Title | Cash Compensation | |
---|---|---|
Ronald Corti | president and chief executive | $792,712 |
Donna McGregor | executive vice president and chief operating officer | $517,168 |
Dennis Keane | vice president, finance, and chief financial officer | $480,707 |
Paul Antonecchia, M.D. | vice president, medical affairs, and chief medical officer | $438,431 |
Brian Kaley | vice president, behavioral health services | $284,373 |
Tara Curtin | vice president, nursing | $226,780 |
Gladys Attanasio | assistant vice president, revenue cycle | $214,567 |
Fran Davis | vice president, nursing | $181,441 |
Laura Fanning | assistant vice president, surgical services | $171,659 |
Michael Schreiber, M.D. | former chief of staff | $165,227 |
Susan Franzino | assistant vice president, ancillary services | $158,283 |
Category: Compiled By Archivist Brian Harrod
NEW FOIL WEBSITE: New York launches single web form for all Freedom of Information Law requests
Transparency laws have always been a bit two-faced — they make the government’s information available, but often at the expense of time and money from the person seeking it. A new website announced by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday could go a long way to reverse that trend, providing a single form for making state Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL, requests across the 59 state government agencies.
The website is called Open FOIL NY and the governor’s office says it’s the first site in the nation to provide an online form allowing users to select multiple agencies for a single request. If the website succeeds, it could provide a more convenient option than the current process for FOIL requests in New York, which is to mail or email the “records access officer” of each agency. And the answer to how much a requests costs is usually, ” it depends .”
The website is an addition to a relatively expansive transparency portfolio led by the state’s Office of Information Technology Services, or ITS. Open NY contains a growing host of transparency initiatives that includes an open data portal , health data portal , and budget portal .
New York’s chief information officer, Robert Samson, said in a press release that the new website is another example of how the state is “employing modern practices to promote efficiency and transparency.”
Beyond the public portal, the governor’s office has also announced plans to roll out new software, developed by ITS, that improves both the state’s backend for records requests and the public user experience.
New software that state agencies can use to process public records requests more easily will roll out over the next 12 months, according to the governor’s office. Agency websites will also be updated for “a more user-friendly interface” and to ensure consistency across agencies. An online tracking system, scheduled for launch in 2019, will provide users an account-based interface for submitting, tracking and receiving digital records.
In 2015, the Center for Public Integrity gave New York state a D-minus grade for transparency and accountability, though the grade derives heavily from an “unending string of scandals” and opaque accountability processes in Albany, and not explicitly from a shortage of freely available datasets.
In many states, making freedom-of-information requests remains a frustrating process with inconsistent results. Several third-party tools have been developed to overcome the problem, such as FOIA Machine, but these frequently are poorly supported and likewise have inconsistent results.
Cuomo says the state’s new website, though, will build on the success of Open NY and take a “giant leap forward, bringing the Freedom of Information Law into the 21st century.”
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 35 — Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) Westchester
Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, IP, WP)
Senate Majority Leader
35th Senate District
District 35 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @AndreaSCousins
District Office
28 Wells Avenue, Building #3
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: (914) 423-4031
Fax: (914) 423-0979
Albany Office
188 State Street Room 907, Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: (518) 455-2585
Fax: (518) 426-6811
Committee Membership
Andrea Stewart-Cousins is the first woman in the history of New York State to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature .
Ms. Stewart-Cousins was first elected to the New York State Senate in 2006.
Prior to her Senate service, Stewart-Cousins was a Westchester County Legislator from 1996 to 2006.
After the Democratic Party won an outright Senate majority in the 2018 elections, Stewart-Cousins became Majority Leader in January 2019.
Stewart-Cousins first ran for New York State Senate in 2004, but was defeated by 18 votes by incumbent Republican Sen. Nicholas Spano.
In 2006, she challenged Nick Spano again and defeated him.
As of 2019, Senate District 35 includes all of Greenburgh and Scarsdale and portions of Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle .
Stewart-Cousins was born in 1951 in Yonkers, New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Pace University and her teaching credentials in Business Education from Lehman College.
She received her Masters of Public Administration from Pace University in May 2008 and is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the public administration honor society.
She spent twenty years in the private sector, including thirteen years in sales and marketing with New York Telephone.
She also pursued a career in journalism and teaching before entering public service.
Stewart-Cousins’s public service career began in 1992, when she was appointed as the Director of Community Affairs in the City of Yonkers.
