Caucus Weekend 2015 Official Program

Caucus Weekend 2015

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WELCOME LETTER

ASSEMBLYWOMAN

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n behalf of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc., I would like to welcome you to our 44th Annual Legislative Conference. I, my colleagues and the Board of Directors are looking forward to another successful year: one that is focused on increasing our scholarship fund and meeting our strategic and legislative priorities.

The Association is a nonprofit organization that brings together New York State’s elected officials of color to raise funds toward college scholarships for graduating high school students of color in members’ districts. Association members believe that education is the optimum vehicle toward success and our scholarship initiative aims to fill the gap for ambitious students hoping to pursue their dreams of higher education. Through proceeds raised from the Scholarship Gala and the concert, we intend to double the amount of scholarship funds given to students in our respective districts.

The theme of the 2015 Annual Legislative Conference is “United We Stand: Labor, Civil Rights and Social Justice,” which focuses on the diverse history of our workforce and the social, economic, and civil rights issues that played a role in defining today’s workplace.

We stand on a rich and unique legacy, full of many triumphs and successes through difficulties, but we represent the

diversity, intelligence, and energies of the constituencies that we serve.

Many of the Association’s members are also part of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus - an official caucus within the state legislature that participates in the legislative and budgetary processes. Caucus members unite on all fronts, from economic development and jobs, to healthcare and social justice, in an effort to influence laws that aptly represent our communities.

We aim as a collective and as individuals to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers.

We invite you to visit the NYSABPRL website at www.NYSABPRL.org to learn more about Caucus weekend, our members, and activities taking place throughout the year. We welcome your feedback and thank you for your support!

Sincerely, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes Chairwoman

CITY & STATE TV INTERVIEW WITH CRYSTAL PEOPLES-STOKES

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ssemblywoman Peoples-Stokes on NYSABPRL 2015 Initiatives City & State TV sat with Chairwoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes to discuss the NYSABPRL Caucus Weekend.

The below interview has been edited for space and clarity.

C&S: Caucus Weekend hits on a lot of very important issues: education, opportunities for MWBEs, criminal justice - and you said that the attorney general is going to be doing a workshop on that.

Peoples-Stokes: Yes, it’s great that our own state’s attorney general is willing to head up one of those discussions. Then there’s also a big budget workshop. The People’s Priority Budget, which the cit yandstateny.com

Association puts out - where we lay out what we think is important to be in the budget, is going to be of critical importance to us this year. And we have already sent a letter to the Governor requesting that the Amistad Commission gets funded; it’s never been properly funded or staffed.

C&S: For the people who don’t know, please explain the Amistad Commission.

PS: The Amistad Commission is a commission that says to the State Education Department that it needs to find the best historians and educators to come up with a way to infuse the fact that Black History is American History into our schools’ American history curriculum.

C&S: If you had to narrow it down, what

would be the Association’s top legislative proprieties to get passed this legislative session?

PS: One of them would be the Amistad Commission being funded. I think some of the settlement dollars being spent in communities of color to help people deal with their housing issues. The other would be an opportunity to get closer to a single-payer kind of health system.

Also MWBE issues: It is beginning to turn around with the Governor’s goals that he has set, but we’re beginning to see now that those businesses are tending to be more about women than they are about minorities.

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH Chair’s Reception (Invitation Only)

Convention Center

Bronx BP Diaz present Caucus Weekend Reception Hilton Albany Featuring Caucus Weekend Kickoff featuring Speaker Heastie Latin Music Revue featuring Orquesta Sabor Caribe

Hilton Albany

6pm-9pm 9pm – 1am 9pm – 3am

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH Comptroller Dinapoli Breakfast

Hilton Albany

8am

Youth Summit with Dr. Steve Perry from BET’s “Save My Son”

Swyer Theater

10am – 4pm

LOB 11am – 12pm

HUB Interviews Seminars

Meeting Rooms 1-6 & LOB Hearing Rooms

Annual Labor Luncheon with Dr. Bill Fletcher, Ph.D.

