180th New York State Legislature

The 180th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1973, to May 30, 1974, during the fifteenth and final year of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, and during Malcolm Wilson's governorship, in Albany.

180th New York State Legislature
← 179th 181st →
New York State Capitol (2009)
Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York, United States
Term	January 1, 1973 – December 31, 1974
Senate
Members	60
President	Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R), until December 18, 1973
Temporary President	Warren M. Anderson (R)
Party control	Republican 1973: (37–23) 1974: (37–22)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Perry B. Duryea Jr. (R)
Party control	Republican 1973: (82–67–1) 1974: (79–70–1)
Sessions
1st January 3 – May 28, 1973 2nd July 25 – 31, 1973 3rd January 9 – May 17, 1974 4th May 29 – 30, 1974

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 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 without restrictions regarding county boundaries.

At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1972, was held on November 7. The only three statewide elective offices up for election were three seats on the New York Court of Appeals. All three seats were won by Republican judges, two with Conservative endorsement, and one with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the average vote for Judge of the Court of Appeals, was: Republicans 2,847,000; Democrats 2,709,000; Conservatives 425,000; and Liberals 258,000. To date this was the last time a Republican majority was elected to the State Assembly.

Of the three women members of the previous legislature, Assemblywoman Mary Anne Krupsak (Dem.), a lawyer of Amsterdam, was elected to the state Senate; and Assemblywomen Constance E. Cook (Rep.), a lawyer of Ithaca; and Rosemary R. Gunning (Cons.), a lawyer of Ridgewood, Queens; were re-elected to the assembly. Karen Burstein, a lawyer of Lawrence, and Carol Bellamy, a lawyer of Brooklyn, were also elected to the state Senate; and Estella B. Diggs, of the Bronx, was also elected to the assembly.

The New York state election, 1973, was held on November 6. The only statewide elective office up for election was the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Republican Charles D. Breitel was elected with Liberal endorsement. One vacancy in the State Senate and five vacancies in the Assembly were filled.^[1] Elizabeth Connelly (Dem.), of Staten Island, was elected to the assembly.

Sessions

The legislature met for the first regular session (the 196th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1973;^[2] and adjourned sine die on May 28.^[3]

Perry B. Duryea Jr. (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker.

Warren M. Anderson (Rep.) was elected temporary president of the state Senate.

The legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on July 25, 1973;^[4] and adjourned sine die on July 31.^[5] This session was called to consider the issue of a $3.5 million bond issue to finance the construction of additional public transportation capacities in New York City.

The legislature met for the second regular session (the 197th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 9, 1974;^[6] and adjourned sine die in the early morning of May 17.^[7]

The U.S. Department of Justice found fault with the congressional, senatorial and Assembly districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn under the apportionment of 1971, and ordered a revision to safeguard the rights of minorities.^[8]

The legislature met for another special session at the State Capitol in Albany on May 29, 1974; and adjourned sine die on the next day. This session was called to remap the legislative districts in Manhattan and Brooklyn,^[9] and to amend the rent-control law passed during the regular session. The Senate passed Governor Wilson's rent law amendment, but the Assembly did not come to a vote on it.^[10]

On July 1, the U.S. Department of Justice accepted the revised districts as passed by the legislature.^[11]

State Senate

Senators

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Chester J. Straub, Vander L. Beatty, Joseph R. Pisani, Mary Anne Krupsak, Edwyn E. Mason and James T. McFarland changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of the session.

