183rd New York State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	New York State Legislature
Jurisdiction	New York,United States
Term	January 1, 1979 – December 31, 1980
Senate
Members	60
President	Lt. Gov.Mario Cuomo (D)
Temporary President	Warren M. Anderson (R)
Party control	Republican (35–25)
Assembly
Members	150
Speaker	Stanley Fink (D)
Party control	Democratic (86–64)
Sessions
1st January 3 – June 17, 1979 2nd October 25 – November 27, 1979 3rd January 9 – June 15, 1980 4th November 19 – 23, 1980

The183rd New York State Legislature, consisting of theNew York State Senate and theNew York State Assembly, met from January 3, 1979, to December 31, 1980, during the fifth and sixth years ofHugh Carey'sgovernorship, inAlbany.

Under the provisions of theNew York Constitution of 1938 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow theOne man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1971, and amended in 1974, by the legislature, 60 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned contiguously without restrictions regarding county boundaries.

At this time there were two major political parties: theRepublican Party and theDemocratic Party. TheConservative Party, theRight to Life Party, theLiberal Party, theLibertarian Party, theSocialist Workers Party, theCommunist Party and theLabor Party also nominated tickets.

The1978 New York state election was held on November 7. GovernorHugh Carey was re-elected, and Secretary of StateMario Cuomo was elected Lieutenant Governor, both Democrats. The elections to the other two statewide elective offices resulted in a Republican Comptroller and a Democratic Attorney General. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats 2,306,000; Republicans 1,913,000; Conservatives 243,000; Right to Life 130,000; Liberals 123,000; Libertarians 19,000; Socialist Workers 13,000; Communists 11,000; and Labor 9,000.

Seven of the ten women members of the previous legislature were elected again: State SenatorsOlga A. Méndez (Dem.), ofEast Harlem, andLinda Winikow (Dem.), ofSpring Valley; and AssemblywomenElizabeth Connelly (Dem.), ofStaten Island;Pinny Cooke (Rep.), ofRochester;Estella B. Diggs (Dem.), ofthe Bronx; andGerdi E. Lipschutz (Dem.), ofQueens, were re-elected; and AssemblywomanMary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer ofMount Kisco, was elected to the state Senate.Carol Berman (Dem.), ofLawrence, was also elected to the state Senate.Rhoda S. Jacobs (Dem.), ofBrooklyn;Joan B. Hague (Rep.), ofGlens Falls;May W. Newburger (Dem.), ofGreat Neck;Toni Rettaliata (Rep.), ofHuntington; andFlorence M. Sullivan (Rep.), a lawyer ofBrooklyn, were also elected to the Assembly. Thus the 183rd Legislature had 13 women members, surpassing the previous record of 11 in the181st New York State Legislature (1976).

The 1979 New York state election was held on November 6. No statewide elective offices were up for election, and there were no vacancies in the legislature.

The legislature met for the first regular session (the 202nd) at the State Capitol inAlbany on January 3, 1979;^[1] and recessed indefinitely in the early morning of June 17.^[2]

Stanley Fink (Dem.) was electedSpeaker.

Warren M. Anderson (Rep.) was re-elected temporary president of the state Senate.

The legislature was again in session on and off in October and November 1979, to consider legislation concerning energy matters.^[3][4][5]

The legislature met for the second regular session (the 203rd) at the State Capitol in Albany on January 9, 1980;^[6] and recessed indefinitely on June 15.^[7]

The legislature met for a special session at the State Capitol in Albany from November 19^[8] to 23.^[9] This session was called by Governor Carey to consider legislation on banking, the State budget, and housing in New York City.^[10]

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Christopher J. Mega, Mary B. Goodhue, Charles D. Cook and John B. Daly changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

• Secretary:Roger C. Thompson

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

Note: For brevity, the chairmanships omit the words "...the Committee on (the)..."

• Clerk:Catherine A. Carey

• New York State Information Handbook prepared for the U.S. Dept of Energy (December 31, 1980)

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