Stewart-Cousins was married to the late Thomas Cousins.
She has three children and four grandchildren
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 37 — Shelley Mayer (D) Westchester
Shelley Mayer (D)
Chair of Committee on Education
37th Senate District
District 37 Map
Contact Information
Email
Website
Facebook
Twitter @ShelleyBMayer
Distrtict Office
222 Grace Church Street, Suite 300
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone: 914-934-5250
Fax: 914-934-5256
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building, Room 615Albany, NY 12247Phone: 518-455-2031
Fax: 518-426-6860
Commitee Membership
- Education CHAIR
Born and raised in Yonkers, Shelley Mayer earned B.A. at University of California, Los Angeles, and later her J.D. at the University at Buffalo Law School.
Prior to her election to public office, Mayer was a Senior Counsel at the National State Attorney General Program at Columbia University, where she focused on health care and labor law rights.
From 2007 until early 2011, Shelley worked as Chief Counsel to the New York State Senate Conference in Albany.
For over seven years, she served as Vice President of Government and Community Affairs at Continuum Health Partners in New York City.
From 1982 to 1994, Mayer served as an Assistant Attorney General in the office of New York Attorney General Bob Abrams.
In 2006, Mayer made her first run for public office, losing a bid for the New York State Assembly to incumbent Republican Mike Spano, who later became the mayor of Yonkers.
Mayer was first elected to the New York State Assembly on March 20, 2012, in a special election to succeed Mike Spano, and was re-elected three times.
Mayer was elected to the State Senate in a special election held on April 24, 2018 after the office was vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Mayer appeared on the Democratic, Working Families, and Women’s Equality Party lines and won by a margin of 57% to 43%.
Mayer lives in Yonkers with her husband, Lee Smith, with whom she has three adult children.
In 2018, despite the district being deemed competitive by pundits, Mayer was unopposed for a full-term. With Democrats retaking the majority.
The state Senate’s 37th District had long been a target of state Republicans, who’ve spent big in consecutive elections trying to pry the seat from Democrats
Active registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 83,194 to 52,544 in the district.
The 37th District includes parts of Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle as well as Bedford, North Castle, Harrison, Rye and Mamaroneck.
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 34 — Alessandra Biaggi (D) Bronx, Westchester
Alessandra Biaggi (D)
Chair of Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance
34th Senate District
District 34 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @SenatorBiaggi
District Office
1250 Waters Place, Suite 1202
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 822-2049
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building, Room 905
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3595
Committee Membership
Alessandra Biaggi was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
She is the granddaughter of late congressman Mario Biaggi.
Mario Biaggi was a U.S. Representative from New York (served from 1969 to 1988) and former New York City police officer.
He was elected as a Democrat from The Bronx in New York City. In 1987 and 1988, he was convicted in two separate corruption trials, and he resigned from Congress in 1988.
Alessandra Biaggi graduated from Pelham Memorial High School, New York University, and Fordham Law School, where she was a member of the Fordham Law Review.
In 2014, she attended the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University.
Alessandra Biaggi lives in Pelham, NY, where she was born and raised.
She’s been active in politics for over a decade
Alessandra Biaggi interned in the offices of Congressman Joseph Crowley, the Kings County District Attorney, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and worked as Assistant General Counsel for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office of Storm Recovery.
She most recently served as counsel in Governor Cuomo’s Counsels Office, and as a member of the Governor’s executive clemency team.
During the 2016 presidential election, Biaggi served as Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
On January 24, 2018, Biaggi announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York State Senate in District 34 against incumbent Jeffrey D. Klein, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference.
Biaggi defeated Klein in what amounted to a major upset.
Senate District 34 covers the Riverdale, Pelham Bay, Throggs Neck, City Island, Morris Park, Middletown, Hart Island, Hunts Point, Eastchester, parts of Castle Hill and parts of Westchester Square.
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 36 — Jamaal Bailey (D) Bronx, Westchester
Jamaal Bailey (D)
Chairman of Committee on Codes
36th Senate District
District 36 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @jamaaltbailey
District Office
959 East 233rd St.
Bronx, NY 10466-3207
Phone 718-547-8854
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building Room 707
Albany, NY 12247
Phone 518-455-2061
Committee Membership
Jamaal Bailey was born and raised in the Bronx where he attended New York City Public Schools, including P.S. 83 in Morris Park. He would later attend the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, and later yet the University at Albany. Bailey received his juris-doctorate from the CUNY School of Law.