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

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1st	Leon E. Giuffreda*	Republican	Chairman of Education
2nd	Bernard C. Smith*	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
8th	Norman J. Levy*	Republican
9th	Karen Burstein	Democrat
10th	John J. Santucci*	Democrat
11th	Frank Padavan	Rep./Cons.
12th	Jack E. Bronston*	Dem./Lib.
13th	Emanuel R. Gold*	Dem./Lib.
14th	Nicholas Ferraro*	Democrat	on November 6, 1973, elected D.A. of Queens County
	John J. Moore	Democrat	on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy[12]
15th	Martin J. Knorr*	Rep./Cons.
16th	A. Frederick Meyerson*	Democrat
17th	Chester J. Straub*	Democrat
18th	Vander L. Beatty*	Democrat
19th	Jeremiah B. Bloom*	Democrat
20th	Donald Halperin*	Democrat
21st	William T. Conklin*	Rep./Cons.	Deputy Majority Leader
22nd	Albert B. Lewis*	Democrat
23rd	Carol Bellamy	Democrat
24th	John J. Marchi*	Republican	Chairman of Finance[13]
25th	Paul P. E. Bookson*	Democrat
26th	Roy M. Goodman*	Rep./Lib.
27th	Manfred Ohrenstein*	Dem./Lib.
28th	Sidney A. von Luther*	Dem./Lib.
29th	Joseph Zaretzki*	Dem./Lib.	Minority Leader
30th	Robert García*	Dem./Rep./Lib.
31st	Harrison J. Goldin*	Dem./Lib.	on November 6, 1973, elected New York City Comptroller
	The seat remained vacant throughout the session of 1974
32nd	Joseph L. Galiber*	Dem./Rep./Lib.
33rd	Abraham Bernstein*	Dem./Lib.
34th	John D. Calandra*	Rep./Dem./Cons.
35th	John E. Flynn*	Republican
36th	Joseph R. Pisani*	Republican
37th	Bernard G. Gordon*	Rep./Cons.
38th	Donald R. Ackerson	Republican
39th	Jay P. Rolison Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
40th	Richard E. Schermerhorn*	Rep./Cons.
41st	Douglas Hudson*	Republican
42nd	Walter B. Langley*	Republican
43rd	Ronald B. Stafford*	Rep./Cons.
44th	Mary Anne Krupsak*	Dem./Lib.	on November 5, 1974, elected Lieutenant Governor of New York
45th	Hugh Douglas Barclay*	Republican
46th	James H. Donovan*	Rep./Cons.
47th	Warren M. Anderson*	Republican	elected Temporary President; acting as Lt. Gov. from December 18, 1973
48th	Edwyn E. Mason*	Rep./Cons.
49th	Martin S. Auer	Republican
50th	Tarky Lombardi Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
51st	William T. Smith*	Rep./Cons.
52nd	Frederick L. Warder*	Republican
53rd	Gordon J. DeHond	Rep./Cons.
54th	Fred J. Eckert	Rep./Cons.
55th	Frank J. Glinski*	Dem./Lib.	resigned in 1973
	Joseph A. Tauriello	Democrat	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
56th	James D. Griffin*	Dem./Cons.
57th	Jess J. Present*	Republican
58th	Thomas F. McGowan*	Rep./Cons.
59th	James T. McFarland*	Rep./Cons.
60th	Lloyd H. Paterson	Rep./Lib.

Employees

• Secretary: Albert J. Abrams

State Assembly

Assemblymen

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. George A. Murphy and John J. LaFalce changed from the Senate to the Assembly at the beginning of the session.