Hilton Albany

10am – 3pm 12pm – 2pm

LOB 2pm – 3pm

HUB Interviews Concert: Eric Benet & Regina Belle with special guest MC J. Anthony Brown

Convention Center

7pm – 10pm

After Concert Dance (Must be 21+)

Hilton Albany

10pm – 3am

Latin Music Revue featuring Orquesta Sabor Caribe

Hilton Albany

10pm – 3am

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH 10am – 12pm

Church Service with Rev. Roderick Hennings

Wilborn Temple First COGIC

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Luncheon

Hilton Albany

Governor Cuomo Reception (Invitation Only)

Governor’s Mansion

1pm – 3pm

Awards Ceremony

Hilton Albany

2pm – 5pm

Gala VIP Cocktail Reception (Invitation only)

Hart Lounge 6pm

Gala Cocktail Reception

Hilton 6pm Albany

Gala Dinner & Entertainment with Mr. Danny Glover

7pm

After Dinner Gala Dance (Must be 21+)

Hilton Albany

10pm – 3am

Jazz Revue featuring Norman Connors

Hilton Albany

10pm – 3am

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PERSPECTIVES

WORKING TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL JUSTICE

ATTORNEY GENERAL

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his year’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators is an occasion to reflect on our shared battle to protect the rights of all New Yorkers, regardless of race, class, gender, age, or sexual orientation.

As Attorney General, I have directed my Civil Rights Bureau to focus on many problems that predominantly affect New Yorkers of color. In the last four years, the Civil Rights Bureau has secured almost 80 agreements remedying discrimination in voting, housing, employment, education, and elsewhere.

We have also won almost $6 million in penalties for civil rights violations.

The mission of the Bureau is motivated in part by the recognition that one of the most important rights guaranteed to all Americans is free, unencumbered access to the ballot box. With that in mind, we launched a Language Access Initiative, which investigated the Voting Rights Act compliance of New York’s County Boards of Elections serving large Spanish-speaking populations. As a result of our investigation, we were able to negotiate agreements with

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ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN eight county election boards to provide bilingual election-related materials, as well as language assistance at the polls on Election Day. The Civil Rights Bureau also tackles discrimination in the real estate market.

Our Fair Housing Testing Program has uncovered bias by real estate companies against African Americans, families with children, and tenants whose rent is paid in part by government vouchers. Last month, the Bureau secured a $900,000 settlement against a Rochester bank for redlining predominantly African American neighborhoods—and we’re moving ahead with another redlining lawsuit against a bank in Buffalo.

Our work to ensure that all New Yorkers are treated fairly extends into the schoolhouse, too. We’ve partnered with the New York State Education Department to review school enrollment procedures for unaccompanied minors and undocumented students, who have a basic human and legal right to a free public education. In less than two months, our joint review spurred the Board of Regents to adopt an amendment to its regulations that expressly prohibits school districts

from asking about the citizenship or immigration status of students or their parents or guardians at the time of—or as a condition of—their enrollment.

Often, the investigations conducted by the Civil Rights Bureau are prompted by complaints received from everyday New Yorkers. After African American, Latino, and other minority customers of Macy’s and Barney’s alerted the Bureau to potentially discriminatory treatment at stores, we launched a long-term investigation that resulted in settlements worth more than $1 million in combined penalties—and a commitment from both companies that they would adopt specific best practices to prevent future racial profiling of customers.

These successes are just a small fraction of what I hope to accomplish in the next four years. Many challenges lie ahead, but I will not rest until I am confident that the legal rights of all New Yorkers are being upheld—and I ask the members of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, as well as all of the state’s elected representatives, to stand with me as we work toward achieving social justice for one and all, united. cit yandstateny.com

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ADDRESS INEQUALITY THROUGH PROGRESSIVE REFORMS

SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE LEADER

STEWART-COUSINS

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” These words leap off the page of Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” They are words that are simple yet profound. I like to read this letter around this time every year and think about what Dr. King was trying to tell future generations. In the letter, he talks about the connection between all people and all places. He was talking about the fact that what happens to one person effects everyone else. He was talking about what he called a “network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” These words and this idea must guide our actions, especially as we observe Black History Month. This month should not only be about recognizing and celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans, but also about fighting the inequalities felt by far too many of our fellow New Yorkers. We must fight the injustice of bone crushing poverty. We must work to restore confidence in the criminal justice system so all New Yorkers feel they are treated equally. And we must fight the cit yandstateny.com

injustice of an education system that continues to operate under a one-sizefits-all mentality.

Recent events, such as the killing of unarmed African Americans during police interactions and the killing of NYPD officers Ramos and Liu have exposed deep fissures within our criminal justice system. These events have caused us to question this system, and they must be addressed immediately with meaningful and lasting solutions. My Senate Democratic Conference has proposed a number of important reforms including the creation of the Office of Special Investigation to automatically review any death of an unarmed civilian in a police interaction. We have also called for the state to allocate funds so law enforcement agencies can purchase and be reimbursed for the body cameras and protections they require. It is my hope that we can rebuild faith in our criminal justice system through these reforms and a renewed emphasis on community policing.

