ALBANY—With his office all set, State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has named the remaining members of his leadership team. Last week, he announced that State Senator David Valesky would serve as vice president pro tempore. He's also named most of the committee chairs.
Here's a complete set of new titles, and attached stipends (which are set by statute):
Malcolm Smith, temporary president and majority leader: $41,500
David Valesky, vice president pro tempore: $34,000
Carl Kruger, chairman of the Finance Committee: $34,000
Jeff Klein, deputy majority leader for legislative affairs: $34,000
Martin Dilan, senior assistant majority leader: $27,500
Neil Breslin, assistant majority leader for conference operations: $25,000
Bill Stachowski, assistant majority leader for house operations: $25,000
Ruth Hassell-Thompson, chair of the majority conference: $25,000
Tom Duane, chair of the majority program development committee: $25,000
Kevin Parker, majority whip: $22,000
Toby Ann Stavisky, vice chair of the majority conference: $22,000
Antoine Thompson, deputy majority whip: $20,500
Jose Serrano, secretary of the majority conference: $22,000
Diane Savino, chair of the majority steering committee: $20,500
Velmanette Montgomery, assistant majority whip: $19,500
Pedro Espada Jr., vice president of the senate for urban policy and plnning: (no stipend)
Suzi Oppenheimer, deputy majority leader for intergovernmental affairs: (no stipend)
Eric Adams Schneiderman, deputy majority leader for policy: (no stipend)
John Sampson, deputy majority leader for state-federal relations: (no stipend)
UPDATE:Smith spokesman Austin Shafran called to say they initially gave out he wrong name for deputy majority leader for policy.
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