178th New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session

178th New York State Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body| New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction| New York, United States
Term| January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
Senate
Members| 57
President| Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R)
Temporary President| Earl W. Brydges (R)
Party control| Republican (33–24)
Assembly
Members| 150
Speaker| Perry B. Duryea Jr. (R)
Party control| Republican
1969: (76–72–2)
1970: (77–71–2)
Sessions
| 1st| January 8 – May 2, 1969

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2nd| January 7 – April 20, 1970

The 178th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 8, 1969, to April 20, 1970, during the eleventh and twelfth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany.

## Background

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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 1966 by order of the New York Court of Appeals, 57 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, the Liberal Party, the Peace and Freedom Party, the Socialist Labor Party and the Socialist Workers Party also nominated tickets.

## Elections

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The 1968 New York state election was held on November 5. The only two statewide elective offices up for election were a seat on the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator from New York. The incumbent office-holders were re-elected: Judge Adrian P. Burke, a Democrat with Republican, Liberal and Conservative endorsement; and U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits, a Republican with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for U.S. Senator, was: Republicans/Liberals 3,270,000; Democrats 2,151,000; Conservatives 1,139,000; Peace and Freedom 9,000; Socialist Labor 8,000; and Socialist Workers 5,000.

Two of the four women members of the previous legislature—Assemblywomen Constance E. Cook (Rep.), a lawyer of Ithaca; and Gail Hellenbrand (Dem.), of Brooklyn—were re-elected. Rosemary R. Gunning (Cons.), a lawyer of Ridgewood, Queens; and Mary Anne Krupsak (Dem.), a lawyer of Amsterdam, were also elected to the assembly.

The 1969 New York state election was held on November 4. The only statewide elective office up for election was a seat on the New York Court of Appeals. Two vacancies in the Assembly were filled.

## Sessions

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The legislature met for the first regular session (the 192nd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 8, 1969;[1] and recessed on March 30.[2] The legislature met again on April 15;[3] and adjourned sine die on May 2.[4]

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

Earl W. Brydges (Rep.) was re-elected temporary president of the state Senate.

On March 28, the legislature increased the state sales tax by 1 percentage point. Democrats Charles F. Stockmeister and Albert J. Hausbeck voted with the Republicans[5] and subsequently were ostracised by their party.[6] Stockmeister was appointed by Gov. Rockefeller to the Civil Service Commission on July 3, 1969. Hausbeck changed parties in 1970, and was re-elected to the Assembly on the Republican and Conservative tickets in November 1970.

On December 3, 1969, the Court of Appeals did not allow a re-apportionment of the legislative districts which the Republican majorities in both Houses intended to enact in time to be used for the elections in November 1970.[7]

The legislature met for the second regular session (the 193rd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 7, 1970;[8] and adjourned sine die on April 20.[9]

On April 9, 1970, the Assembly passed a bill allowing abortion without restrictions until 24 weeks of pregnancy.[10] The Senate passed the bill on April 10, and Gov. Rockefeller signed it on April 11, thus becoming the law.

