As members of the New York State Senate ponder whether to hold a vote on legalizing same-gender marriage before the current legislative session expires, an exclusive NY1 survey of all 62 state Senators suggests that supporters of the bill are facing an uphill battle in their fight to get it passed this month.
Twenty lawmakers tell NY1 that they would vote “yes” on the bill, with 15 either undecided or noncommittal. The measure would need 32 votes to pass.
According to the NY1 tally, if only four more undecided lawmakers oppose same-gender marriage, the bill would fail.
Among those who are undecided or undeclared are New York City Senators Hiram Monserrate of Queens, Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, Andrew Lanza of Staten Island, John Sampson of Brooklyn and Ruth Hassel-Thompson of The Bronx/Westchester.
The measure already passed the state Assembly and has the support of Governor David Paterson.
Here is the overall breakdown, with 32 votes needed to pass:
Would Vote “Yes” 20 (All Democrats)
Would Vote “No” 27 (22 Republicans, 5 Democrats)
Undecided 10 (6 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Wouldn’t Say 5 (4 Republicans, 1 Democrat)
Here is the breakdown by Senator:
Would vote “Yes”
Eric Adams, D-Brooklyn
Neil Breslin, D-Delmar
Martin Dilan, D-Brooklyn
Thomas Duane, D-Manhattan
Pedro Espada, D-Bronx
Craig Johnson, D-Nassau
Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx/Westchester
Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan
Velmanette Montgomery, D-Brooklyn
Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Westchester
Kevin Parker, D-Brookyn
Bill Perkins, D-Manhattan
Diane Savino, D-Staten Island/Brooklyn
Eric Schneiderman, D-Manhattan/Bronx
Jose Serrano, D-Bronx/Manhattan
Malcolm Smith, D-Queens
Daniel Squadron, D-Brooklyn/Manhattan
Toby Ann Stavisky, D-Queens
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Westchester
Antoine Thompson, D-Buffalo
Would vote “No”
Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent
John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse
Ruben Diaz, D-Bronx
Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna
John Flanagan, R-Suffolk
Charles Fuschillo, R-Nassau/Suffolk
Martin Golden, R-Brooklyn
Joseph Griffo, R-Rome
Shirley Huntley, D-Queens
William Larkin, R-Cornwall
Kenneth LaValle, R-Suffolk
Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton
Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury
Carl Marcellino, R-Nassau/Suffolk
George Maziarz, R-Newfane
Michael Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls
George Onorato, D-Queens
Frank Padavan, R-Queens/Bronx/Nassau
Michael Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst
Joseph Robach, R-Greece
Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie
James Seward, R-Milford
Dean Skelos, R-Nassau
William Stachowski, D-Buffalo
Dale Volker, R-Depew
George Winner, R-Elmira
Catharine Young, R-Olean
Undecided
John Bonacic, R-Mt. Hope
Brian Foley, D-Suffolk
Ruth Hassel-Thompson, D-Bronx/Westchester
Owen Johnson, R-Suffolk
Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn
Andrew Lanza, R-Staten Island
Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga
Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens
John Sampson, D-Brooklyn
David Valesky, D-Oneida
Wouldn’t Say
Joseph Addabbo, D-Queens
James Alesi, R-East Rochester
Kemp Hannon, R-Nassau
Vincent Leibell, R-Westchester
Thomas Morahan, R-Rockland
(NY1.com)
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7 Responses
Don’t be surprised if it gets through at the last minute. The childless people who are part of the group that benefit from this have a lot of money to through around. With 2 incomes and without the expense of children money in plentiful.
Let’s keep on davening.
New York has the big chance right now to break the toeva momentum, especially after they won in a number of states like Maine, Hashem Yerachaim. Yehi ratzon that good will win and the toeva people will lose decisively.
can someone post e-mail addresses for those who are undecided or wouldn’t say?
The Toeva advocates are indefatigueable. They rely on the fact that their opponents will eventually tire of the constant battle and give up.
Our organizations must make it clear that we have the energy and the determination to keep fighting as long as necessary, until the tide of public opinion turns against this insanity.
I managed to find the email addresses of 4 out of the 5 undecided or undeclared senators.
Carl Kruger – [email protected]
Andrew Lanza – [email protected]
John Sampson – [email protected]
Ruth Hassel-Thompson –
[email protected]
I couldn’t figure out Hiram Monserrate’s address.
Shloime
thank you #6. now we can write a short e-mail to all 4 together announcing our support for the Aibishter’s view on this, and standing up for what we believe in as Yiden.