185th New York State Legislature
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| Jurisdiction | New York, United States | ||||||||
| Term | January 1, 1983 – December 31, 1984 | ||||||||
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| Members | 61 | ||||||||
| President | Lt. Gov. Alfred DelBello (D) | ||||||||
| Temporary President | Warren M. Anderson (R) | ||||||||
| Party control | Republican (35–26) | ||||||||
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| Members | 150 | ||||||||
| Speaker | Stanley Fink (D) | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic (98–52) | ||||||||
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| 1st | January 5 – June 28, 1983 |
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| 2nd | September 15, 1983 – |
| 3rd | January 4 – July 1, 1984 |
| 4th | December 6, 1984 – |
The 185th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 5, 1983, to December 31, 1984, during the first and second years of Mario Cuomo's governorship, in Albany.
On May 8, 1982, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats announced that they had agreed upon a new apportionment. The number of seats in the State Senate was increased from 60 to 61. The new district lines were gerrymandered by the Republican Senate majority to increase Republican strength, and by the Democratic Assembly majority to increase Democratic strength.
On June 23, 1982, a special panel of three federal judges ordered Special Master Robert P. Patterson Jr. to revise the new apportionment proposed by the Legislature.
On July 3, 1982, the revised re-apportionment was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Thus, under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1938 and the U.S. Supreme Court decision to follow the One man, one vote rule, re-apportioned in 1982 by the Legislature, 61 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts for two-year terms. Senate and Assembly districts consisted of approximately the same number of inhabitants, the area being apportioned contiguously without restrictions regarding county boundaries.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, the Right to Life Party, the Libertarian Party, a "Statewide Independent Party", a "Unity Party", the New Alliance Party, and the Socialist Workers Party also nominated tickets.
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