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

District	Assemblymen	Party	Notes
1st	Perry B. Duryea Jr.*	Republican	re-elected Speaker
2nd	Peter J. Costigan*	Republican
3rd	Icilio W. Bianchi Jr.	Democrat
4th	Robert C. Wertz*	Republican
5th	Dennis O'Doherty	Republican
6th	John C. Cochrane	Republican
7th	John J. Flanagan	Republican
8th	John G. McCarthy*	Republican
9th	William L. Burns*	Republican
10th	Stuart R. Levine	Republican
11th	Philip B. Healey*	Republican
12th	George A. Murphy*	Republican
13th	Milton Jonas*	Republican
14th	Joseph M. Reilly*	Republican
15th	John E. Kingston*	Republican	Majority Leader
16th	Irwin J. Landes*	Democrat
17th	Joseph M. Margiotta*	Republican
18th	Armand P. D'Amato	Republican
19th	John S. Thorp Jr.*	Democrat
20th	Arthur J. Kremer*	Democrat
21st	George J. Farrell Jr.*	Republican
22nd	Herbert A. Posner*	Democrat
23rd	John A. Esposito*	Rep./Cons.
24th	Saul Weprin*	Democrat
25th	Vincent F. Nicolosi	Democrat
26th	Leonard P. Stavisky*	Democrat
27th	Arthur J. Cooperman*	Dem./Lib.
28th	Alan G. Hevesi*	Democrat
29th	Guy R. Brewer*	Democrat
30th	Herbert J. Miller*	Democrat
31st	Alfred A. DelliBovi*	Rep./Cons.
32nd	Edward Abramson	Democrat
33rd	John T. Flack*	Rep./Cons.
34th	Joseph F. Lisa*	Democrat
35th	John G. Lopresto*	Rep./Cons.
36th	Joseph S. Calabretta*	Democrat	on November 6, 1973, elected to the New York City Civil Court
	Anthony V. Gazzara	Democrat	on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy[14]
37th	Rosemary R. Gunning*	Cons./Rep.
38th	Vito P. Battista*	Rep./Cons.
39th	Stanley Fink*	Democrat
40th	Edward Griffith	Democrat
41st	Stanley Steingut*	Democrat	Minority Leader
42nd	Brian Sharoff*	Dem./Lib.
43rd	George A. Cincotta*	Democrat
44th	Mel Miller*	Democrat
45th	Stephen J. Solarz*	Dem./Lib.
46th	Howard L. Lasher	Democrat
47th	Frank J. Barbaro	Democrat
48th	Leonard Silverman*	Democrat
49th	Dominick L. DiCarlo*	Rep./Cons.
50th	Robert F. Kelly*	Rep./Cons.	appointed as Chairman of the NYS Cable TV Commission[15]
	Christopher J. Mega	Rep./Cons.	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
51st	Vincent A. Riccio*	Rep./Cons.
52nd	Michael L. Pesce	Democrat
53rd	Woodrow Lewis	Democrat
54th	Samuel D. Wright*	Dem./Rep./Lib.	resigned to run for the New York City Council[16]
	Charles T. Hamilton	Democrat	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
55th	Thomas R. Fortune*	Democrat
56th	Calvin Williams*	Dem./Lib.
57th	Harvey L. Strelzin*	Democrat
58th	Joseph R. Lentol	Democrat
59th	Peter G. Mirto*	Democrat
60th	Lucio F. Russo*	Rep./Cons.
61st	Edward J. Amann Jr.*	Rep./Cons.	appointed to the New York Court of Claims
	Elizabeth Connelly	Dem./Cons.	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
62nd	Louis DeSalvio*	Democrat
63rd	Anthony G. DiFalco*	Dem./Lib.
64th	William F. Passannante*	Dem./Lib.
65th	Andrew J. Stein*	Dem./Lib.
66th	Antonio G. Olivieri*	Dem./Lib.
67th	Richard N. Gottfried*	Dem./Lib.
68th	Peter A. A. Berle*	Dem./Lib.
69th	Albert H. Blumenthal*	Dem./Lib.
70th	Jesse Gray	Democrat
71st	Franz S. Leichter*	Dem./Lib.
72nd	George W. Miller*	Dem./Lib.
73rd	Edward H. Lehner	Democrat
74th	Mark T. Southall*	Democrat
75th	Eugenio Alvarez	Democrat	in 1974 appointed as Deputy NYC Commissioner of Housing Supervision[17]
76th	Seymour Posner*	Dem./Lib.
77th	Armando Montano*	Dem./Rep./Lib.
78th	Estella B. Diggs	Democrat
79th	Louis Niñé*	Democrat
80th	Guy Velella	Rep./Cons.
