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New York State Democratic Committee | |
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File:New York State Democratic Committee Logo.png | |
Chairperson | Jay S. Jacobs |
Governor of New York | Andrew Cuomo |
Lieutenant Governor of New York | Kathy Hochul |
Speaker of the Assembly | Carl Heastie |
Senate Leader | Andrea Stewart-Cousins |
Founded | 1829 |
Headquarters | 420 Lexington Avenue New York City, NY |
Membership (2020) | 6,811,659[1] |
Ideology | Centrism Modern liberalism Progressivism |
Political position | Center[2] to Left-wing[3] |
National affiliation | Democratic Party |
Colors | Blue |
New York State Assembly | 106 / 150 |
New York State Senate | 43 / 63 |
Statewide Executive Offices | 4 / 4 |
New York City Council | 48 / 51 |
U.S. House of Representatives (New York) | 19 / 27 |
U.S. Senate (New York) | 2 / 2 |
Website | |
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The New York State Democratic Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are at 420 Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.[4]
Recent history
In the early 20th century when New York State was without a Democratic governor, county leaders often had near-fiefdoms in which they controlled nominations and campaign finances.[5] President John F. Kennedy got involved in the early 1960s, funneling federal patronage through New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. to the detriment of state chair Michael H. Prendergast.[5] Robert F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 1964 and, through both personality and considerable financial support, exerted a unifying influence. Following his assassination in 1968, the state Democratic Party was more divided than ever. When New York City mayor John Lindsay switched from Republican to Democrat in 1971, he brought a charisma to the Democratic Party that it was sorely lacking.
In 1974, the Democrats benefited from Republican problems stemming from the Watergate scandal, winning control of the New York State Assembly and electing a governor, Hugh Carey.[5] The Democrats have controlled the Assembly ever since. Republicans maintained control of the State Senate for many years, with control switching between the parties several times in the early Twenty-First Century.
The State Committee is chaired by Jay S. Jacobs. The Executive Committee is chaired by former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The Executive Director is Alexander Wang.
Three Democratic Presidents from New York include Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd) who was the Governor of New York from 1929-1932; Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th) who was the Governor of New York from 1883-1885; and Martin Van Buren (8th) who was a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York from 1821-1829. Van Buren is also the only Democratic Vice-President from New York.
Current elected officials
The following is a list of elected statewide and federal Democratic officeholders:
Members of Congress
Democrats comprise 21 of New York's 29-member Congressional delegation - including both US Senators and 19 members of the House of Representatives.
U.S. Senate
Democrats have controlled both of New York's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1998:
- Class I: Kirsten Gillibrand (Junior Senator)
- Class III: Chuck Schumer (Senior Senator, Senate Minority Leader, Chairman of Senate Democratic Policy Committee)
U.S. House of Representatives
Out of the 27 seats New York is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 19 are held by Democrats:
- NY-03: Thomas Suozzi
- NY-04: Kathleen Rice
- NY-05: Gregory Meeks
- NY-06: Grace Meng
- NY-07: Nydia Velázquez
- NY-08: Hakeem Jeffries
- NY-09: Yvette Clarke
- NY-10: Jerry Nadler
- NY-12: Carolyn Maloney
- NY-13: Adriano Espaillat
- NY-14: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- NY-15: José Serrano
- NY-16: Eliot Engel
- NY-17: Nita Lowey
- NY-18: Sean Patrick Maloney
- NY-19: Antonio Delgado
- NY-20: Paul Tonko
- NY-25: Joseph Morelle
- NY-26: Brian Higgins
Statewide officials
Democrats control all four of the elected statewide offices:
- Governor: Andrew Cuomo
- Lieutenant Governor: Kathy Hochul
- Attorney General: Letitia James
- Comptroller: Thomas DiNapoli
State legislative leaders
- Temporary President/Majority Leader of the Senate: Andrea Stewart-Cousins
- Speaker of the Assembly: Carl Heastie
Mayoral offices
Some of the state's major cities have Democratic mayors. As of 2019, Democrats control the mayor's offices in nine of New York's ten largest cities:
