173rd New York State Legislature

New York state legislative session February 2025 October 2019 173rd January 1, 1961 December 31, 1962 Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson (R) Walter J. Mahoney (R) Joseph F. Carlino (R) 58 150 Republican (33–25) Republican (84–66) 1st January 4 March 25, 1961 2nd August 21, 1961 3rd November 9 10, 1961 4th January 3 March 31, 1962 172nd 174th The 173rd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4, 1961, to March 31, 1962, during the third and fourth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany. Background Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938, re-apportioned in 1953, 58 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. The senatorial districts consisted either of one or more entire counties; or a contiguous area within a single county. The counties which were divided into more than one senatorial district were Kings (nine districts), New York (six), Queens (five), Bronx (four), Erie (three), Nassau (three), Westchester (three), Monroe (two) and Onondaga (two). The Assembly districts consisted either of a single entire county (except Hamilton Co.), or of contiguous area within one county. At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Liberal Party also nominated tickets. Elections The 1960 New York state election was held on November 8. The only two statewide elective offices were two seats on the New York Court of Appeals. Two Republican judges were elected, Stanley H. Fuld with Democratic and Liberal endorsement; and Sydney F. Foster with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the average vote for the judges on the different tickets, was: Republicans 3,281,000; Democrats 3,247,000; and Liberals 413,000. 4 of the 7 women members of the previous legislature—State Senator Janet Hill Gordon (Republican), a lawyer of Norwich; and Assemblywomen Bessie A. Buchanan (Democrat), a retired musical actress and dancer of Harlem; Dorothy Bell Lawrence (Republican), a former school teacher of Manhattan; and Aileen B. Ryan (Democrat), a former school teacher of the Bronx—were re-elected. The 1961 New York state election was held on November 7. No statewide elective offices were up for election. Three vacancies in the Assembly were filled. Sessions The Legislature met for the first regular session (the 184th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1961;Carlino Picks Ingalls and Preller For Key Posts in the Assembly in The New York Times on January 5, 1961 (subscription required) and adjourned on March 25.G.O.P. Leaders Assailed on Loss of City Bills in "Dismal" Finish in The New York Times on March 27, 1961 (subscription required) Joseph F. Carlino (Rep.) was re-elected Speaker. Walter J. Mahoney (Rep.) was re-elected Temporary President of the State Senate. The Legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany on August 21, 1961;SPECIAL SESSION SET FOR AUG. 21 ON SCHOOL ISSUE in The New York Times on August 14, 1961 (subscription required) and adjourned after a session of six hours.REFORM ORDERED; LEGISLATURE ACTS ON CITY'S SCHOOLS in The New York Times on August 22, 1961 (subscription required) This session was called to consider legislation concerning New York City's school system. The Legislature met for another special session at the State Capitol in Albany on November 9, 1961;ALBANY SESSION SET ON SHELTERS AND DISTRICTING in The New York Times on October 22, 1961 (subscription required) and adjourned on the next day.VOTING IS CLOSE; City House Delegation Cut by Three in The New York Times on November 11, 1961 (subscription required) This session was called to consider legislation concerning the creation of fallout