Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic, Working Families

General

Gender: Male
Family: Single
Birth date: 04/23/1970
Birthplace: Astoria, NY
Home City: Astoria NY
Religion: Christian Orthodox

Profession

Associate Counsel, New York State Assembly, 1997-2000 Associate, Chadbourne and Parke Limited Liability Partnership, 1993-1996 Queens County Regional Representative, Governor Mario Cuomo, 1994-1995 Aide, United States Congressman, Thomas Manton

Education

JD, Harvard Law School, 1993 BA, Economics/Political Science, Fordham University, 1990

Committees

Codes
Energy and Telecommunications
Finance
Health
Judiciary
Labor

S 1707A Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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S 1707A Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 6087-A Authorizes the Use of School Property for Religious Meetings and Worship
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5560-A Requires DNA Testing of All Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8496 Increasing The Number Of Taxicabs Serving New York
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8496 Increasing The Number Of Taxicabs Serving New York
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 5596 Revising The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8446 Extension of Rent Control Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8446 Extension of Rent Control Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 5596 Revising The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1707 Authorization of Mixed Martial Arts Events
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2808 Implementing the Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3331 Constitutional Amendment for Non-Partisan Redistricting Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2706 Limitations on Tax Levies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2707 Funding State Mandated Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1891 New York Jobs Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1892 Limiting State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1919 Amends Rules for Legislature
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 8129B Suspending Hydraulic Fracturing for the Extraction of Natural Gas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9710D 2010-2011 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3890 Divorce Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9703 2010-2011 Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11410 Emergency Housing Rent Control Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8167 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11310 Education Law Amendments Concerning Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 7846 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 7777 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

E 1153 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 7575 Prohibiting Domestic Violence Offenders from Possessing Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 5710 Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9544 Election and Campaign Finance Ethics Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40022 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40003 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1039 Albany Parking Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8903-A Extending City Board Jurisdiction Over New York City Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1867 Amending Labor Laws for Farm Workers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8501 Government Consolidation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1290 Anti-Shackling Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

A 7732 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8180 Supplemental Fees and Taxes for MTA
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6468 Microstamping Requirement for Semiautomatic Pistols
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 801 Renewal Requirement for Pistol and Revolver Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 156-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 157-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 158-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 159-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 163-A 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 249-A Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11838 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11258 Mandatory Cigarette Taxation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6801 2008-2009 Legislative and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6807 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9998 New York Racing Association Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8590 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8098 Drug Law Reform and Drug Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6451A 2006-2007 Legislature and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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