Names of Positions
I have seen repeated names in our readings. It is not necessary to memorize any of them, but passing your eyes over them may help you recognize them in the future.
Council Speaker Est. 1986 | Comptroller Est. 1801 | Governor Est. 1777[1] | Public Advocate Est. 1993 |
Adrienne Adams | Brad Lander | Kathy Hochul | Jumaane Williams |
Corey Johnson | Scott Stringer | Andrew Cuomo | Corey Johnson |
Melissa Mark-Viverito | John Liu | Eliot Spitzer | Letitia James |
Christine Quinn | William Thompson | George Pataki | Bill de Blasio |
Gifford Miller | Alan Hevesi | Mario Cuomo | Betsy Gotbaum |
Peter Vallone (1st) | Elizabeth Holtzmann | Hugh Carey | Mark Green (1st) |
Bolded people are those we have encountered in this course
● Famous politicians who were once NY governor
○ FDR
○ TR
○ Grover Cleveland resigned from governor having been elected
○ Martin Van Buren
○ Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes
○ William Seward
○ Democratic nominees for president
■ Samuel J Tilden
■ Horatio Seymour
○ John Jay
● Famous comptrollers
○ Abe Beame