New York State Assembly

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legislative body public authority state lower house

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of New York’s bicameral state legislature, composed of elected representatives responsible for proposing and passing state laws.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
public authority ⓘ
state lower house ⓘ
buildingStyleOfChamber Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ
surface form: Renaissance Revival
canOverrideVeto yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article III of the New York Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentSpeaker Carl E. Heastie ⓘ
currentSpeakerAssumedOffice 2015 ⓘ
currentSpeakerParty Democratic Party ⓘ
electionCycle every 2 years ⓘ
electorate residents of New York State assembly districts ⓘ
foundationDate 1777 ⓘ
hasCommittee Education Committee (New York State Assembly) ⓘ
Health Committee (New York State Assembly) ⓘ
Judiciary Committee (New York State Assembly) ⓘ
Ways and Means Committee (New York State Assembly) ⓘ
hasPart New York State Assembly districts ⓘ
hasUpperHouse New York State Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form: State of New York
languageUsed English ⓘ
lastElectionDate 2024-11-05 ⓘ
leaderTitle Speaker of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
legislativeAuthority New York State Constitution ⓘ
legislativeStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Albany ⓘ
surface form: Albany, New York
majorityParty Democratic Party ⓘ
meetsIn New York State Capitol, Albany ⓘ
surface form: New York State Capitol
minorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
nextElectionDate 2026-11-03 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
numberOfSeats 150 ⓘ
partOf New York State Legislature ⓘ
precededBy New York Colonial Assembly ⓘ
redistrictingBody New York Independent Redistricting Commission ⓘ
responsibility conducting legislative hearings ⓘ
debating state legislation ⓘ
overseeing state budget ⓘ
passing state laws ⓘ
proposing state laws ⓘ
representing assembly districts ⓘ
salaryOfMembers $142000 per year ⓘ
sessionLocation New York State Capitol, Albany ⓘ
surface form: Assembly Chamber, New York State Capitol
sessionType regular sessions ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
vetoOverrideRequirement two-thirds majority ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://nyassembly.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York State Assembly minority leader → category → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Gitlow was a socialist political activist → electedTo → New York State Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow
Charles Schumer → electedToOffice → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Assembly districts → governingBody → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Legislature → hasLowerHouse → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York state politics → hasLowerHouse → New York State Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: New York State Legislature
New York State Legislature → hasPart → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Legislature → house → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Government of the State of New York → lowerHouse → New York State Assembly ⓘ
U.S. state of New York → lowerHouse → New York State Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: New York
Henry Jarvis Raymond → memberOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Samuel Osgood → memberOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Walter Livingston → memberOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Judiciary Committee (New York State Assembly) → partOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Assembly districts → partOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Assembly minority leader → partOf → New York State Assembly ⓘ
Pelham, New York → representedIn → New York State Assembly ⓘ
New York State Legislature → subdivision → New York State Assembly ⓘ