Ada L. Smith
| Ada L. Smith | |
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| Member of the New York State Senate from the 20th, then the 12th and the 10th district |
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In office 1989–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Bartosiewicz |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Huntley |
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April 18, 1945 Amherst County, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
Ada L. Smith (born April 18, 1945) is an American politician from New York.
She was born on April 18, 1945, in Amherst County, Virginia, and was raised in New York City.) She graduated from Baruch College in 1973.
Smith, who remains unmarried, entered politics as a Democrat, and was a deputy in the office of the City Clerk of New York City. She was a member of the New York State Senate from 1989 to 2006, sitting in the 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th and 196th New York State Legislatures. Her district was centered in the Jamaica, Queens section of New York City.
Smith was the ranking minority member of the Senate's Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, and gained notoriety for several brushes with the law. She was backed by her party organization in the 2006 Democratic senate primary election but lost to challenger Shirley Huntley, who also won the general election later that year.
In 1996, staffer LaSone Garland-Bryan accused Smith of menacing her with a knife while they were alone in Smith's office. According to Garland-Bryan's statement, the senator became angry when she overheard Garland-Bryan telling family members that Smith "sometimes forgot to take her medication". Garland-Bryan declined to press charges, but wrote an official complaint about the incident to then-Senate Minority Leader Martin Connor, who responded by asserting that he had "no authority" to punish Smith.
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