lohud.com

Sponsored by:

A committee for every senator

January
6

   Here’s the breakdown of committee assignments under Malcolm Smith, who announced tonight that he had the 32 votes needed to be elected majority leader of the 62-member Senate. The vote is tomorrow, when the session opens. (Stipends that are in addition to base salaries are $12,500 unless otherwise noted.)
—Eric Adams, D-Brooklyn: Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
—Joseph Addabbo Jr., D-Queens: Elections
—Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, Jefferson County: Agriculture
—Neil Breslin, D-Albany: Insurance 
—Ruben Diaz Sr., D-Bronx: Aging
—Martin Malave Dilan, D-Brooklyn: Transportation
—Tom Duane, D-Manhattan: Health, $15,000
—Pedro Espada, Jr, D-Bronx: Vice President of the Senate for Urban Policy; Vice Chair, Rules Committee, Chair, Housing Construction and Community Development
—Brian X. Foley, D-Suffolk County: Ethics
—Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Mount Vernon: Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections
—Shirley Huntley, D-Queens: Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
—Craig Johnson, D-Nassau County: Investigations and Government Operations, $15,000
—Jeff Klein, D-Bronx: Deputy Majority Leader, $34,000
—Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan: Vice Chair Finance, Chair of Select Committee on Budget Reform (unclear if there is a stipend)
—Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn: Finance, $34,000
—Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens: Consumer Protection
—Velmanette Montgomery, D-Brooklyn: Children and Families
—George Onorato, D-Queens: Labor
—Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Mamaroneck: Education, $18,000
—Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn: Energy and Telecommunications
—Bill Perkins, D-Manhattan: Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, $15,000
—John Sampson, D-Brooklyn: Judiciary, $18,000
—Diane Savino, D-Staten Island: Civil Service and Pensions
—Eric Schneiderman, D-Manhattan: Codes, $18,000
—Jose Serrano Jr., D-Bronx: Tourism, Recreation and Sports Development
—Daniel Squadron, D-Brooklyn: Cities, $15,000
—William Stachowski, D-Buffalo: Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
—Toby Ann Stavisky, D-Queens: Higher Education
—Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers: Local Government
—Antoine Thompson, D-Buffalo: Environmental Conservation
—David Valesky, D-Oneida, Madison County: TBD

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 9:31 pm by Cara Matthews.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Print This | Email This Email This

Advertisement

Leave a Reply

Advertisement
About this blog
Politics on the Hudson, from The Journal News/LoHud.com, is your online source for up-to-the-minute political news, insight and dish in the Lower Hudson Valley and New York state. Contributors to the blog include reporters and editors from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, as well as Albany and Washington.

Subscribe
Politics on the Hudson Podcast

Daily Blog Email Updates


The Authors

Twitter Updates

Powered by Twitter Tools.


SMS Text Alerts
ÒWant to be the first to learn about breaking local political news? Subscribe to the new text alerts from Politics on the Hudson.Ó
Enter your phone number:
 
Advertisement
Other recent entries

Links



Recent Comments
  • Pay raise for state Legislature? (20)
    • Alumnus: Anyone who attended Georgetown, Boston College, Notre Dame, or even Villanova, for that matter, would know...

    • Doofus: Hey Dummies!!! THIS POST DATES BACK TO DECEMBER 2006. Read the date on the entry from Jay Gallagher....

    • Donkey Darling: No pay raises! No matter how badly they may want one, they don’t (as a group) deserve one....

    • Mary: Thoughtful post and well written. Please write more on this if you have time.

  • DiNapoli To Withhold Senators’ Pay (9)
    • no work no pay: No matter what…these clowns are doing nothing, will get paid …whether delayed or not. The...

    • ed1: They’re both despicable. What did your posse offer Monseratte to again switch aisles and return to the...

    • Donkey Darling: Read Tom Robbins in the Village Voice (OOPS I forgot, you’re all conservatives and hate govt)....

    • smartporpoise: What a fiasco. Not only do we have a useless legislature, many States, while the government urgently...

  • Lawmakers: It’s just common sense, Paine artifacts should stay (9)
    • GOPGirl: Perhaps a compromise is in order. Allow the documents out on “field trips” during the summer...

    • Mark Wilensky: I’m a fifth-grade teacher in Colorado, and a crucial part of teaching civics is providing...



Advertisement


Recently Updated LoHud Blogs
Monthly Archives


Bad Behavior has blocked 3688 access attempts in the last 7 days.