A committee for every senator

Posted by: Cara Matthews - Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 06, 2009

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