## State Senate

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### Senators

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

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1st  | Leon E. Giuffreda*  | Republican  |
2nd  | Bernard C. Smith*  | Republican  |
3rd  | Ralph J. Marino | Republican  |
4th  | Edward J. Speno*  | Republican  |
5th  | John D. Caemmerer*  | Republican  |
6th  | John R. Dunne*  | Republican  |
7th  | Norman F. Lent*  | Republican  | on November 3, 1970, elected to the 92nd U.S. Congress
8th  | Murray Schwartz*  | Democrat  |
9th  | Jack E. Bronston*  | Democrat  |
10th  | Seymour R. Thaler*  | Democrat  |
11th  | John J. Santucci*  | Democrat  |
12th  | Martin J. Knorr | Republican  |
13th  | Nicholas Ferraro*  | Democrat  |
14th  | Edward S. Lentol*  | Democrat  |
15th  | A. Frederick Meyerson | Democrat  |
16th  | William Rosenblatt*  | Democrat  |
17th  | Jeremiah B. Bloom*  | Democrat  |
18th  | Waldaba Stewart | Democrat  |
19th  | Samuel L. Greenberg*  | Democrat  |
20th  | Albert B. Lewis*  | Democrat  |
21st  | William T. Conklin*  | Republican  |
22nd  | William J. Ferrall*  | Democrat  | died on December 13, 1970
23rd  | John J. Marchi*  | Republican  |
24th  | Paul P. E. Bookson*  | Democrat  |
25th  | Manfred Ohrenstein*  | Democrat  |
26th  | Roy M. Goodman | Republican  |
27th  | Basil A. Paterson*  | Democrat  |
28th  | Joseph Zaretzki*  | Democrat  | Minority Leader
29th  | Robert García*  | Democrat  |
30th  | Harrison J. Goldin*  | Democrat  |
31st  | Joseph L. Galiber | Democrat  |
32nd  | Abraham Bernstein*  | Democrat  |
33rd  | John D. Calandra*  | Republican  |
34th  | John E. Flynn*  | Republican  |
35th  | Anthony B. Gioffre*  | Republican  |
36th  | Bernard G. Gordon*  | Republican  |
37th  | D. Clinton Dominick III*  | Republican  |
38th  | Jay P. Rolison Jr.*  | Republican  |
39th  | Douglas Hudson*  | Republican  |
40th  | Walter B. Langley | Republican  |
41st  | Dalwin J. Niles*  | Republican  |
42nd  | Ronald B. Stafford*  | Republican  |
43rd  | Hugh Douglas Barclay*  | Republican  |
44th  | James H. Donovan*  | Republican  |
45th  | John H. Hughes*  | Republican  | Chairman of Judiciary
46th  | Tarky Lombardi Jr.*  | Republican  |
47th  | Warren M. Anderson*  | Republican  | Chairman of Finance
48th  | William T. Smith*  | Republican  |
49th  | Theodore D. Day*  | Republican  |
50th  | Thomas Laverne*  | Republican  |
51st  | James E. Powers*  | Democrat  |
52nd  | Earl W. Brydges*  | Republican  | re-elected Temporary President
53rd  | William E. Adams*  | Republican  | on December 29, 1970, appointed Counsel to the NYS Board of Standards and Appeals
54th  | Thomas F. McGowan*  | Republican  |
55th  | Frank J. Glinski*  | Democrat  |
56th  | James D. Griffin*  | Democrat  |
57th  | Jess J. Present*  | Republican  |

### Employees

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* Secretary: Albert J. Abrams

## State Assembly

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### Assembly members

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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  | Assembly member  | Party  | Notes

