NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 35 — Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) Westchester

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Andrea Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins represents District 35 in the New York State Senate. She serves as the body’s Majority Leader 

Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, IP, WP)

Senate Majority Leader
35th Senate District
District 35 Map

Contact Information

Website
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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

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Shelley Mayer is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District, which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly, Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018

Shelley Mayer (D)

Chair of Committee on Education

37th Senate District
District 37 Map

Contact Information

Email
Website
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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

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 ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 89 — J. Gary Pretlow (D)

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James Gary Pretlow was born August 27, 1949 in Queens, New York and is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 89th Assembly District that covers Mount Vernon and Yonkers.

Gary Pretlow (D)

District 89
District 89 Map

Contact Information

Website
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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

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Nader JSayegh, a resident of Yonkers for over 60 years, grew up with seven siblings on the southwest side of the city, which was ethnically and racially diverse.

Nader J. Sayegh (D)

District 90
District 90 Map

Contact Information

Website

Facebook

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 PartyWomen’s Equality PartyIndependence PartyReform 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.

TOP TEN: Highest Paid Yonkers Public School Employees

Yonkers Public Schools is a school district that serves all of Yonkers, New York, United States. It is governed by a mayorally appointed Board of Trustees

Budget: 550.5 million USD (2015 – 2016 school year)

Number of students: 25,210

Schools: 40
NameTotal PayTotal
Compensation
Quezada, Edwin M$268,646NYSTRS – Educator
Dechent, Edward A$210,281NYSTRS – Educator
Montero, Christine$209,115NYSTRS – Educator
Cordero, Alfred R$207,789NYSLRS – General Employee
Sharp, Jade R$207,163NYSTRS – Educator
Brown-Anfelouss, Marjorie$201,674NYSTRS – Educator
Washington, Taren L$201,190NYSTRS – Educator
Mazzola, Steven R$200,530NYSTRS – Educator
Hernandez, Fred$200,231NYSTRS – Educator
Coddett, Andrea S$198,334NYSTRS – Educator