A protege of New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Bailey began his political career as an intern in Heastie’s office.
In mid 2016, state Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson resigned from her seat to take a position with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Bailey ran in the state primary to replace her.
Against four other Democratic candidates, Bailey would win an outright majority of the vote with over 55%.
Much of his success was attributed to both his roots in the district, as well as the strong support given by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Heastie’s district covers a portion of the same area of the Bronx.
Bailey won a second term unopposed in 2018. With Democrats taking the majority in the Senate,
Bailey is married with two daughters.
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 38 — David Carlucci (D) Rockland, Westchester
David Carlucci (D)
Chairman of Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
38th Senate District
District 38 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @davidcarlucci
District Office
2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
Phone: 914-941-2041
Fax: 914-941-2054
Albany Office
81 State Street
509 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-2991
Fax: 518-426-6737
Committee Membership
Carlucci was born in Clarkstown, New York on April 3, 1981 and raised in Rockland County. He graduated from Clarkstown High School North. He graduated from Rockland Community College in 2000 and Cornell University in 2002, with a B.S. in Industrial Labor Relations.
After graduating from Cornell, Carlucci worked as a financial planner for American Express from 2002 to 2003 and later worked in Congressman Eliot Engel‘s office as a staff assistant from 2004 to 2005.
He then was elected as town clerk for the community of Clarkstown.
In 2010, Carlucci announced that he would run for the state Senate against incumbent Republican Senator Thomas Morahan. However, a few months prior to the 2010 general elections, Morahan died.
Facing a replacement Republican on the ballot, Carlucci beat out Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef 53% to 47%.[7] He has never faced another credible general election challenger.
On January 5, 2011, David Carlucci entered into the Senate and formed the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), with three other Democratic senators, Jeffrey D. Klein, Diane Savino, and David J. Valesky.
In 2013, the IDC and the Senate Republicans announced a majority coalition agreement.
In April 2018, the IDC was dissolved and Carlucci joined the Senate Democratic Conference.
In the 2018 Democratic Primary, Carlucci defeated Julie Goldberg by a 54% to 46% margin becoming one of only two former IDC members, along with Diane Savino, to defeat primary challengers.
Carlucci is married to Lauren Grossberg Carlucci. The two had their first child in 2013. He lives in the Town of Clarkstown, New York.
NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 40 — Pete Harckham (D) Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester
Pete Harckham (D)
Chairman of Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
40th Senate District
District 40 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @SenatorHarckham
District Office
40 Gleneida Avenue3rd FloorCarmel, NY 10512(845) 225-3025
Temporary Westchester Office
(914) 241-4600
Albany Office
188 State Street
Room 812
Albany, NY 12247
Phone: 518-455-3111
Fax: 518-426-6977
Committee Membership
Peter Harckham grew up in the Hudson Valley, residing in Rockland County for most of his childhood.
He attended Clarkstown High School North, before attending Dickinson College, where he graduated in English.
Harckham began his career in the advertising sector.
Prior to elected office, Harckham served as President for a not for profit housing corporation that builds affordable housing in northern Westchester County.
Prior to that, Harckham served as Vice Chair of the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, a San Francisco based private foundation that supports the sustainable management of natural resources.
In 2007, Harckham was first elected to the Westchester County Board of Legislators, winning again in 2009, 2011, and 2013.
He served for four terms as a county legislator, including two terms as Democratic Majority Leader.
He ran unsuccessfully for the New York State Assembly in a 2010 special election.
In 2015 he left the legislature to work in the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as assistant director of the Office of Community Renewal. In that position he helped administer grants in the lower Hudson Valley.
In 2018, Harckham ran against incumbent Republican state Senator Terrence Murphy, who had represented the seat since 2015.
In an overwhelmingly Democratic year, Harckham defeated Murphy, 51% to 49%.
Harckham’s campaign site
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NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 88 — Amy Paulin (D)
Amy Paulin (D)
District 88
District 88 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @AmyPaulin
District Office
700 White Plains Rd., Suite 252
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone (914) 723-1115
Fax (914) 723-2665
Albany Office
LOB 713
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5585
Fax (518) 455-5409
Committee Membership
- Committee on Energy (Chair)
- Committee on Rules
- Committee on Education
- Committee on Health
- Committee on Higher Education
- Task Force on Women’s Issues
- Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Amy Paulin earned her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and her M.A. in Criminal Justice from State University of New York at Albany.
