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Malcolm Anthony Smith [1] (born August 9, 1956) is an American politician from New York who was convicted of public corruption. A Democrat, Smith was a member of the State Senate, representing the 10th district in the New York State Senate from 2000 to 2002 and Senate District 14 from 2003 to 2014. Smith served as New York State Senate Majority ...
This is a complete list of members of the New York State Senate, past and present. ... Malcolm Smith: Democratic: Nathan Smith (Herkimer County, NY) Sanford W. Smith:
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. [2] Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York, its members are elected to two-year terms [3] with no term limits. [4] There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New ...
The 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis was a political dispute and constitutional crisis that prevented the New York State Senate from functioning for a month. In 2009, the State Senate was controlled by Democrats with a narrow 32–30 majority. On June 8, 2009, a coalition of all 30 Senate Republicans and two Democrats, Hiram ...
New York's 14th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Leroy Comrie since 2015, following his 2014 Democratic primary defeat of incumbent Malcolm Smith .
The position of president pro tempore of the New York State Senate was created as a standing office by a constitutional amendment in 1873. The President pro tempore was elected for the duration of the biennial senatorial term which comprised two sessions, the first in an even-numbered year, the other in the following odd-numbered year.
However, in 2008, the Democrats won a narrow two-seat majority in the State Senate. Malcolm Smith of Queens became the new Senate Majority Leader, and he also doubles as acting Lieutenant Governor by virtue of David Paterson ascending to the governorship. Smith replaced Paterson as leader of the Democrats in the State Senate upon Paterson's ...
The 2014 New York State Senate elections were held on November 4, 2014, to elect representatives from all 63 State Senate districts in the U.S. state of New York . Republican candidates won 32 seats, while Democratic candidates won 31. The 41st, 46th, and 55th district flipped from Republican-controlled to Democratic-controlled, while the 60th ...