81st	Alan Hochberg*	Dem./Lib.
82nd	Thomas J. Culhane	Democrat
83rd	Burton Hecht*	Dem./Lib.
84th	G. Oliver Koppell*	Dem./Lib.
85th	(Anthony J. Mercorella)*	Dem./Lib.	resigned on January 3 and took a seat in the New York City Council
	John C. Dearie	Democrat	on February 27, 1973, elected to fill vacancy[18]
86th	Anthony J. Stella*	Dem./Lib.
87th	Bruce F. Caputo	Rep./Cons.
88th	Richard C. Ross	Rep./Cons.
89th	Alvin M. Suchin*	Rep./Cons.
90th	Gordon W. Burrows*	Rep./Cons.
91st	Richard E. Mannix	Rep./Cons.
92nd	J. Edward Meyer*	Rep./Cons.	elected as a Republican with Conservative endorsement
		Democrat	on December 4, 1973, became a Democrat[19]
93rd	Peter R. Biondo*	Republican
94th	Willis H. Stephens*	Republican	Chairman of Ways and Means
95th	Eugene Levy*	Rep./Cons.
96th	Harold K. Grune	Rep./Cons.
97th	Lawrence Herbst*	Republican
98th	Louis Ingrassia	Republican
99th	Emeel S. Betros*	Rep./Cons.
100th	Benjamin P. Roosa Jr.	Republican
101st	H. Clark Bell*	Rep./Cons.
102nd	Clarence D. Lane*	Republican
103rd	Fred G. Field Jr.*	Republican
104th	Thomas W. Brown*	Democrat
105th	Charles D. Cook	Republican
106th	Neil W. Kelleher*	Rep./Cons.
107th	Clark C. Wemple*	Rep./Cons.
108th	Fred W. Droms Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
109th	Glenn H. Harris*	Rep./Cons./Lib.
110th	Gerald B. H. Solomon	Rep./Cons.
111th	Andrew W. Ryan Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
112th	K. Daniel Haley*	Dem./Lib.
113th	Harold C. Luther	Republican	died on May 15, 1973
	Peter S. Dokuchitz	Republican	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
114th	Donald L. Taylor*	Rep./Cons.
115th	William R. Sears*	Republican
116th	Nicholas J. Calogero	Republican
117th	Edward F. Crawford*	Rep./Cons.	Chairman of Judiciary; on November 6, 1973, elected to the New York Supreme Court[20]
	Ralph Shapiro	Dem./Cons.	on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy; died on April 8, 1974
118th	Leonard F. Bersani*	Rep./Cons.
119th	Hyman M. Miller*	Republican
120th	Edward M. Kinsella*	Rep./Cons.	died on December 3, 1973
	Rocco Pirro	Republican	on February 14, 1974, elected to fill vacancy[21]
121st	Thomas J. Murphy*	Rep./Cons.
122nd	Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr.	Republican
123rd	James W. McCabe	Democrat
124th	Francis J. Boland Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
125th	Lloyd Stephen Riford Jr.*	Rep./Cons.
126th	L. Richard Marshall*	Rep./Cons.
127th	Charles D. Henderson*	Republican
128th	Constance E. Cook*	Republican
129th	James F. Hurley	Rep./Cons.
130th	Thomas A. Hanna	Rep./Cons.
131st	Raymond J. Lill*	Democrat
132nd	Thomas R. Frey	Democrat
133rd	Frank A. Carroll*	Rep./Cons.
134th	William M. Steinfeldt*	Rep./Cons.
135th	Don W. Cook*	Rep./Cons.
136th	James L. Emery*	Republican
137th	William C. Knights	Republican	died on February 5, 1973
	R. Stephen Hawley	Republican	on November 6, 1973, elected to fill vacancy
138th	John B. Daly	Republican
139th	Richard J. Hogan*	Rep./Cons.
140th	John J. LaFalce*	Dem./Lib.	on November 5, 1974, elected to the 94th U.S. Congress
141st	Chester R. Hardt*	Rep./Cons.
142nd	Stephen R. Greco*	Dem./Cons.
143rd	Arthur O. Eve*	Democrat
144th	Albert J. Hausbeck*	Rep./Cons.
145th	Francis J. Griffin*	Dem./Lib.
146th	Alan J. Justin	Rep./Cons.
147th	Ronald H. Tills*	Rep./Cons.
148th	Dale M. Volker	Republican
149th	Daniel B. Walsh	Dem./Lib.
150th	John W. Beckman*	Rep./Cons.