shelters at schools and colleges, and the re-apportionment of New York's congressional districts under the 1960 U.S. census. The Legislature met for the second regular session (the 185th) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 3, 1962;3 NEW ASSEMBLYMEN; 2 Republicans and a Democrat Take Seats at Albany in The New York Times on January 4, 1962 (subscription required) and adjourned on March 31.CARLINO CHARGES WAGNER OFFERED "DEAL" ON JUDGES in The New York Times on April 2, 1962 (subscription required) State Senate Districts 30em 1st District: Suffolk County 2nd, 3rd and 4th District: Parts of Nassau County 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th District: Parts of Queens County, i.e. the Borough of Queens 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th District: Parts of Kings County, i.e. the Borough of Brooklyn 19th District: Richmond County, i.e. the Borough of Richmond (now the Borough of Staten Island) 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th District: Parts of New York County, i.e. the Borough of Manhattan 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th District: Parts of Bronx County, i.e. the Borough of the Bronx 30th, 31st and 32nd District: Parts of Westchester County 33rd District: Orange and Rockland counties 34th District: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties 35th District: Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties 36th District: Albany County 37th District: Rensselaer and Washington counties 38th District: Schenectady and Schoharie counties 39th District: Essex, Saratoga and Warren counties 40th District: Clinton, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties 41st District: Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and Montgomery counties 42nd District: Oneida County 43rd District: Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego 44th and 45th District: Parts of Onondaga County 46th District: Chenango, Cortland, Madison and Otsego counties 47th District: Broome County 48th District: Cayuga, Tioga and Tompkins counties 49th District: Chemung and Steuben counties 50th District: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties 51st and 52nd District: Parts of Monroe County 53rd District: Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties 54th District: Niagara County 55th, 56th and 57th District: Parts of Erie County 58th District: Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties Senators The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Ivan Warner changed from the Assembly to the Senate at the beginning of this Legislature. Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..." District Senator Party Notes1stElisha T. Barrett* Republican2ndDaniel G. Albert* Republicanon November 6, 1962, elected to the New York Supreme Court3rdHenry M. Curran Republican4thEdward J. Speno* Republican5thJack E. Bronston* Democrat6thIrving Mosberg* Democrat7thSeymour R. Thaler* Democrat8thThomas A. Duffy* Democrat9thThomas J. Mackell* Democrat10thSimon J. Liebowitz* Democrat11thWalter E. Cooke* Democrat12thJeremiah B. Bloom* Democrat13thFrank Composto* Democraton November 6, 1962, elected to the New York City Civil Court14thWilliam T. Conklin* Republican15thFrank J. Pino* Democrat16thWilliam Rosenblatt* Democrat17thSamuel L. Greenberg* Democrat18thHarry Gittleson* Democraton November 6, 1962, elected to the New York City Civil Court19thJohn J. Marchi* Republican20thMacNeil Mitchell* Republican21stJames Lopez Watson* Democrat22ndJohn P. Morrissey* Democrat23rdJoseph Zaretzki* DemocratMinority Leader24thJoseph R. Marro* Democrat25thManfred Ohrenstein Democrat26thHarry Kraf* Democrat27thIvan Warner* Democrat28thAbraham