With Democrats Taking Power, Brooklyn Senators Head Committees
When incoming state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins was deciding on committee chairmanships for the new legislative session, she must have had Brooklyn on her mind.
Stewart-Cousins tapped several of the borough’s state senators, all Democrats, to serve as chairpersons of key committees and subcommittees, giving them the opportunity to have a hand in deciding which pieces of legislation make it to the Senate floor for a vote in the 2019 legislative session that begins in early January. She announced the committee leaders on Tuesday.
Two senators, Diane Savino — who represents Coney Island and parts of Bensonhurst — and Kevin Parker — who represents East Flatbush, Flatbush and Midwood — will be heading legislative panels dealing with technology. Savino will chair the Subcommittee on Internet and Technology. Parker has been named chairperson of the Energy and Telecommunications Committee.