By Tom Precious
ALBANY – The Senate’s co-leaders have moved GOP Sen. Patrick Gallivan from his post as chairman of the Senate’s economic development committee, giving the job to a central New York Democrat who is part of a breakaway group of Democrats who have helped keep the Republicans partly in control of the chamber.
Gallivan said this morning he is fine with the decision because he will remain on the economic development panel and last night was named to chair the Senate’s Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee.
“I’m excited about it. It’s essentially what I spent a career doing,’’ said Gallivan, who from 1998 to 2005 served as Erie County Sheriff following a 15-year career with the State Police. He also has a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University at Albany. Gallivan was also named as a member of the higher education and transportation committees.
Getting the economic development chairmanship is Sen. David Valesky, a Madison County Democrat who is one of the five Democrats who split from the main Democratic conference to help Republicans stay in partial power through a new coalition agreement.
The new assignment came after a final day of closed-door talks between Senate co-leaders Dean Skelos, a Long Island Republican, and Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat, over who was going to get what posts on committees. The talks dragged on so long that rank-and-file lawmakers had already left town and the Senate could not be formally adjourned until there was one member from each of three partisan factions to end the day's session. One insider said considerable "hand-holding'' was going on by Skelos and some Senate Republicans unhappy with the committee musical chair assignments.
Here is the list of committees released last night (it includes Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti being named to the Senate Finance Committee):
Aging:
Adams (Chair)
Felder
Golden
LaValle
Marchione
Valesky
Zeldin
Agriculture:
Ritchie (Chair)
Gallivan
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Seward
Valesky
Young
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse:
Sanders (Chair)
Bonacic
Boyle
Ritchie
Banks:
Griffo (Chair)
Farley (Vice Chair)
Bonacic
DeFrancisco
Golden
Marchione
Martins
O’Mara
Marcellino
Ranzenhofer
Valesky
Children and Families:
Felder (Chair)
Bonacic
Savino
Young
Cities:
Lanza (Chair)
Ball
DeFrancisco
Grisanti
Civil Service and Pensions:
Golden (Chair)
Fuschillo
Lanza
Martins
Ritchie
Robach
Savino
Codes:
Nozzolio (Chair)
Boyle
DeFrancisco
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Gallivan
Golden
Lanza
O’Mara
Smith
Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business:
Valesky (Chair)
Boyle
Gallivan
Felder
Fuschillo
Griffo
Robach
Consumer Protection:
Zeldin (Chair)
Boyle
Fuschillo
Little
Marchione
Maziarz
Savino
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions:
Ranzenhofer (Chair)
Flanagan
Larkin
Martins
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction:
Gallivan (Chair)
Carlucci
DeFrancisco
Griffo
Little
Maziarz
Nozzolio
Ritchie
Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation:
Little (Chair)
Bonacic
Griffo
Grisanti
Marcellino
Marchione
Ritchie
Education:
Flanagan (Chair)
Farley
Lanza
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Maziarz
Ranzenhofer
Robach
Seward
Smith
Valesky
Elections:
O’Mara (Chair)
Ball
Gallivan
Nozzolio
Marchione
Energy and Telecommunications:
Maziarz (Chair)
Carlucci
Fuschillo
Griffo
O’Mara
Ritchie
Robach
Environmental Conservation:
Grisanti (Chair)
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Maziarz
O’Mara
Smith
Young
Ethics:
Boyle (Chair)
Farley
Lanza
Finance:
DeFrancisco (Chair)
Smith (Vice Chair)
Bonacic
Farley
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Golden
Griffo
Grisanti
Hannon
Lanza
Larkin
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Robach
Savino
Seward
Young
Higher Education:
LaValle (Chair)
Flanagan
Gallivan
Griffo
Grisanti
Maziarz
Ritchie
Robach
Savino
Seward
Valesky
Zeldin
Housing, Construction and Community Development:
Young (Chair)
Bonacic
Boyle
Gallivan
Nozzolio
Smith
Insurance:
Seward (Chair)
Carlucci
Flanagan
Golden
Grisanti
Lanza
Larkin
LaValle
Martins
O’Mara
Valesky
Young
Investigations and Government Operations:
Marcellino (Chair)
Carlucci
Golden
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Zeldin
Labor:
Savino (Chair)
Ball
DeFrancisco
Gallivan
Grisanti
Hannon
Marcellino
Marchione
Martins
Robach
Local Government:
Martins (Chair)
Ball
Boyle
Marchione
Ritchie
Mental Health:
Carlucci (Chair)
Ball
Bonacic
Felder
Hannon
Seward
Zeldin
Racing, Gaming and Wagering:
Bonacic (Chair)
Boyle
Griffo
Marchione
Nozzolio
Ranzenhofer
Social Services:
Smith (Chair)
Ball
Farley
Martins
Transportation:
Fuschillo (Chair)
Robach (Vice Chair)
Carlucci
Gallivan
Larkin
Maziarz
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Smith
Young
Zeldin
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs:
Ball (Chair)
Carlucci
Flanagan
Golden
Griffo
Grisanti
Larkin
Zeldin
New York City Education Subcommittee:
Felder (Chair)
Lanza
Golden
Smith
PLEASE NOTE: An additional standing committee, the Senate Committee on
Infrastructure and Capital Investments, to be chaired by Sen. Joseph
Robach, will be handed up on Monday.
In addition, Sen. Kathy Marchione has been appointed Senate Chair of the Administrative Regulations Review Commission.
Previously, appointees were announced for the following Senate committees:
Rules:
Skelos (Chair)
Libous (Vice Chair)
Bonacic
Carlucci
Farley
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Hannon
Larkin
LaValle
Marcellino
Maziarz
Nozzolio
Seward
Valesky
Health:
Hannon (Chair)
Ball
Farley
Felder
Fuschillo
Golden
Larkin
Savino
Seward
Young
Judiciary:
Bonacic (Chair)
DeFrancisco
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Hannon
Lanza
LaValle
Little
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Savino
Smith
Ranzenhofer
Zeldin
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