Bernstein Democrat29thJoseph E. Marine Democrat30thHunter Meighan* Republican31stGeorge W. Cornell* Republican32ndWilliam F. Condon* Republican33rdD. Clinton Dominick III* Republican34thE. Ogden Bush* Republican35thErnest I. Hatfield* Republican36thJulian B. Erway* Democrat37thAlbert Berkowitz* Republican38thOwen M. Begley* Democrat39thGeorge Eustis Paine Republican40thRobert C. McEwen* Republican41stWalter Van Wiggeren* Republican42ndFred J. Rath* Republican43rdHenry A. Wise* Republican44thLawrence M. Rulison* Republican45thJohn H. Hughes* Republican46thJanet Hill Gordon* Republican47thWarren M. Anderson* Republican48thGeorge R. Metcalf* Republican49thHarold A. Jerry Jr.* Republican50thDutton Peterson* Republican51stFrank E. Van Lare* Republican52ndThomas Laverne Republican53rdAustin W. Erwin* RepublicanChairman of Finance54thEarl W. Brydges* Republican55thWalter J. Mahoney* Republicanre-elected Temporary President56thFrank J. Glinski* Democrat57thJohn H. Cooke* Republicanon March 30, 1962, appointed to the New York Court of Claims58thGeorge H. Pierce* RepublicanChairman of Judiciary Employees Secretary: John J. Sandler, died on March 4, 1961 William S. King, acting from March 4 to May 4, 1961 John J. Sullivan, from May 4, 1961J. J. Sullivan Appointed As Senate Secy. in The Times Record, of Troy, on May 4, 1961 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 Albany1stFrank P. Cox* Democrat2ndHarvey M. Lifset* Democrat AlleganyDon O. Cummings Republican Bronx1stDonald J. Sullivan* Democrat 2ndSidney H. Asch* Democratresigned on January 19, 1961, appointed to the Municipal CourtBurton M. Fine Democraton November 7, 1961, elected to fill vacancy3rdJerome Schutzer Democrat4thFelipe N. Torres* Democrat5thMelville E. Abrams* Democrat6thMurray Lewinter Democrat7thJohn T. Satriale* Democrat8thAlexander Chananau* Democrat9thWilliam Kapelman* Democrat10thFerdinand J. Mondello Democrat11thAileen B. Ryan* Democrat12thFred W. Eggert Jr.* Democrat Broome1stDaniel S. Dickinson Jr.* Republican2ndGeorge L. Ingalls* RepublicanMajority Leader CattaraugusJeremiah J. Moriarty Republican CayugaGeorge M. Michaels Democrat ChautauquaA. Bruce Manley* Republican ChemungHarry J. Tifft* Republican ChenangoGuy L. Marvin* Republican ClintonRobert J. Feinberg* Republican ColumbiaWillard C. Drumm* Republican CortlandLouis H. Folmer* Republican DelawareEdwyn E. Mason* Republican DutchessRobert Watson Pomeroy* Republican Erie1stStephen R. Greco* Democrat2ndWilliam E. Adams* Republican3rdVincent P. Arnone Democrat4thFrank J. Caffery* Democrat5thJohn B. Lis* Democrat6thAlbert J. Hausbeck Democrat7thJulius Volker* Republican8thWilliam Sadler* Republican EssexGrant W. Johnson* Republican FranklinHayward H. Plumadore* Republican Fulton and HamiltonJoseph R. Younglove* Republican GeneseeJohn E. Johnson* Republican GreeneWilliam E. Brady* Republican HerkimerLeo A. Lawrence* Republican JeffersonOrin S. Wilcox* Republican Kings1stMax M. Turshen* Democrat2ndSamuel Bonom* Democratdied on December 15, 19623rdJoseph J. Dowd Democrat4thHarold W. Cohn Democrat5thLeonard E. Yoswein Democrat6thBertram L. Baker* Democrat7thLouis Kalish* Democrat8thGuy James Mangano* Democrat9thRobert F. Kelly Republican10thJohn J. Ryan* Democrat11thGeorge A. Cincotta* Democrat12thLuigi R. Marano* Republican13thLawrence P. Murphy* Democrat14thEdward S. Lentol* Democrat15thAlfred A. Lama* Democrat16thIrwin Brownstein* Democrat17thSamuel I. Berman* Democrat18thStanley Steingut* Democrat19thJoseph Kottler* Democrat20thJoseph R. Corso* Democrat21stBertram L. Podell* Democrat22ndAnthony J. Travia* DemocratMinority Leader LewisDwight N. Dudo* Republican LivingstonKenneth R. Willard* Republican MadisonHarold I. Tyler* Republican Monroe1stJ. Eugene Goddard* Republican2ndS. William Rosenberg Republican3rdPaul B. Hanks Jr.