Now is the time for us to fight the growing and alarming income inequality that we are seeing throughout the state.

Governor Mario Cuomo used to talk about the family of New York. We must remember that a mother in the Bronx struggling to support her family, working multiple minimum wage jobs just to put food on the table is our mother, is our sister, and is our daughter, and we must stand up for her. The fact that New York’s minimum wage is still below $9.00 is unacceptable. That is why the Senate Democratic Conference has called for an immediate increase

in the state’s minimum wage. We also have called for allowing municipalities to increase the minimum wage within their localities, as the costs of living vary greatly throughout New York State and we must take that fact into account.

These initiatives are common sense ways to help lift over 1.1 million New Yorkers out of poverty.

We must also look to our state’s future and ensure all New York students receive the quality education they deserve. With New York’s economy rebounding, now is the time to reinvest in the education of our children. We must give our students the resources that they need. We must give our educators the resources that they need. And we must reinvest in our state’s school buildings and education infrastructure. Unfortunately, far too many of New York’s students continue to lack basic and fundamental necessities.

Additionally, we have a responsibility to make higher education accessible to everyone including our state’s DREAMers. Reforming how our state provides education funding so we allocate resources based on needs will help ensure a more just and equal future.

The tasks ahead of us are not easy, but they are essential. This Black History Month, I urge all New Yorkers to remember Dr. King’s words and his charge. We have a responsibility to care for each other and to serve each other.

Together, we must build a more just and fair society so that all residents of New York have access to equal justice, a quality education and wages that lift them out of poverty.

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CRYSTAL D. PEOPLES-STOKES

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TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN BOARD POSITION: CHAIR DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 141; BUFFALO

ssemblywoman Peoples-Stokes has served in the NYS Assembly since 2003. An advocate for minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs), she serves on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s MWBE Task Force and chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Oversight of MWBEs in 2014.

Peoples-Stokes also spearheads education and healthcare issues.

ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS

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TITLE: SENATOR BOARD POSITION: FIRST VICE CHAIR DISTRICT: SENATE 35; WESTCHESTER

enator Stewart-Cousins was elected by her colleagues to serve as Leader of the Senate Democratic Conference in 2012, making her the first female to lead a legislative conference in New York State history. Her work is grounded in advocacy and community service due to her background in constituent services. She has helped pass the Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act, Jimmy Nolan’s law, and the Child Health Plus and School Meal Enrollment Coordination law.

VELMANETTE MONTGOMERY ANNETTE M. ROBINSON

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TITLE: SENATOR BOARD POSITION: PARLIAMENTARIAN DISTRICT: SENATE 25; BROOKLYN

enator Montgomery is the Ranking Democrat in the Senate Committee on Children and Families, where she focuses on reforming the state’s juvenile justice system, foster care and adoptive care systems, and schoolbased health care. Most recently, the senator has spoken out in support of affordable housing initiatives and presented her “Call-to-Action Guide” in an effort to preserve and improve housing standards.

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TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN BOARD POSITION: CHAPLAIN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 56; BROOKLYN

efore being elected to the Assembly in 2002, Assemblywoman Robinson served as a member of the New York City Council. Her experience at the city level translates into a dedication to constituent services in Albany. In addition to her role in the Assembly, Robinson provides religious, cultural and political commentary to a variety of news outlets.

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WILLIAM PERKINS

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enator Perkins has served in the chamber since 2006 and focuses on advancing access to education through technology, libraries, and the CUNY system. Additionally, Perkins has advocated for healthcare accessibility through the Childhood Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention Act and by calling for improved environmental conditions to decrease rates of asthma.

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TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN BOARD POSITION: TREASURER DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 89; MOUNT VERNON & YONKERS

ssemblyman Pretlow was elected in 1992 after having served as president of the Mount Vernon City Council. Pretlow spearheaded the passage of Cynthia’s Law, which establishes reckless assault of a child as a class D felony and launched an awareness campaign around shaken baby syndrome. Pretlow also advocated for the implementation of the Task Force for the Future of Off Track Betting in New York State.

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PERSPECTIVES

ADDRESS INEQUALITY THROUGH PROGRESSIVE REFORMS

CARL HEASTIE, NEWLY ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY

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n February 3rd, Carl E. Heastie was unanimously elected Speaker of the New York State Assembly by Democrats in the chamber, making him the first African American to hold the powerful post.

