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New York State Senate Voters' Guide 2009-2010 New York State Senate Voters' Guide 2009-2010 Voted supporting the Council's position Voted opposing the Council's position TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT Prior Economy - Autism Service Street- Real Budget/ Telecom approval SEQRA Budget / Budget Revenue Wide "Energize Spectrum Workers cutter Abusive Property Health Merger of health Citizen MTA tax / taxes Bill Greenhouse NY" Coverage Prevailing Prevailing Workplace Tax Spending bill insurance Suits % Gas limits Mandate Wage wage Cap rates Pro S.6610-C S.8088 S.7000-B/ S.8379-A/ S.1823-B S.67005 Jobs S.5451/ S.57-B/ S.6604-B/ S.8065 S.1635/ / A.9710- S.4315-A S.7263- (Breslin) A.10372- A.10257- S.7643 (Morahan) (Rules)/ A.8180 A.157-B A.9704-C (Aubertine) A.9480 D (Thompson) C / / A.11369 A D (Savino) /A.5414-B A.41005 Name Party / A.7572 -A A.2208- (Morelle) / A.404-B (Englebright) (Rules) Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote (Sweeney) D Vote Vote Vote (John) Vote Vote 5/6/09 04/3/09 6/24/10 06/21/10 4/20/10 8/3/10 6/7/10 6/21/10 7/1/10 5/12/10 8/3/10 15% Eric Adams D Joseph P. 15% D Addabbo, Jr. 77% James Alesi R Excused Absent Darrel 25% D Aubertine 82% John Bonacic R 15% Neil Breslin D John 82% R DeFrancisco 8% Ruben Diaz D Martin Malave 15% D Dilan Thomas 9% D Absent Duane TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT Prior Economy - Autism Service Street- Real Budget/ Telecom approval SEQRA Budget / Budget Revenue Wide "Energize Spectrum Workers cutter Abusive Property Health Merger of health Citizen MTA tax / taxes Bill Greenhouse NY" Coverage Prevailing Prevailing Workplace Tax Spending bill insurance Suits % Gas limits Mandate Wage wage Cap rates Pro S.6610-C S.8088 S.7000-B/ S.8379-A/ S.1823-B S.67005 Jobs S.5451/ S.57-B/ S.6604-B/ S.8065 S.1635/ / A.9710- S.4315-A S.7263- (Breslin) A.10372- A.10257- S.7643 (Morahan) (Rules)/ A.8180 A.157-B A.9704-C (Aubertine) A.9480 D (Thompson) C / / A.11369 A D (Savino) /A.5414-B A.41005 Name Party / A.7572 -A A.2208- (Morelle) / A.404-B (Englebright) (Rules) Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote (Sweeney) D Vote Vote Vote (John) Vote Vote 5/6/09 04/3/09 6/24/10 06/21/10 4/20/10 8/3/10 6/7/10 6/21/10 7/1/10 5/12/10 8/3/10 Pedro Espada, 17% D Jr. 73% Hugh Farley R John J. 82% R Flanagan 15% Brian X. Foley D Charles 67% R Fuschillo 78% Martin Golden R Excused Excused 82% Joseph Griffo R 73% Kemp Hannon R Ruth Hassell- 17% D Thompson Shirley 8% D Huntley 17% Craig Johnson D Owen H. 90% R Excused Johnson 18% Jeffrey Klein D 17% Liz Krueger D 18% Carl Kruger D 82% Andrew Lanza R 73% Bill Larkin R Kenneth 67% R LaValle Vincent 75% R Leibell Thomas W. 82% R Libous 80% Betty Little R Excused Carl 73% R Marcellino TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT Prior Economy - Autism Service Street- Real Budget/ Telecom approval SEQRA Budget / Budget Revenue Wide "Energize Spectrum Workers cutter Abusive Property Health Merger of health Citizen MTA tax / taxes Bill Greenhouse NY" Coverage Prevailing Prevailing Workplace Tax Spending bill insurance Suits % Gas limits Mandate Wage wage Cap rates Pro S.6610-C S.8088 S.7000-B/ S.8379-A/ S.1823-B S.67005 Jobs S.5451/ S.57-B/ S.6604-B/ S.8065 S.1635/ / A.9710- S.4315-A S.7263- (Breslin) A.10372- A.10257- S.7643 (Morahan) (Rules)/ A.8180 A.157-B A.9704-C (Aubertine) A.9480 D (Thompson) C / / A.11369 A D (Savino) /A.5414-B A.41005 Name Party / A.7572 -A A.2208- (Morelle) / A.404-B (Englebright) (Rules) Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote (Sweeney) D Vote Vote Vote (John) Vote Vote 5/6/09 04/3/09 6/24/10 06/21/10 4/20/10 8/3/10 6/7/10 6/21/10 7/1/10 5/12/10 8/3/10 George 73% R Maziarz Roy 73% R McDonald Velmanette 17% D Absent Montgomery Thomas 67% R Excused Excused Excused Excused Excused Excused Morahan Michael 82% R Nozzolio George 14% D Onorato Suzi 15% D Oppenheimer 58% Frank Padavan R 8% Kevin Parker D 0% Jose Peralta D 8% Bill Perkins D Michael 82% R Ranzenhofer Joseph 73% R Robach Stephen 82% R Saland John 18% D Absent Sampson 15% Diane Savino D Eric 7% D Schneiderman Jose M. 17% D Serrano 82% James Seward R 73% Dean Skelos R Malcolm 18% D Smith Dan 15% D Squadron TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE SUPPORT Prior Economy - Autism Service Street- Real Budget/ Telecom approval SEQRA Budget / Budget Revenue Wide "Energize Spectrum Workers cutter Abusive Property Health Merger of health Citizen MTA tax / taxes Bill Greenhouse NY" Coverage Prevailing Prevailing Workplace Tax Spending bill insurance Suits % Gas limits Mandate Wage wage Cap rates Pro S.6610-C S.8088 S.7000-B/ S.8379-A/ S.1823-B S.67005 Jobs S.5451/ S.57-B/ S.6604-B/ S.8065 S.1635/ / A.9710- S.4315-A S.7263- (Breslin) A.10372- A.10257- S.7643 (Morahan) (Rules)/ A.8180 A.157-B A.9704-C (Aubertine) A.9480 D (Thompson) C / / A.11369 A D (Savino) /A.5414-B A.41005 Name Party / A.7572 -A A.2208- (Morelle) / A.404-B (Englebright) (Rules) Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote (Sweeney) D Vote Vote Vote (John) Vote Vote 5/6/09 04/3/09 6/24/10 06/21/10 4/20/10 8/3/10 6/7/10 6/21/10 7/1/10 5/12/10 8/3/10 William 17% D Stachowski Toby Ann 15% D Stavisky Andrea 15% Stewart- D Cousins Antoine 8% D Thompson 25% David Valesky D 64% Dale Volker R George H. 82% R Winner, Jr. Catharine 82% R Young © The Business Council of New York State, Inc. | 111 Washington Avenue, Suite 400, Albany, New York 12210 | 518-465-7511.
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