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1st  | Perry B. Duryea Jr.*  | Republican  | elected Speaker
2nd  | Peter J. Costigan*  | Republican  |
3rd  | Charles A. Jerabek | Cons./Rep.  |
4th  | Prescott B. Huntington*  | Republican  |
5th  | William L. Burns*  | Republican  |
6th  | John G. McCarthy*  | Republican  |
7th  | Joseph M. Reilly*  | Republican  |
8th  | Martin Ginsberg*  | Republican  |
9th  | Francis P. McCloskey*  | Republican  |
10th  | Milton Jonas*  | Republican  |
11th  | Stanley Harwood*  | Democrat  |
12th  | Joseph M. Margiotta*  | Republican  |
13th  | John S. Thorp Jr.*  | Democrat  |
14th  | Arthur J. Kremer*  | Democrat  |
15th  | Eli Wager*  | Democrat  |
16th  | George J. Farrell Jr.*  | Republican  |
17th  | John E. Kingston*  | Republican  | Majority Leader
18th  | Vincent R. Balletta Jr.*  | Republican  |
19th  | Herbert A. Posner*  | Democrat  |
20th  | Joseph J. Kunzeman*  | Republican  |
21st  | Martin Rodell*  | Democrat  |
22nd  | John T. Gallagher*  | Republican  |
23rd  | Leonard P. Stavisky*  | Democrat  |
24th  | Arthur J. Cooperman | Democrat  |
25th  | Moses M. Weinstein*  | Democrat  | on November 4, 1969, elected to the New York Supreme Court
Emanuel R. Gold | Democrat  | on February 17, 1970, elected to fill vacancy[11]
26th  | Guy R. Brewer | Democrat  |
27th  | Herbert J. Miller*  | Democrat  |
28th  | Alfred D. Lerner*  | Republican  |
29th  | Frederick D. Schmidt*  | Democrat  |
30th  | John T. Flack | Republican  |
31st  | Joseph F. Lisa | Democrat  |
32nd  | Jules G. Sabbatino*  | Democrat  |
33rd  | Joseph S. Calabretta*  | Democrat  |
34th  | Rosemary R. Gunning | Cons./Rep.  |
35th  | Chester J. Straub*  | Democrat  |
36th  | Rudolph F. DiBlasi*  | Democrat  | resigned to run for the New York City Council
Peter G. Mirto | Democrat  | on November 4, 1969, elected to fill vacancy[12]
37th  | Samuel D. Wright*  | Democrat  |
38th  | Vito P. Battista | Republican  |
39th  | Stanley Fink | Democrat  |
40th  | Alfred A. Lama*  | Democrat  |
41st  | Stanley Steingut*  | Democrat  | Minority Leader
42nd  | Lawrence P. Murphy*  | Democrat  |
43rd  | George A. Cincotta*  | Democrat  |
44th  | Sidney A. Lichtman | Democrat  |
45th  | Stephen J. Solarz | Democrat  |
46th  | Leonard M. Simon*  | Democrat  |
47th  | Salvatore J. Grieco*  | Democrat  |
48th  | Leonard Silverman | Democrat  |
49th  | Dominick L. DiCarlo*  | Republican  |
50th  | Robert F. Kelly*  | Republican  |
51st  | Vincent A. Riccio | Republican  |
52nd  | Joseph J. Dowd*  | Democrat  |
53rd  | William J. Giordano*  | Democrat  |
54th  | Gail Hellenbrand*  | Democrat  |
55th  | Thomas R. Fortune | Democrat  |
56th  | Bertram L. Baker*  | Democrat  |
57th  | Harvey L. Strelzin | Democrat  |
58th  | Lucio F. Russo*  | Republican  |
59th  | Edward J. Amann Jr.*  | Republican  |
60th  | Louis DeSalvio*  | Democrat  |
61st  | Anthony G. DiFalco | Democrat  |
62nd  | Andrew J. Stein | Democrat  |
63rd  | William F. Passannante*  | Democrat  |
64th  | Peter A. A. Berle | Democrat  |
65th  | Jerome Kretchmer*  | Democrat  |
66th  | Stephen C. Hansen | Republican  |
67th  | Albert H. Blumenthal*  | Democrat  |
68th  | Frank G. Rossetti*  | Democrat  |
69th  | Franz S. Leichter | Democrat  |
70th  | Hulan E. Jack*  | Democrat  |
71st  | Stephen S. Gottlieb | Democrat  |
72nd  | Charles B. Rangel*  | Democrat  | on November 3, 1970, elected to the 92nd U.S. Congress
73rd  | John J. Walsh*  | Democrat  |
74th  | Mark T. Southall*  | Democrat  |
75th  | Harry Kraf*  | Democrat  |
76th  | Seymour Posner*  | Democrat  |
77th  | Armando Montano | Democrat  |
78th  | Edward A. Stevenson, Sr.*  | Democrat  |
79th  | Manuel Ramos*  | Democrat  |
80th  | Ferdinand J. Mondello*  | Democrat  |
81st  | Robert Abrams*  | Democrat  | on November 4, 1969, elected Borough President of the Bronx
Alan Hochberg | Democrat  | on February 17, 1970, elected to fill vacancy[11]
82nd  | Alexander Chananau*  | Democrat  |
83rd  | Burton Hecht*  | Democrat  |
84th  | Benjamin Altman*  | Democrat  | on January 6, 1970, appointed as NYC Commissioner of Rent and Housing Maintenance[13]
G. Oliver Koppell | Ind. Dem.  | on March 3, 1970, elected to fill vacancy[14]
85th  | Anthony J. Mercorella*  | Democrat  |
86th  | Anthony J. Stella | Democrat  |
87th  | Thomas J. McInerney*  | Democrat  |
88th  | George E. Van Cott*  | Republican  |
89th  | Alvin M. Suchin*  | Republican  |
90th  | Gordon W. Burrows*  | Republican  |
91st  | Joseph R. Pisani*  | Republican  |
92nd  | Richard A. Cerosky*  | Republican  |
93rd  | Peter R. Biondo*  | Republican  |
94th  | Eugene Levy | Republican  |
95th  | Benjamin A. Gilman*  | Republican  |
96th  | Daniel Becker | Republican  |
97th  | Willis H. Stephens*  | Republican  | Chairman of Ways and Means
98th  | Emeel S. Betros | Republican  |
99th  | H. Clark Bell | Republican  |
100th  | Clarence D. Lane*  | Republican  |
101st  | Neil W. Kelleher*  | Republican  |
102nd  | Raymond C. Skuse | Republican  |
103rd  | Fred G. Field Jr. | Republican  |
104th  | Mary Anne Krupsak | Democrat  |
105th  | Clark C. Wemple*  | Republican  |
106th  | Fred W. Droms Jr.*  | Republican  |
107th  | Lawrence E. Corbett Jr.*  | Republican  |
108th  | Andrew W. Ryan Jr. | Republican  |
109th  | Glenn H. Harris*  | Republican  |
110th  | Edward J. Keenan*  | Republican  |
111th  | Donald L. Taylor*  | Republican  |
112th  | Donald J. Mitchell*  | Republican  |
113th  | Edwyn E. Mason*  | Republican  |
114th  | Richard A. Brown*  | Republican  |
115th  | William R. Sears*  | Republican  |
116th  | John T. Buckley*  | Republican  |
117th  | Edward F. Crawford*  | Republican  | Chairman of Judiciary
118th  | Leonard F. Bersani | Republican  |
119th  | Kenneth G. Bartlett*  | Republican  |
120th  | Mortimer P. Gallivan*  | Democrat  |
121st  | John H. Terry*  | Republican  | on November 3, 1970, elected to the 92nd U.S. Congress
122nd  | George M. Michaels | Democrat  |
123rd  | Kenneth S. Leasure*  | Republican  |
124th  | Francis J. Boland Jr.*  | Republican  |
125th  | Constance E. Cook*  | Republican  |
126th  | L. Richard Marshall*  | Republican  |
127th  | Charles D. Henderson*  | Republican  |
128th  | Frederick L. Warder*  | Republican  |
129th  | Joseph C. Finley*  | Republican  |
130th  | Donald C. Shoemaker*  | Republican  |
131st  | Raymond J. Lill*  | Democrat  |
132nd  | S. William Rosenberg*  | Republican  |
133rd  | Frank A. Carroll*  | Republican  |
134th  | Charles F. Stockmeister*  | Democrat  | on July 3, 1969, appointed to the New York State Civil Service Commission[15]
William M. Steinfeldt | Republican  | on November 4, 1969, elected to fill vacancy[12]
135th  | Don W. Cook*  | Republican  |
136th  | James L. Emery*  | Republican  |
137th  | V. Sumner Carroll*  | Republican  |
138th  | Gregory J. Pope*  | Democrat  |
139th  | Lloyd J. Long*  | Republican  |
140th  | James T. McFarland*  | Republican  |
141st  | Chester R. Hardt*  | Republican  |
142nd  | Stephen R. Greco*  | Democrat  |
143rd  | Arthur O. Eve*  | Democrat  |
144th  | Albert J. Hausbeck*  | Democrat  |
145th  | John B. Lis*  | Democrat  |
146th  | Francis J. Griffin*  | Democrat  |
147th  | Ronald H. Tills | Republican  |
148th  | Frank Walkley*  | Republican  |
149th  | Lloyd A. Russell*  | Republican  |
150th  | John W. Beckman | Republican  |