He replaces Sheldon Silver, who led the chamber for nearly 21 years.

A Bronx Democrat, Heastie has pledged to introduce reforms aimed at broadening accountability and transparency. He has also highlighted the Dream Act, the Women’s Equality Act, expansion of the middle class and job creation as top priorities.

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Thank you, Dr. King, for making this day possible

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It is a historic day. It does break the glass ceiling in this state

We will change the cynicism into trust

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I am truly honored and humbled to have earned the support to be elected as new speaker of the New York State Assembly,” Heastie said. “We gather here today during a turbulent time for this institution. The resignation of the previous leader has brought about change in the leadership of this house. This change in leadership will bring about much needed reform

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Most of all, we will accept nothing less than real, clear reform to make this chamber a place of process once again

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MOVING FORWARD: FAITH BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

ASSEMBLYMAN

KARIM CAMARA

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t is with mixed emotions that I reflect on my transition from Chair of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Caucus and member of the Assembly to Executive Director of the Office of Faith Based Community Development Services.

Over the past three and a half years, the Caucus has been front-and-center on the key issues facing our state, especially those issues impacting communities of color, the poor and anyone without a voice in state government. We have been staunch advocates for policies to close the widening inequality gap through measures such as increasing the minimum wage, increasing funds for early childhood education, K-12 education, and for the preservation and creation of affordable housing. We have fought for reforms to the criminal justice system, including ending the over-arrest and incarceration of young children of color. We also were leaders in the discussion of why the DREAM Act is so significant for many individuals and our state. Representing the people of the 43rd Assembly District for the past 10 years stands as one of the great honors in cit yandstateny.com

my life. To be the elected representative and the voice of a local district in our state and country’s democracy is a privilege that humbles me.

I am excited and incredibly optimistic about the opportunity to join Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration and be a part of his team. Just a few weeks ago, the Governor laid out an ambitious yet practical agenda to build on the progress of the first four years of his tenure as Governor: his 2015 Opportunity Agenda.

The agenda includes measures to improve the lives of New Yorkers across the economic spectrum, particularly those the government has forgotten. Some of those initiatives include much needed tax relief for property owners and individuals who are being crushed by tax burdens. Additionally, it calls for an increase of our state minimum wage to $10.50 and a NYC minimum wage of $11.50. The Agenda also includes increasing funding for Youth Works, one of the most innovative, ambitious, and effective programs in our country for combatting the persistent, chronic joblessness in the minority

youth population. The Governor’s first term initiatives led to the employment of 20,000 young people through a tax credit for employers.

Lastly, the Opportunity Agenda includes the creation of the new entity that I will have the honor of leading: the Office of Faith Based Community Development Services. It is an innovative initiative that Governor Cuomo envisions as an effort to organize faith-based nonprofits to help bring about systemic change in communities. Faith-based leaders have been key in social changes in communities of color, from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Cesar Chavez, to others who may be lessor known but also impactful. Current groups in New York State already provide direct services and community development to create change. We now have an opportunity to find ways for these groups to partner with state agencies, such as the Department for Homes and Community Renewal, the Office of Children and Family Services, the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and others.

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EDUCATING TO ELEVATE

ASSEMBLYMAN

MARCOS CRESPO

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imon Bolivar, the 19th Century South American Statesman and Military Leader, once said that, “Nations march towards greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve.� Today, in the early years of the 21st Century, those observations should serve as a roadmap to improving education and development opportunities for our youth.

Previous decades of growth of Latino communities were treated with indifference and educational policies were established that neglected to enact proven strategies for success. This neglect has created significant problems that now permeate the structures of our education and social systems.

The numbers speak in volume as to the failure to adequately educate our children.

In New York City, 40 percent of our children do not graduate from high school in four years. In other urban areas across our state the number is closer to 50 percent. An outstanding 82 percent of freshman in CUNY need remedial classes.

Policies that unrealistically require children with limited English language

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skills to pass the English Regents and other high stakes test in order to graduate; the lack of resources to school districts to hire bilingual education staff; overcrowded classrooms and overcrowded schools; and converted bathrooms and trailers filled with toxic substances for classroom space are the legacy of educational policy failures that have robbed many of our brightest youth from productive and successful jobs and lives.

In the midst of these educational failures, we now have a situation where poverty and income disparities are an additional burden to the educational attainment and academic achievement of our children. The U.S. Census now tells us that income disparities in the are greater here than in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, two of the poorest nations in our hemisphere. These are not abstract, intangible numbers.