- New York City (1): Bill de Blasio
- Buffalo (2): Byron Brown
- Rochester (3): Lovely Warren
- Yonkers (4): Mike Spano
- Albany (6): Kathy Sheehan
- New Rochelle (7): Noam Bramson
- Mount Vernon (8): Shawyn Patterson Howard
- Schenectady (9): Gary McCarthy
- Utica (10): Robert M. Palmieri
List of chairpersons
Chair | Tenure | Hometown while serving |
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Augustus Schell | 1853-1856 | Manhattan |
Samuel Fowler | 1856–1857 | Port Jervis |
Dean Richmond | 1857 – August 1866 | Batavia |
Samuel J. Tilden | August 1866 – September 1874 | Manhattan |
Allen C. Beach | September 1874 – September 1875 | Watertown |
Daniel Magone | September 1875 – 1877 | Ogdensburg |
William Purcell | 1877–1878 | Rochester |
Lester B. Faulkner | 1878–1881 | Dansville |
Daniel Manning | 1881 – August 1885 | Albany |
John O'Brien | September 1885 – 1887 | Rhinebeck |
Charles C. B. Walker | October 1887 – 1888 | Corning |
Edward Murphy Jr. | May 1888 – 1894 | Troy |
James W. Hinckley | September 1894 – 1896 | Poughkeepsie |
Elliott Danforth | September 1896 – September 1898 | Manhattan |
Frank Campbell | September 1898 – April 1904 | Bath |
Cord Meyer | April 1904 – 1906 | Queens |
William. J. Conners | October 1906 – June 1910 | Buffalo |
John Alden Dix | June 1910 – October 1910 | Thomson |
Winfield A. Huppuch | October 1910 – October 1911 | Hudson Falls |
Norman E. Mack | October 1911 – February 1912 | Buffalo |
George M. Palmer | February 1912 – March 1914 | Cobleskill |
William Church Osborn | March 1914 – 1916 | Garrison |
Edwin S. Harris | April 1916 – September 1918 | Schuylerville |
Joseph A. Kellogg | October 1918 – December 1918 | Glens Falls |
William W. Farley | January 1919 – June 1921 | Binghamton |
Herbert C. Pell | July 1921 – January 1926 | Tuxedo Park |
Edwin Corning | January 1926 – August 1928 | Albany |
M. William Bray | August 1928 – 1930 | Utica |
James A. Farley | October 1930 – June 1944 | Manhattan |
Paul E. Fitzpatrick | July 1944 – December 1, 1952 | Buffalo |
Walter A. Lynch | 1952 (Acting) | Bronx |
Richard H. Balch | December 1952 – June 1955 | Utica |
Michael H. Prendergast | July 1955 – February 28, 1962 | Haverstraw |
William H. McKeon | March 1, 1962 - July 1965 | Auburn |
John J. Burns | July 1965 – December 1971 | Binghamton |
Joseph F. Crangle | December 1971 – December 1974 | Buffalo |
Patrick J. Cunningham | December 1974 – January 31, 1977 | Bronx |
Dominic J. Baranello | February 1, 1977 – December 1982 | Blue Point |
William C. Hennessy | December 1982 – December 1984 | Albany |
Laurence J. Kirwan | December 1984 – May 1989 | Rochester |
John A. Marino | May 1989 – May 1993 | Manhattan |
Alfred Gordon | May 1993 – March 1995 | Queens |
Judith H. Hope and John T. Sullivan | March 1995 – April 1998 | East Hampton and Oswego |
Judith Hope | April 1998 – December 2001 | East Hampton |
Herman D. Farrell Jr. | December 2001 – December 31, 2006 | Manhattan |
June O'Neill and Dave Pollak | December 2006 – 2009 | Watertown and New York |
Jay S. Jacobs | September 2009 – June 2012 | Laurel Hollow |
Keith L. T. Wright and Stephanie Miner | June 2012 – April 2014 | Manhattan and Syracuse |
Keith L. T. Wright | April 2014 – May 2014 | Manhattan |
David Paterson | May 2014 – November 2015 | Harlem |
Sheila Comar | November 2015 – June 2016 | Washington |
Byron Brown | June 2016 – January 2019 | Buffalo |
Jay S. Jacobs | January 2019 – present | Laurel Hollow |
Executive Committee Chair, Christine Quinn
Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she is the first female and first openly gay speaker.[3][4] As City Council speaker, Quinn was New York City's third most powerful public servant, behind the mayor and public advocate. She ran to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the city's mayor in the 2013 mayoral election, but she came in third in the Democratic primary.
See also
References
- ^ "Enrollment by County | New York State Board of Elections". elections.ny.gov. 2020-11-01.
- ^ Strauss, Daniel. "Unloved by progressives, Andrew Cuomo has the spotlight now". The Guardian.
- ^ Porcelli, Victor. "Wins Pile Up for the New York Left". Gotham Gazette.
- ^ Home. New York State Democratic Committee. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
- ^ a b c Hardwick, Michael (1989). State Party Profiles. pp. 278–279.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence (2010). "Democratic state chairs, 1853-2008 (Incomplete!)". The Political Graveyard. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved 2011-04-12.