### Employees

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* Clerk: Donald A. Campbell

## Notes

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1. ^ Governor Proposes Curb on Spending; 3% Sales Tax; Trim of 5% is Goal in The New York Times on January 9, 1969 (subscription required)
2. ^ Two-Week Recess Starts in Albany in The New York Times on March 31, 1969 (subscription required)
3. ^ Legislature Reconvenes Today, Hoping to Adjourn by May 1 in The New York Times on April 15, 1969 (subscription required)
4. ^ Legislature Ends; Pay Raises Passed in The New York Times on May 3, 1969 (subscription required)
5. ^ State Sales Tax Increased 1 Cent by G.O.P. in Albany in The New York Times on March 29, 1969 (subscription required)
6. ^ Steingut Bids Assembly Demote 2 Democrats for Sales Tax Vote in The New York Times on April 2, 1969 (subscription required)
7. ^ Court Bars G.O.P. From Redistricting Legislature in '70 in The New York Times on December 4, 1969 (subscription required)
8. ^ Rockefeller Offers Plan to Revamp State Agencies to Meet Problems of 70's in The New York Times on January 8, 1970 (subscription required)
9. ^ Ballot Bill Stirs Furor as Session Closes in Albany in The New York Times on April 21, 1970 (subscription required)
10. ^ Abortion Reform is Voted by the Assembly, 76 to 73 in The New York Times on April 10, 1970 (subscription required)
11. ^ a b Democrats Win Elections in Bronx and Queens in The New York Times on February 18, 1970 (subscription required)
12. ^ a b Election results in The Daily Messenger, of Canandaigua, on November 5, 1969
13. ^ New Housing Chief Would Rebuild Slums to Draw Middle Class in The New York Times on January 7, 1970 (subscription required)
14. ^ Koppell ran as an Independent, and defeated the regular Democratic candidate Sidney Rosen; see Koppell Wins Assembly Seat in a Special Election in Bronx in The New York Times on March 4, 1970 (subscription required)
15. ^ Rebel Democrat Gets State Post in The New York Times on July 4, 1969 (subscription required)

## Sources

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* Assembly winners and Senate leaders in The Geneva Times, of Geneva, on November 6, 1968

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