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Senate Democratic Conference PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 21, 2009 Contact: Austin Shafran | [email protected] 917-417-3711(m); 212-298-5585(w)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MALCOLM A. SMITH ANNOUNCES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A. Smith today officially announced the full roster of all Democratic appointments to Senate committees for the current legislative session. Attached is a list of assignments by member as well as by committee.

SENATE MAJORITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 2009-2010 – By Member SMITH Rules, Ch. Ex officio all committees KLEIN Ex officio all committees VALESKY Ex officio all committees DILAN Transportation, Ch. Civil Service Corporations Elections Finance Judiciary Labor Rules JOHNSON Investigations, Ch. Education Health Insurance Local Gov’t, Racing, Gaming ONORATO Labor, Ch. Banks Energy & Telecom Ethics Health Higher Education Judiciary Racing, Gaming SCHNEIDERMAN

ADAMS Veterans, Ch. Racing, Gaming, Acting Ch. Banks Consumer Protection Energy & Telecom Finance Judiciary Mental Health DUANE Health, Ch. Codes Finance Mental Health Rules Social Services Cultural Affairs KLEIN Banks Codes Finance Health Investigations Judiciary Labor Rules OPPENHEIMER Education, Ch. Aging Cities Environ. Conservation Ethics Finance Higher Education SERRANO

ADDABBO Elections, Ch. Aging Civil Service Education Labor Racing, Gaming Transportation Veterans ESPADA Housing, Ch. Rules, Vice Ch. Commerce Education Finance Insurance Investigations Judiciary KRUEGER Finance, Vice Ch. Banks Higher Education Housing Rules Social Services PARKER Energy & Telecom., Ch. Codes Commerce Environ. Conservation Finance Higher Education Insurance Rules SQUADRON

AUBERTINE Agriculture, Ch. Commerce Crime & Corrections Energy & Telecom Higher Education Transportation Veterans FOLEY Banks, Ch. Commerce Crime & Corrections Education Elections Environ. Conservation Higher Education Transportation KRUGER Finance, Ch. Aging Banks Crime & Corrections Energy & Telecom Health Insurance Veterans PERKINS Corporations, Ch. Cities Civil Service Codes Environ. Conservation Finance Judiciary Labor Transportation STACHOWSKI

BRESLIN Insurance, Ch. Agriculture Banks Codes Education Finance Judiciary Labor HASSELL-THOMPSON Crime & Corrections, Ch. Commerce Consumer Protection Housing Judiciary Rules Transportation MONSERRATE Consumer Protection, Ch. Cities Civil Service Corporations Energy & Telecom Insurance Mental Health Rules SAMPSON Judiciary, Ch. Ethics, Acting Ch. Ad. Reg. Rev. Comm., Ch. Banks Codes Crime & Corrections Finance Health Insurance Veterans STAVISKY

DIAZ Aging, Ch. Banks Finance Housing Insurance Investigations Judiciary Transportation HUNTLEY Mental Health, Ch. Children & Families Civil Service Codes Consumer Protection Education Higher Education Social Services MONTGOMERY Children & Families, Ch. Agriculture Crime & Corrections Education Finance Health Mental Health Rules SAVINO Civil Service, Ch. Aging Banks Consumer Protection Cultural Affairs, Tourism Housing Labor Judiciary Transportation STEWART-COUSINS

Banks Energy & Telecom Ethics Health Higher Education Judiciary Racing, Gaming

Aging Cities Environ. Conservation Ethics Finance Higher Education

Codes Commerce Environ. Conservation Finance Higher Education Insurance Rules

SCHNEIDERMAN Codes, Ch. Children & Families Environ. Conservation Energy & Telecom Higher Education Judiciary Cultural Affairs, Tourism

SERRANO Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Ch. Aging Education Elections Environ. Conservation Higher Education Rules

SQUADRON Cities, Ch. Codes Corporations Cultural Affairs, Tourism Education Housing Transportation Veterans

THOMPSON Environ. Conservation, Ch. Civil Service Finance Health Insurance Local Gov’t Cultural Affairs, Tourism Veterans

VALESKY Agriculture Energy & Telecom Finance Health Local Gov’t Rules Cultural Affairs, Tourism Transportation

Cities Civil Service Codes Environ. Conservation Finance Judiciary Labor Transportation STACHOWSKI Commerce, Ch. Agriculture Finance Insurance Investigations Labor Racing, Gaming Rules

