Governmental Affairs

2010 Election Endorsements

NYSNA endorses candidates for statewide offices, including seats in the State Assembly and Senate. NYSNA Members can view detailed information about New York State legislators in the Legislative Action Center, accessed from the Members Only area of our site.

For more information, call NYSNA’s Governmental Affairs Program at 800.724.NYRN, ext. 283.

Statewide Office

Attorney General: Eric Schneiderman (D)
Comptroller: Thomas DiNapoli (D)

State Assembly

District	Candidate	County	Party*
1	Marc Alessi	Suffolk	D
2	Fred Thiele	Suffolk	I
4	Steven Engelbright	Suffolk	D
5	Ginny Fields	Suffolk	D
6	Philip Ramos	Suffolk	D, I, WFP
8	Philip Boyle	Suffolk	R
11	Robert Sweeney	Suffolk	D
13	Charles Lavine	Nassau	D
14	Robert D. Barra	Nassau	R, C
16	Michelle Schimel	Nassau	D
17	Thomas McKevitt	Nassau	R
19	Dave McDonough	Nassau	R, C, I
22	Grace Meng	Queens	D
23	Audrey Pheffer	Queens	D
25	Rory Lancman	Queens	D
26	Ed Braunstein	Queens	D
28	Andrew Hevesi	Queens	D
29	William Scarborough	Queens	D
30	Margaret Markey	Queens	D
33	Barbara M. Clark	Queens	D
35	Jeffrion Aubry	Queens	D
43	Karim Camara	Kings	D, WFP
45	Steven Cymbrowitz	Kings	D
46	Alec Brook-Krasny	Kings	D
47	William Colton	Kings	D, WFP
49	Peter J. Abbate, Jr.	Kings	D
50	Joseph Lentol	Kings	D
51	Felix Ortiz	Kings	D
52	Joan L. Millman	Kings	D
54	Darryl C. Towns	Kings	D
56	Annette M. Robinson	Kings	D
57	Hakeem Jeffries	Kings	D
58	Nick Perry	Kings	D
59	Alan Maisel	Kings	D
60	Janele Hyer-Spencer	Kings, Richmond	D
61	Matthew Titone	Richmond	D, WFP
62	Louis Tobacco	Richmond	R
63	Michael Cusick	Richmond	D
64	Sheldon Silver	New York	D, WFP
65	Micah Kellner	New York	D, WFP
68	Robert Rodriguez	New York	D
70	Keith Wright	New York	D
71	Herman D. Farrell, Jr.	New York	D
72	Guillarmo Linares	New York	D
73	Jonathan L. Bing	New York	D
75	Richard N. Gottfried	New York	D, WFP
77	Vanessa Gibson	Bronx	D
78	José Rivera	Bronx	D
79	Eric Stevenson	Bronx	D
81	Jeffrey Dinowitz	Bronx	D, WFP
82	Michael Benedetto	Bronx	D
83	Carl Heastie	Bronx	D
85	Marcus Crespo	Bronx	D
86	Nelson Castro	Bronx	D
87	J. Gary Pretlow	Westchester	D
88	Amy Paulin	Westchester	D
90	Sandra R. Galef	Putnam, Westchester	D, I
91	George Latimer	Westchester	D
92	Tom Abinanti	Westchester	D
93	Mike Spano	Westchester	D, C, WFP
94	Kenneth Zabrowski	Rockland	D
95	Ellen Jaffee	Rockland	D
96	Roxanne Donnery	Orange, Rockland	D
97	Annie Rabbitt	Orange, Rockland	R, C
98	Aileen Gunther, RN	Sullivan, Orange	D, C
100	Frank Skartados	Dutchess, Ulster, Orange	D
101	Kevin Cahill	Dutchess, Ulster	D
102	Joel Miller	Dutchess	D
103	Marcus Molinaro	Columbia, Dutchess	R, C, I
109	Robert P. Reilly	Albany, Saratoga	D
110	James Tedisco	Saratoga, Schenectady	R, C, I
111	William Magee	Madison, Oneida, Otsego	D, I
114	Janet Duprey	Clinton, Essex, Franklin	R
116	RoAnn Destito	Oneida	D
118	Addie Jeanne Russell	Jefferson, St. Lawrence	D, WFP
119	Phil La Tessa	Onondaga	D
120	William Magnarelli	Onondaga	D, WFP, I, VET
121	Albert Stirpe	Onondaga	D
125	Barbara Lifton	Cortland, Tompkins	D
126	Donna Lupardo	Broome	D
129	Brian Kolb	Cayuga, Cortland, Ontario, Onondaga, Seneca	R, C, I
131	Harry Bronson	Monroe	D
132	Joseph D. Morelle	Monroe	D
135	David R. Koon	Monroe	D, WFP
141	Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes	Erie	D
143	Dennis Gabryzak	Erie	D
144	Sam Hoyt	Erie	D
145	Mark Schroeder	Erie	D
147	Daniel J. Burling	Allegany, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming	R, C

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State Senate

District	Candidate	County	Party*
3	Brian Foley	Suffolk	D
11	Frank Padavan	Queens	R, C, I
13	José Peralta	Queens	D
14	Malcolm Smith	Queens	D, WFP
15	Joseph Addabbo	Queens	D
16	Toby A. Stavisky	Queens	D, WFP
19	John Sampson	Kings	D
20	Eric Adams	Kings	D, WFP
21	Kevin Parker	Kings	D, WFP
22	Martin J. Golden	Kings	R, C
23	Diane Savino	Kings, Richmond	D
24	Andrew Lanza	Richmond	R, I, C
26	Liz Krueger	New York	D, WFP
27	Carl Kruger	Kings	D
28	José Serrano	Bronx, New York	D
29	Thomas Duane	New York	D, WFP
30	William Perkins	New York	D, WFP
31	Adriano Espaillat	Bronx, New York	D, WFP
33	Gustavo Rivera	Bronx	D
36	Ruth Hassell-Thompson	Bronx, Westchester	D, WFP
37	Suzi Oppenheimer	Westchester	D
40	Mike Kaplowitz	Putnam, Dutchess, Westchester	D
41	Stephen M. Saland	Columbia, Dutchess	R, I, C
42	John Bonacic	Ulster	R
43	Roy McDonald	Rensselaer, Saratoga	R, I, C
44	Susan E. Savage	Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady	D
49	Dave Valesky	Cayuga, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga	D
50	John A. DeFrancisco	Onondaga	R
58	William T. Stachowski	Erie	D, C
60	Antoine Thompson	Erie, Niagara	D
62	George Maziarz	Niagara, Orleans, Monroe	R ,C

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*Affiliations: D (Democrat), R (Republican), C (Conservative), I (Independent), WFP (Working Families Party),
VET (Veterans)