* Republican4thCharles F. Stockmeister Democrat MontgomeryDonald A. Campbell* Republican Nassau1stAnthony Barbiero* Republican2ndJoseph F. Carlino* Republicanre-elected Speaker3rdJohn E. Kingston* Republican4thEdwin J. Fehrenbach* Republican5thFrancis P. McCloskey* Republican 6thPalmer D. Farrington* Republicanon June 26, 1961, appointed Presiding Supervisor of HempsteadL.I. Supervisor Sworn In in The New York Times on June 27, 1961 (subscription required)Robert M. Blakeman Republicanon November 7, 1961, elected to fill vacancy New York1stWilliam F. Passannante* Democrat2ndLouis DeSalvio* Democrat3rdFrancis W. Doheny* Democrat4thSamuel A. Spiegel* Democrat5thBentley Kassal* Democrat6thJoseph J. Weiser* Democrat7thDaniel M. Kelly* Democrat8thDorothy Bell Lawrence Republican9thJohn R. Brook* Republican10thMark Lane Democrat11thLloyd E. Dickens* Democrat12thBessie A. Buchanan* Democrat13thOrest V. Maresca* Democrat14thJose Ramos-Lopez* Democrat15thJohn J. Walsh* Democrat16thFrank G. Rossetti* Democrat Niagara1stHarold H. Altro* Republican2ndErnest Curto* Republican Oneida1stPaul A. Worlock Democrat2ndWilliam S. Calli* Republican Onondaga1stDon H. Brown* Republican2ndGeorge P. Savage Democrat3rdPhilip R. Chase* Republican OntarioRobert M. Quigley* Republican Orange1stDaniel Becker* Republican2ndWilson C. Van Duzer* Republican OrleansAlonzo L. Waters* Republican OswegoEdward F. Crawford* Republican OtsegoPaul L. Talbot* Republican PutnamWillis H. Stephens* Republican Queens1stThomas V. LaFauci* Democrat2ndWilliam C. Brennan* Democrat3rdCharles T. Eckstein* Republican4thJules G. Sabbatino* Democrat5thWilliam G. Giaccio* Democrat6thMichael G. Rice* Democrat7thMoses M. Weinstein* Democrat8thMichael J. Capanegro Democrat9thFred W. Preller* RepublicanChairman of Ways and Means10thLouis Wallach* Democrat11thAlfred D. Lerner* Republican12thJ. Lewis Fox* Democrat13thAnthony P. Savarese Jr.* Republican RensselaerDouglas Hudson* Republican Richmond1stEdward J. Amann Jr.* Republican2ndLucio F. Russo* Republican RocklandJoseph F. X. Nowicki Republican St. LawrenceVerner M. Ingram* Republican SaratogaJohn L. Ostrander* Republicanresigned to run for Surrogate of Saratoga CountyStanley L. Van Rensselaer Republicanon November 7, 1961, elected to fill vacancy SchenectadyJoseph F. Egan* Republican SchoharieRussell Selkirk* Republican SchuylerJerry W. Black* Republican SenecaTheodore D. Day Republican SteubenCharles D. Henderson* Republican Suffolk1stPerry B. Duryea Jr. Republican2ndPrescott B. Huntington* Republican3rdJames R. Grover Jr.* Republicanon November 6, 1962, elected to the 88th U.S. Congress SullivanHyman E. Mintz* Republican TiogaRichard C. Lounsberry* Republican TompkinsRay S. Ashbery* Republican UlsterKenneth L. Wilson* Republican WarrenRichard J. Bartlett Republican WashingtonWilliam J. Reid* Republican WayneJoseph C. Finley Republican Westchester1stChristian H. Armbruster Republican2ndP. Boice Esser Republican3rdGeorge E. Van Cott Republican4thAnthony B. Gioffre* Republican5thJohn J. S. Mead Republican6thBernard G. Gordon Republican WyomingHarold L. Peet* Republican YatesPaul R. Taylor* Republican Employees Clerk: Ansley B. Borkowski Sergeant-at-Arms: Raymond J. Roche Deputy Journal Clerk: Maude E. Ten Eyck Notes Sources N.Y. Legislature Remains In Control of Republicans in the Tonawanda News, of Tonawanda, on November 9, 1960 Members of the New York Senate (1960s) at Political Graveyard Members of the New York Assembly (1960s) at Political Graveyard 173 State Legislature State Legislature New York State Legislature New York State Legislature