Her professional experience includes working as an executive director of My Sisters’ Place and as a fund-raising consultant for nonprofit agencies.
On November 4, 2008, Paulin won re-election to the New York State Assembly, District 88, defeating opponent Anthony Pilla (R).
In 2010, Paulin ran unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary. She defeated Rene Atayan (R) in the general election on November 2.
In addition to running on the Democratic ticket, she was also listed as a candidate of the Independence Party of New York State and Working Families Party.
Incumbent Paulin ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 88. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. She also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets.
She was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.
Once again incumbent Amy Paulin defeated Anthony Decintio Jr. in the New York State Assembly District 88 general election in 2016 and in 2018 she faced no republican opposition.
Paulin resides in Scarsdale with her husband, Ira Schuman. They have three children, Beth, Sarah, and Joseph.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 89 — J. Gary Pretlow (D)
Gary Pretlow (D)
District 89
District 89 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @jgpretlow
District Office
6 Gramatan Ave. , Suite 201
Vernon, NY 10550
Phone (914) 667-0127
Fax (914) 667-0209
Albany Office
LOB 845
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5291
Fax (518) 455-5447
Committee Membership
- Chair, Committee on Racing and Wagering
- Committee on Codes
- Committee on Insurance
- Committee on Rules
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus
Gary Pretlow was first elected in 1992,
Before being elected to the Assembly, he served on the Mount Vernon City Council.
Mr. Pretlow is best known for chairing the Assembly Committee on Racing and Wagering.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 90 — Nader Sayegh
Nader J. Sayegh (D)
District 90
District 90 Map
Contact Information
Twitter@NaderJSayegh
District Office
35 East Grassy Sprain Rd.
406B
Yonkers, NY 10710
914-779-8805
Fax: 914 779-8859
Albany Office
LOB 326
Albany, NY 12248
518 455 3662
Fax: 455-5499
Committee Membership
- Committee on Banks
- Committee on Cities
- Committee on Energy
- Committee on Health
- Committee on Real Property Taxation
- Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus
Nader Sayegh earned a BA from CUNY Lehman College, an MA from Farleigh Dickinson University and Fordham University, and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an educator and attorney.
Sayegh ran in the 2018 election as a DemocrtaicParty, Working Families Party, Women’s Equality Party, Independence Party, Reform Party, and Green Party candidate.
Sayegh defeated Joe Pinion (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 90 on November 6, 2018.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 91 — Steven Otis (D)
Steven Otis (D)
District 91
District 91 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @SteveOtis91
District Office
222 Grace Church Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone (914) 939-7028
Fax (914) 939-7167
Albany Office
LOB 325
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-4897
Committee Membership
- Committee on Education
- Committee on Local Governments
- Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
- Committee on Environmental Conservation
- Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
- Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
- Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Otis served as chief of staff to State SenatorSuzi Oppenheimer, and mayor of Rye, New York, from 1998 through 2009, when he was defeated for reelection by Douglas French.
When Assemblyman George S. Latimer chose to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Oppenheimer in the 2012 elections rather than seek reelection, Otis chose to run for Latimer’s seat
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 92 — Thomas J. Abinanti (D)
Thomas J. Abinanti (D)
District 92
District 92 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter @TomAbinanti
District Office
303 South Broadway, Suite 229
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone (914) 631-1605
Fax (914) 631-1609
Albany Office
LOB 744
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5753
Committee Membership
- Chair, Commission on Government Administration
- Committee on Health
- Committee on Codes
- Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
- Committee on Election Law
- Committee on Environmental Conservation
Born in Brooklyn, Abinanti graduated from Xaverian High School in 1964. He received a B.A. degree in political science from Fordham College in 1968 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1972.
Abinanti moved to Westchester in 1975 and has lived in Greenburgh ever since, where he is a practicing attorney and served two terms as Greenburgh Town Councilman (1980–1984 and 1990–1991).
Abinanti has taught continuing legal education courses for Pace Law School and courses in state and local government as an adjunct professor at Mercy College.
Abinanti was legislative counsel to a Congresswoman and staff counsel the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and various Assembly committees. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the villages of Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry.
