Candidate · State Senate, District 11
Toby Ann Stavisky
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Senate (63 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve the governor's picks for top jobs and for judges on the state's highest court. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, District 11 (since 2023; in the Senate since 1999)
- Occupation
- State Senator; former social studies teacher
Background
- Graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and Syracuse University (1960); graduate coursework at Hunter College and Queens College. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Taught social studies in New York City high schools and was a Census district manager in Northeast Queens. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected to the State Senate in a November 1999 special election, succeeding Leonard P. Stavisky; represented District 16 from 1999 to 2022 and District 11 since 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Chairs the Senate Committee on Higher Education. source: en.wikipedia.org
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