The childhood poverty rates in our communities are clear reminders of the work that lies before us. In Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Newburgh and Schenectady the Latino child poverty rates are over 47 percent. Just a few

years ago, Latino children earned the distinction of having the highest poverty rates in the nation. At over 6.1 million children, this marked a stark reality for our communities as, for the first time in U.S. history, the single largest group of poor children is not white.

We all know that poverty is a key indicator of educational success. We cannot begin to improve the lives our children or their academic attainment without addressing the issue of poverty.

Over 900,000 children in New York State suffer daily from food insecurity and over 2.3 million of our fellow New Yorkers rely on emergency food assistance like food pantries, soup kitchens and food stamps each year. The implications for our larger society and our economy are grim if these trends continue.

As policymakers and through important organizations such as the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, we need to hold these statistics up as banners in our march toward a more egalitarian society.

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NYSABPRL Members EARLENE HOOPER TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 18 HEMPSTEAD ELECTED: 1988

WALTER MOSLEY TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 57 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2012

JOSÉ RIVERA TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 78 BRONX ELECTED: 2000

MARTIN MALAVÉ DILAN TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 18 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2002

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MICHELE R. TITUS TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 31 QUEENS ELECTED: 2002

LUIS SEPÚLVEDA TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 87 BRONX ELECTED: 2012

MICHAELLE SOLAGES TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 22 VALLEY STREAM ELECTED: 2012

FRANCISCO P. MOYA TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 39 QUEENS ELECTED: 2010

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VICTOR PICHARDO TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 86 BRONX ELECTED: 2013

MARCOS A. CRESPO TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 85 BRONX ELECTED: 2009

KARIM CAMARA TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 43 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2005

WILLIAM SCARBOROUGH TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 29 QUEENS ELECTED: 1994

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DAVID F. GANTT TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 137 ROCHESTER ELECTED: 1982

HERMAN D. FARRELL, JR. TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 71 MANHATTAN ELECTED: 1974

JOHN L. SAMPSON TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 19 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 1996

GUSTAVO RIVERA TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 33 BRONX ELECTED: 2010

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KEVIN S. PARKER TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 21 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2002

JOSE R. PERALTA TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 13 QUEENS ELECTED: 2010

CARMEN E. ARROYO TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 84 BRONX ELECTED: 1994

JAMES SANDERS JR. TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 10 QUEENS ELECTED: 2012

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ROBERT J. RODRIGUEZ TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 68 MANHATTAN ELECTED: 2010

JEFFRION L. AUBRY TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 35 QUEENS ELECTED: 1992

PHIL RAMOS TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 6 BRENTWOOD ELECTED: 2002

FÉLIX W. ORTIZ TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 51 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 1994

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CARL E. HEASTIE TITLE: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 83 BRONX ELECTED: 2000

BARBARA M. CLARK TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 33 QUEENS ELECTED: 1986

ADRIANO ESPAILLAT TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 31 NEW YORK CITY ELECTED: 2010

KEITH WRIGHT TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 70 MANHATTAN ELECTED: 1992

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SAMUEL D. ROBERTS TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 128 SYRACUSE ELECTED: 2010

VIVIAN E. COOK TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 32 QUEENS ELECTED: 1990

JOSÉ M. SERRANO TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 29 NEW YORK CITY ELECTED: 2004

RUTH HASSELL-THOMPSON TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 36 BRONX, WESTCHESTER ELECTED: 2000

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RUBEN DIAZ TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 40 QUEENS ELECTED: 2012

N. NICK PERRY TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 58 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 1992

MICHAEL BLAKE TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 79 BRONX ELECTED: 2014

RODNEYSE BICHOTTE TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 42 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

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TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 32 BRONX ELECTED: 2002

ERIK DILAN TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 54 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

KIMBERLY JEAN-PIERRE TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 11 LINDENHURST ELECTED: 2014

LATOYA JOYNER TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 77 BRONX ELECTED: 2014

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CHARLES BARRON TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 60 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

ROXANNE PERSAUD TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 59 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

LATRICE WALKER TITLE: ASSEMBLYWOMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 55 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

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GUILLERMO LINARES TITLE: ASSEMBLYMAN DISTRICT: ASSEMBLY 72 NEW YORK CITY ELECTED: 2014

JESSE HAMILTON TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 20 BROOKLYN ELECTED: 2014

LEROY COMRIE TITLE: SENATOR DISTRICT: SENATE 14 QUEENS ELECTED: 2014

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