For almost twenty years (1992–2010), he represented the 12th District on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, which included the villages of Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, and much of unincorporated Greenburgh, including East Irvington, Central Greenburgh, Hartsdale and Edgemont, until his election to the State Assembly in November 2010.
On the County Board, he previously served as Majority Leader for three terms when the Democrats first assumed the majority on the Board for the first time in the history of the Westchester Legislature.
The 92nd District of the State Assembly which Abinanti represents includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff and the City of Yonkers.
In 1996, Abinanti was defeated in a run for the 35th District of the New York State Senate against the incumbent Republican State Senator Nicholas A. Spano.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 93 — David Buchwald (D)
David Buchwald (D)
District 93
District 93 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter@DavidBuchwald
District Office
100 S. Bedford Rd., Suite 150
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Phone (914) 244-4450
Albany Office
LOB 331
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5397
Committee Membership
- Chair, Subcommittee on Election Day Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement
- Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
- Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
- Committee on Election Law
- Committee on Governmental Operations
- Committee on Judiciary
- Committee on Local Governments
- Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
David Buchwald was born in Larchmont, New York. He attended Yale University, where he received a B.S. in physics. He later went on to receive a M.P.P. at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Before running for New York State Assembly, Buchwald worked at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He also interned for Congresswoman Nita Lowey.
Buchwald was first elected in 2012 when he unseated incumbent Robert Castelli. He has subsequently won re-election in 2014, 2016, and 2018.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 94 — Kevin M. Byrne (R)
Kevin M. Byrne (R)
District 94
District 94 Map
Contact Information
Website
Campaign Website
Facebook
Twitter@Byrne4NY
District Office
947 S. Lake Blvd., Ste 1C
Mahopac, NY 10541
Phone (845) 628-3781
Albany Office
LOB 629
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-5783
Committee Membership
- Committee on Aging
- Committee on Banks
- Committee on Governmental Operations
- Committee on Health
- Committee on Labor
Kevin Byrne was born and raised in the Hudson Valley and attended Carmel High School before enrolling at the University of Scranton.
Byrne served an internship with then Congresswoman Sue Kelly
Byrne also served as a member of the Putnam Valley Planning Board and as a Firefighter/EMT with the Kent Volunteer Fire Department where he served three terms as the department’s president.
He later served as Deputy District Director to Congresswoman Nan Hayworth and then as a Regional Director for the American Heart Association while finishing his M.P.A. concentrating in Healthcare Administration at Marist College.
Byrne won his first bid seeking elected office in 2016 when he was elected as the Assemblyman for New York’s 94th Assembly District.
Assemblyman Byrne lives in Mahopac with his wife Briana, a Physician Assistant
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 95 — Sandy Galef (D)
Sandy Galef (D)
District 95
District 95 Map
Contact Information
Website
Facebook
Twitter@SandyGalef
District Office
2 Church Street
Ossining, NY 10562
914-941-1111
Albany Office
LOB 641
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5348
Committee Membership
- Committee on Real Property Taxation (CHAIR)
- Committee on Rules
- Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
- Committee on Election Law
- Committee on Governmental Operations
- Committee on Health
- Task Force on Women’s Issues
- Legislative Women’s Caucus
Sandy Galef represents the 95th Assembly District, spanning Westchester and Putnam counties. The district includes the Westchester towns of Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Ossining, Peekskill, and the Putnam communities of Philipstown, Cold Spring, and Kent.
Prior to her election to the Assembly in 1992, Galef worked as a schoolteacher, a Westchester County Legislator, and Chairwoman of the New York Association of Counties. She currently chairs the Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation, and is the former chair of the committee on Libraries and Education Technology.
She is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a M.A. in education from the University of Virginia. She currently resides within her own district in the town of Ossining.