Ethics, Acting Ch. Ad. Reg. Rev. Comm., Ch. Banks Codes Crime & Corrections Finance Health Insurance Veterans STAVISKY Higher Education, Ch. Aging Education Finance Cultural Affairs, Tourism Transportation

SENATE MAJORITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 2009-2010 – by Committee

Aging Banks Consumer Protection Cultural Affairs, Tourism Housing Labor Judiciary Transportation STEWART-COUSINS Local Gov’t, Ch. Banks Commerce Environ. Conservation Finance Health Labor Rules Veterans

AGING Diaz, Ch. Oppenheimer Kruger Stavisky Savino Serrano Addabbo

AGRICULTURE Aubertine, Ch. Stachowski Montgomery Breslin Valesky Vacancy

BANKS Foley, Ch. Onorato Kruger Breslin Sampson Krueger Diaz Klein Savino Adams Stewart-Cousins

CHILDREN& FAMILIES Montgomery, Ch. Schneiderman Huntley Duane

CITIES Squadron, Ch. Oppenheimer Perkins Monserrate

CIVIL SERVICE Savino, Ch. Dilan Huntley Perkins Addabbo Monserrate Thompson

CODES Schneiderman, Ch. Breslin Sampson Duane Klein Parker Perkins Huntley Squadron

COMMERCE Stachowski, Ch. Hassell-Thompson Parker Stewart-Cousins Aubertine Espada Foley

CONSUMER PROTECTION Monserrate, Ch. Savino Hassell-Thompson Adams Huntley Vacancy

CORPORATIONS Perkins, Ch. Dilan Monserrate Squadron

CRIME VICTIMS & CORRECTIONS Hassell-Thompson, Ch. Montgomery Kruger Sampson Aubertine Foley Vacancy

EDUCATION Oppenheimer, Ch. Montgomery Breslin Stavisky Serrano Huntley Johnson Addabbo Espada Foley Squadron

ELECTIONS Addabbo, Ch. Dilan Serrano Foley

ENERGY & TELECOM Parker, Ch. Onorato Kruger Schneiderman Valesky Adams Aubertine Monserrate

ETHICS Sampson, Acting Ch. Onorato Oppenheimer

FINANCE Kruger, Ch. Krueger, Vice-Chair Stachowski Montgomery Oppenheimer Breslin Sampson Duane Stavisky Diaz Dilan Parker Klein Valesky Adams Perkins Stewart-Cousins Thompson Espada

HEALTH Duane, Ch. Onorato Montgomery Kruger Sampson Klein Valesky Stewart-Cousins Thompson Johnson

HIGHER EDUCATION Stavisky, Ch. Oppenheimer Schneiderman Krueger Onorato Parker Serrano Huntley Aubertine Foley Vacancy

HOUSING Espada, Ch. Hassell-Thompson Krueger Diaz Squadron

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Thompson, Ch. Oppenheimer Schneiderman Parker Serrano Perkins Stewart-Cousins Foley INSURANCE Breslin, Ch. Stachowski Kruger Diaz Parker Sampson Thompson Johnson Espada Monserrate

INVESTIGATIONS Johnson, Ch. Stachowski Diaz Klein Espada

JUDICIARY Sampson, Ch. Onorato Breslin Schneiderman Hassell-Thompson Diaz Dilan Klein Savino Adams Perkins Espada Vacancy

LABOR Onorato, Ch. Stachowski Breslin Dilan Klein Savino Stewart-Cousins Perkins Addabbo

LOCAL GOV’T Stewart-Cousins, Ch. Valesky Thompson Johnson Vacancy

MENTAL HEALTH Huntley, Ch. Montgomery Duane Adams Monserrate

SOCIAL SERVICES ________, Ch. Duane Krueger Huntley

CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS & REC Serrano, Ch. Duane Schneiderman Stavisky Valesky Thompson Squadron Vacancy

TRANSPORTATION Dilan, Ch. Stavisky Diaz Hassell-Thompson Savino Valesky Perkins Aubertine Addabbo Foley Squadron

VETERANS AFFAIRS & HOMELAND SECURITY Adams, Ch. Kruger Sampson Stewart-Cousins Thompson Aubertine Addabbo Squadron

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS REVIEW COMMISSION Sampson, Ch. Vacancy

RACING, GAMING Adams, Acting Ch. Onorato Stachowski Johnson Addabbo Vacancy

RULES Smith, Ch. Espada, Vice-Chair Stachowski Montgomery Duane Hassell-Thompson Krueger Dilan Parker Klein Serrano Valesky Stewart-Cousins Monserrate