Preceded by Seymour P. Lachman Signature Party Democratic Party Religion Roman Catholic Education St. John's University | Profession Caseworker Role New York State Senator Political party Democratic Name Diane Savino | |
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Born September 28, 1963 (age 60)
Queens, New York, U.S. ( 1963-09-28 ) Alma mater St. John's University (B.A.) Residence Shore Acres, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Nys senator diane savino speaks on the marriage equality bill
Diane J. Savino (born September 28, 1963) is a Democratic politician representing the 23rd Senate District in the New York State Senate, in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Sunset Park and Coney Island. Savino is a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight Democratic state senators who oppose the mainstream Democratic conference leadership and have reached a power-sharing agreement with the Republican Party in the Senate.
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- Nys senator diane savino speaks on the marriage equality bill
- Reaching out diane savino nys senator
- Early life and career
- State Senate career
- Personal
- Election results for state senate
- References
Reaching out diane savino nys senator
Early life and career
Savino was born in Astoria, Queens. She began her career in public service as a caseworker for New York City’s Child Welfare Administration, providing direct assistance to abused and neglected children. She was an active member of her local labor union, the Social Service Employees Union, Local 371, DC 37 of AFSCME, and became the Vice President for Political Action & Legislative Affairs
State Senate career
In 2004, she was elected to represent the 23rd Senatorial District and has been re-elected five times since.
On December 2, 2009, Savino voted for same sex marriage legislation, which failed to pass the Senate. Her speech on same-sex marriage became popular on the Internet. Subsequently in 2011, the same-sex marriage bill passed to become law.
In 2011, Savino joined a small breakaway group of NY Democrats, Jeffrey D. Klein, David J. Valesky, and David Carlucci, called the IDC (Independent Democratic Conference) that shared control of the Senate with the Republican conference despite a Democratic majority.
When the Republican Conference won enough seats for outright control of the Senate in 2014 Savino and the rest of the IDC chose to remain aligned with them.
As a member of the IDC, Savino votes for the Republicans' leadership slate in the state senate, and is rewarded by the Republican party with a stipend, known as a "lulu," worth $13,500 a year, designated by Legislative Law 5-1 for the chairman of the Codes committee. Republicans named her only vice-chairwoman of that committee, however, reserving the chairmanship for one of their own, and in order to send money to Savino, payroll officials falsified state documents.
Each year, EPL/Environmental Advocates tracks the environmental voting records of the New York State Legislature. In 2009 and 2010, Savino earned 77 and 81 points out of a 100. In 2011, she earned 78 points, but in 2012, Savino earned just 38 points.
Personal
Savino dates fellow independent Democratic state senator Jeffrey Klein. She lives by herself in Staten Island. The Italian American politician is known for her early to bed, early to rise lifestyle and weekly commutes every Sunday afternoon to Albany during the legislative session. She is a self-admitted "neurotic cleaner". Assemblyman Matthew Titone once tricked her into cleaning his apartment.