Guide To Elected Officials Serving Westchester County, NY(as of January 2019)
UNITED STATES ELECTED OFFICIALS
WHITE HOUSE
The White House, Washington, DC 20500
Phone 202-456-1414/ Fax 202-456-2461
The White House, Washington, DC 20510
Phone 202-456-1414/Fax 202-456-2461
UNITED STATES SENATE
Charles E. Schumer – website
780 3rd Avenue, Suite 2301, New York, NY 10017
Phone 212-486-4430/ Fax 212-486-7693
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601, New York, NY 10017
Phone 212-688-6262/ Fax 212-688-7444
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
16th C.D. Eliot L. Engel – website
6 Gramatan Avenue, Suite 205, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550
Phone 914-699-4100/ Fax 914-699-3646
17th C.D. Nita N. Lowey – website
222 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310, White Plains, NY 10605
Phone 914-428-1707/ Fax 914-328-1505
18th C.D. Sean Patrick Maloney – website
123 Grand Street, 2nd floor, Newburgh, NY 12550
Phone 845-561-1259/ Fax 845-561-2890
NEW YORK STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS
Executive Branch
Governor: Andrew Cuomo – website
Executive Chamber, Albany, NY 12224
Phone 518-474-8390/ Fax 518-474-4513
Comptroller: Thomas DiNapoli – website
110 State Street, Albany, NY 12236
Phone 518-474-4040/ Fax 518-473-3004
Attorney General: Letitia James – website
The State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224
Phone 518-474-7330/ Fax 518-402-2472
New York State Senate
34 S.D. Alessandra Biaggi
1250 Waters Place, Suite 1202, Bronx, NY 10461
Phone 718-822-2049/ Fax 718-822-2321
35 S.D. Andrea Stewart-Cousins
28 Wells Avenue, Building 3, Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone 914-423-4031/ Fax 914-423-0979
36 S.D. Jaamal T. Bailey
959 East 233rd St. Bronx, NY 10466-3207
Phone: 718-547-8854
37 S.D. Shelley B. Mayer
222 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone 914-934-5250/ Fax 914-934-5256
38 S.D. David Carlucci
20 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956
Phone 845-623-3627 / Fax 845-624-0424
40 S.D. Peter B. Harckham
TBD
Phone (914) 241-0600
New York State Assembly
88 A.D. Amy Paulin
700 White Plains Road, Suite 252, Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone 914-723-1115/ Fax 914-723-2665
89 A.D. James Gary Pretlow
6 Gramatan Avenue, Suite 407, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550
Phone 914-667-0127/ Fax 914-667-0209
90 A.D. Nader Sayegh
35 East Grassy Sprain Rd., 406B, Yonkers, NY 10710
Phone 914-779-8805/ Fax 914 779-8859
91 A.D. Steven Otis
222 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone 914-939-7028/Fax 914 939 7167
92 A.D. Thomas J. Abinanti
303 South Broadway, Suite 229, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone 914-631-1605/ Fax 914-631-1609
93 A.D. David Buchwald
125-131 East Main Street, Suite 204, Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Phone 914-244-4450
94 A.D. Kevin M. Byrne
3 Starr Ridge Road, Suite 204
Brewster, NY 10509
Phone 845-278-2923
95 A.D. Sandra R. Galef
2 Church Street, Ossining, NY 10562
Phone 914-941-1111/ Fax 914-941-9132
WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Executive Branch
County Executive: George Latimer
900 Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
Phone 914-995-2900/ Fax 914-995-3133
District Attorney: Anthony Scarpino
111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., White Plains, NY 10601
Phone 914-995-3414/ Fax 914-995-3363
County Clerk: Timothy Idoni
110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., White Plains, NY 10601
Phone 914-995-3081/ Fax 914-995-9005
Legislative Branch
Westchester County Board of Legislators
800 Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
Phone 914-995-2800/ Fax 914-995-3884
District | Legislator | Phone | Location |
1st | John G. Testa | 914-995-2828 | Peekskill, Buchanan, Yorktown |
2nd | Kitley S. Covill | 914-995-2810 | Somers, Bedford, Mount Kisco, North Salem, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge |
3rd | Margaret A. Cunzio | 914-995-2847 | Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville, North Castle |
4th | Michael B. Kaplowitz | 914-995-2848 | Yorktown, New Castle, Somers |
5th | Benjamin Boykin Chairman | 914-995-2827 | White Plains, Scarsdale, Harrison |
6th | Nancy E. Barr | 914-995-2834 | Harrison, Rye Brook, Port Chester |
7th | Catherine Parker Majority Leader | 914-995-2802 | Mamaroneck, Rye, Larchmont, Harrison, New Rochelle |
8th | Alfreda A. Williams Vice Chair | 914-995-2833 | Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Elmsford, Greenburgh |
9th | Catherine Borgia | 914-995-2812 | Cortland, Croton on Hudson, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Peekskill |
10th | Damon R. Maher | 914-995-2817 | Eastchester, Tuckahoe, New Rochelle |
11th | Terry Clements | 914-995-2826 | New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor |
12th | Mary Jane Shimsky Majority Whip | 914-995-2821 | Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings on Hudson, Ardsley, Greenburgh |
13th | Lyndon Williams | 914-995-2837 | Mount Vernon |
14th | David J. Tubiolo | 914-995-2815 | Yonkers, Mount Vernon |
15th | Gordon A. Burrows, Minority Whip | 914-995-2830 | Yonkers, Bronxville |
16th | Christopher A. Johnson | 914-995-2829 | Yonkers |
17th | Virginia Perez | 914-995-2846 | Yonkers |
Independence Party of New York State
Background
The Independence Party of New York State (IPNY) is a “centrist and pragmatic political party” that aims to support candidates who operate outside of the mandates and influence of traditional political party hierarchies and special interests.
