December 4, 1981
8. CAREY OFFERS PLAN ON MEDICAID COSTS AND EDUCATION AID by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on January 7, 1982
9. TAX ABATEMENT PLAN FAILS AS LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on July 4, 1982
10. NEW YORK TOLD TO REAPPORTION BEFORE APRIL 16 by Arnold H. Lubasch, in The New York Times on March 27, 1982
11. U.S. COURT TO PICK A MASTER TO REDISTRICT NEW YORK STATE by Arnold H. Lubasch, in The New York Times on April 20, 1982
12. DISTRICTING PLAN DRAWN IN ALBANY; SOME INCUMBENTS MAY LOSE SEATS by E. J. Dionne Jr, in The New York Times on May 9, 1982
13. HOW NEW LINES WILL AFFECT POLITICAL RACES by James Feron, in The New York Times on May 16, 1982
14. COURT APPOINTEES TO MODIFY REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR STATE by Arnold H. Lubasch, in The New York Times on June 24, 1982
15. NEW REDISTRICTING BY NEW YORK STATE IS APPROVED BY U.S. by Jane Perlez, in The New York Times on July 4, 1982
16. CAREY ORDERS SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION by Josh Barbanel, in The New York Times on December 8, 1982
17. REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: TRANSITION AND TRANSIT by Michael Oreskes, in The New York Times on December 23, 1982
18. Gulotta Wins Approval Of Hempstead's Board in The New York Times on January 11, 1981
19. DELAY IN THE MAIL IN NASSAU LEADS TO VOTE RECOUNT by James Barron, in The New York Times on April 10, 1981

Sources

• List of state legislators in The Public Sector (Vol. 3, No. 32; issue of May 12, 1981;

ISSN 0164-9949; pg. 4)

• New faces appear on Albany scene in the Finger Lake Times, of Geneva, on January 6, 1982
• DEMOCRATS WIN 3 RACES IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS by Frank Lynn, in The New York Times on April 21, 1982