Employees

• Clerk: Donald A. Campbell, until February 1973, resigned
  • Thomas H. Bartzos, acting from February 1973, appointed as clerk in January 1974^[22]

Notes

1. 3 SEATS IN ALBANY GO TO DEMOCRATS in The New York Times on November 7, 1973 (subscription required)
2. Excerpts From the Message by Governor Rockefeller on the State of the State in The New York Times on January 4, 1973 (subscription required)
3. SESSION IN ALBANY ENDS WITH PASSING OF WELFARE BILL in The New York Times on May 29, 1973 (subscription required)
4. Session Starts in Albany With Expanded Agenda in The New York Times on July 26, 1973 (subscription required)
5. Transit Bond Issue Is Passed; Albany Special Session Ends in The New York Times on July 26, 1973 (subscription required)
6. WILSON'S SPEECH CALLS MODERATION HIS PRINCIPAL AIM in The New York Times on January 10, 1974 (subscription required)
7. Long Last Meeting Wilts Legislators in The New York Times on May 17, 1974 (subscription required)
8. Legislative Expert Sees Hurdle to Redistricting in The New York Times on April 3, 1974 (subscription required)
9. Redistricting Has Usual Result in The New York Times on June 2, 1974 (subscription required)
10. SESSION ADJOURNS AS WILSON LOSES RENT-LAW BATTLE in The New York Times on May 31, 1974 (subscription required)
11. U.S. ACCEPTS PLAN ON DISTRICTS HERE in The New York Times on July 2, 1974 (subscription required)
12. New Oueens Senator Is Aiming at a Role on Investigative Committees in The New York Times on February 17, 1974 (subscription required)
13. MARCHI, CONKLIN GET SENATE POSTS in The New York Times on January 4, 1973 (subscription required)
14. Gazzara, Just Elected to Assembly, Is Planning to Learn on the Job in The New York Times on February 17, 1974 (subscription required)
15. Assemblyman Robert Kelly, 74, Head of New York Cable Panel in The New York Times on February 17, 1992
16. Samuel D. Wright, 73, Former Assemblyman in The New York Times on February 1, 1998
17. Eugenio Alvarez, 57, Dies; Official of Housing Agency in The New York Times on February 14, 1976 (subscription required)
18. Dearie Wins in Special Vote For Bronx Assembly Seat in The New York Times on February 28, 1973 (subscription required)
19. G.O.P. LAWMAKER JOINS DEMOCRATS in The New York Times on December 5, 1973 (subscription required)
20. Justice Edward Crawford Dead in The New York Times on September 27, 1975 (subscription required)
21. Democrats Win 3 of 4 Contests In Queens and Upstate Races in The New York Times on February 15, 1974 (subscription required)
22. State news briefs in The Citizen–Advertiser, of Auburn, on January 8, 1974

Sources

• Listing Of New York Metropolitan Area Legislators and Names. Addresses Of Upstate Legislators in the Civil Service Leader (Vol. XXXIV, No. 5; issue of May 1, 1973; pg. 8f)
• Six Seats in State Legislature To Be Filled in Tuesday Voting in the Amsterdam Recorder, of Amsterdam, on November 5, 1973
• Listing of New York Congressmen and Legislators in the Civil Service Leader (Vol. XXXIV, No. 50; issue of March 12, 1974; pg. 8f)