The IPNY is the largest minor political party in the state.
The group gained ballot access in 1994 and became the New York affiliate of the national Reform Party in 1995.
The IPNY left the Reform Party in 2000 and launched the national Independence Party of America in 2007.
http://ballot-access.org/2007/10/16/new-york-state-independence-party-will-attempt-to-create-a-nation-wide-independence-party/
Though the status of the national party is unclear as of 2016, the IPNY remains active in New York.
Due to fusion voting laws in New York, the IPNY often endorses major party nominees rather than nominating its own candidates.
https://thevotingnews.com/fusion-voting-in-up-close-a-look-at-the-independence-party-of-new-york-state-of-elections/
According to a November 2015 report by the New York State Board of Elections, the IPNY had 476,873 registered voters in the state.
https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_nov15.pdf
Opponents have noted that a large number of IPNY voters have mistakenly registered with the party in an attempt to register as independent, or unaffiliated, voters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/09/04/new-yorks-crazily-complicated-ballots-explained/?utm_term=.8e76e2a80723
The group acknowledged the misunderstanding and called for a change to the state’s voter registration forms in its 2015 legislative agenda.
Platform
The party’s stated platform is composed of six main issues:
- Pragmatic leadership
“Our goals are to foster balanced, pragmatic leadership.” - New leadership
“[Our goal is to] drive innovation and change by encouraging a new political prototype of leadership. Ideal candidates are those who have led very successful non-political careers in the private and public sectors.” - Honest government
“[Our goal is to] drive transformation in government by applying sound management principles to root out waste, abuse and mismanagement at all levels and departments in the bureaucracy.” - Political independence
“[Our goal is to] be an organization where New York’s growing population of independent-minded and politically aware people may find a home with others of similar views.” - Social issues
“We believe that positions on social issues e.g. abortion, gay rights, etc. are best determined not by a political party but by individuals. We openly welcome party members who hold varying views on social issues.” - Economic prosperity
“[Our goal is to] be an organization that will vigorously pursue pro-business policies, fiscally sound government practices and a rational energy agenda that emphasizes independence and fosters economic prosperity for all.”
http://www.independencepartyny.org/about.html
Rules and bylaws
The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws.
Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members.
The bylaws also typically give details on the party’s process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections.
The following is a summary of the Independence Party of New York State’s rules.
This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:
- Party officers include the chairman, five vice chairmen, secretary, treasurer and nineteen at-large members.
- Party officers serve two-year terms.
- The state committee has the authority to charter local county committees.
Convention
According to the organization’s bylaws, the Independence Party of New York State does not hold a state convention.
Leadership
Currently, the Independence Party of New York State did not have an executive director.
The following individuals hold leadership positions with the Independence Party of New York State:
- Frank M. Mackay, Chairman
- William Bogardt, Secretary
- Robert Pilnick, Treasurer
- Thomas S. Connolly, Vice chair
- Paul Caputo, Vice chair
- Richard G. Nebolini, Vice chair
- Giulio Cavallo, Vice chair
- Stephen P. Corryn, Vice chair
- Joseph L. Baruth Sr., Vice chair
- Lee A. Kolesnikoff, Vice chair
- Thomas Hatfield, At-large
- Teresa Bogardt, At-large
- Rick Bellando, At-large
- Dhyalma Vazquez, At-large
- Atef S. Zeina, At-large
- Michael Zumblescus, At-large
- Dennis Zack, At-large
- Len Bernardo, At-large
- Trisha Sterling, At-large
MORE INFORMATION:
Independence Party of New York State homepage
http://www.independencepartyny.org/