Malcolm Smith (politician, 1956)

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Malcom A. Smith

Malcolm Anthony Smith (born August 9, 1956 ) is a member of the New York Senate , where he represents the 14th Senate District in southeastern Queens . Smith is currently the Senate Temporary President and the first African American to hold the post. In January 2009 he was elected Majority Leader and Temporary President, but he was removed from this post on June 8, which sparked the 2009 New York State Senate Leadership Crisis . He was returned to his post as Temporary President on July 9, after it was agreed that Pedro Espada Jr. would be majority leader andJohn L. Sampson to become Leader of the Democratic Caucus . Smith's District includes Hollis , St. Albans , Cambria Heights , Queens Village , Rosedale, and all of the Rockaway Peninsula .

Smith was elected to the Senate for the first time as a Democrat in 2000 and as a minority leader in January 2007 . He agreed to become the first African-American Senate majority leader in New York after the 2008 election, which saw the Democrats win a majority in the Senate. However, three Democratic senators indicated they would not vote for Smith for supporting a bill legalizing same-sex marriages and left the outcome mooted. By early December, the leadership issue appeared to be resolved, with Smith becoming President pro Tempore and the third acting lieutenant governor (after Joe Bruno and Dean Skelos ) as David Paterson became the new governor of New York following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer . However, the deal fell a few days later due to Smith's refusal to "negotiate the civil rights issues in question." However, on Jan. 7, all 32 Democrats voted for Smith.

Malcom Smith planned to run for the Republican Party for the office of Mayor of New York and as successor to Michael Bloomberg in 2013 . He was arrested in April 2013 for allegedly using bribes to go shopping.

Smith is Roman Catholic and married. He was also sued in 2006 by a former employee regarding paternity.

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  1. ↑ Danny Hakim , "Paterson Calls for $ 5.2 Billion in Budget Savings" . The New York Times.Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Confessore: 3 Senate Democrats End Holdout in Return for Power Sharing . In: The New York Times , December 4, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008. 
  3. ↑ Michael Virtanen: Smith: Deal off with dissident NY Senate Democrats . In: Newsday , December 10, 2008. 
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Benjamin: Smith Back To Square One? (Updated) . In: New York Daily News , December 10, 2008. 
  5. ^ Senator wanted to buy New York mayor , Focus Online April 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Mahoney, Joe: Qns. Senator slapped with paternity suit , New York Daily News . February 24, 2006. 
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Malcolm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Malcolm Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1956