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Figure 9. Current Assembly Districts, 2000 population.
Assembly District Current Assemblyperson Type Population Adults Blacks Black Adults Prisoners Black Prisoners % District incarcerated % Black Adults Disenfran-chised
1 Patricia L. Acampora Suburban NYC 140,056 104,516 5,878 3,909 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
2 Fred W. Thiele Jr. Suburban NYC 139,312 104,364 6,714 4,638 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
3 Patricia A. Eddington Suburban NYC 130,398 96,530 9,108 5,845 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
4 Steve Englebright Suburban NYC 129,060 96,763 3,853 3,067 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
5 Steve Levy Suburban NYC 132,518 95,430 17,051 11,261 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
6 Robert C. Wertz Suburban NYC 122,850 90,817 786 575 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
7 Thomas F. Barraga Suburban NYC 126,617 92,130 4,863 3,119 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
8 Philip M. Boyle Suburban NYC 126,133 92,988 5,854 3,994 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
9 John J. Flanagan Suburban NYC 120,683 90,110 3,756 2,644 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
10 James D. Conte Suburban NYC 123,133 92,141 5,265 3,540 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
11 Robert K. Sweeney Suburban NYC 128,609 93,499 30,134 19,899 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
12 Steven L. Labriola Suburban NYC 117,612 88,532 2,731 1,943 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
13 David S. Sidikman Suburban NYC 121,588 91,254 10,694 7,754 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
14 Marc Herbst Suburban NYC 119,180 90,503 454 324 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
15 Donna Ferrara Suburban NYC 121,576 92,728 3,917 3,173 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
16 Thomas P. DiNapoli Suburban NYC 120,525 91,604 3,096 2,369 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
17 Maureen C. O'Connell Suburban NYC 119,095 90,738 7,234 5,105 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
18 Earlene Hooper Suburban NYC 130,451 94,702 68,054 47,837 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
19 David G. McDonough Suburban NYC 116,786 87,223 3,472 2,379 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
20 Harvey Weisenberg Suburban NYC 122,329 92,966 5,470 3,794 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
21 Bob Barra Suburban NYC 121,386 91,984 6,063 3,981 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
22 Tom Alfano Urban NYC 124,016 93,231 18,675 12,382 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
23 Audrey I. Pheffer Urban NYC 141,880 108,111 13,712 9,839 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
24 Mark Weprin Urban NYC 130,561 103,922 8,673 6,750 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
25 Brian M. McLaughlin Urban NYC 139,650 111,276 5,912 4,619 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
26 Ann Margaret Carrozza Urban NYC 124,365 102,081 2,062 1,609 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
27 Nettie Mayersohn Urban NYC 136,021 105,767 11,239 8,611 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
28 Michael Cohen Urban NYC 131,441 109,962 2,707 2,279 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
29 William Scarborough Urban NYC 136,565 101,114 89,256 65,049 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
30 Margaret M. Markey Urban NYC 141,683 114,213 2,724 2,074 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
31 Pauline Rhodd-Cummings Urban NYC 134,805 94,496 78,449 53,686 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
32 Vivian E. Cook Urban NYC 138,688 100,276 72,545 52,013 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
33 Barbara M. Clark Urban NYC 137,376 101,618 86,858 63,605 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
34 Ivan C. Lafayette Urban NYC 160,439 121,535 4,006 3,173 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
35 Jeffrion L. Aubry Urban NYC 148,860 114,059 24,915 18,880 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
36 Michael N. Gianaris Urban NYC 140,143 115,847 1,823 1,496 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
37 Catherine Nolan Urban NYC 138,639 104,316 12,858 8,569 604 343 0.44% 4.00%
38 Anthony Seminerio Urban NYC 148,263 111,562 5,092 3,422 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
39 Frank R. Seddio Urban NYC 138,020 102,164 54,298 36,411 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
40 Diane Gordon Urban NYC 119,256 78,993 81,347 53,805 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
41 Helene E. Weinstein Urban NYC 129,724 97,535 55,634 40,042 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
42 Rhoda Jacobs Urban NYC 115,579 81,073 82,756 57,834 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
43 Clarence Norman Jr. Urban NYC 106,657 76,726 82,774 60,848 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
44 James F. Brennan Urban NYC 121,354 94,240 16,236 12,091 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
45 Steven Cymbrowitz Urban NYC 128,983 99,446 2,219 1,642 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
46 Adele Cohen Urban NYC 119,439 92,807 17,266 10,853 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
47 William Colton Urban NYC 129,498 102,534 687 539 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
48 Dov Hikind Urban NYC 134,806 92,768 2,125 1,588 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
49 Peter J. Abbate Jr. Urban NYC 134,782 101,940 374 294 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
50 Joseph R. Lentol Urban NYC 119,330 84,310 19,866 14,026 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
51 Felix Ortiz Urban NYC 129,373 93,314 11,843 8,116 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
52 Joan L. Millman Urban NYC 127,794 108,177 7,143 6,356 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
53 Vito J. Lopez Urban NYC 113,137 79,647 9,161 6,189 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
54 Darryl C. Towns Urban NYC 126,235 83,307 32,071 20,779 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
55 William F. Boyland Urban NYC 118,487 76,884 93,607 61,050 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
56 Annette Robinson Urban NYC 118,185 81,852 96,129 66,789 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
57 Roger L. Green Urban NYC 114,155 87,750 78,597 58,551 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
58 N. Nick Perry Urban NYC 120,532 87,360 104,450 74,982 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
59 John W. Lavelle Urban NYC 147,528 105,705 33,887 21,462 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
60 Matthew Mirones Urban NYC 144,209 110,445 4,610 3,219 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
61 Robert A. Straniere Urban NYC 151,991 114,320 1,207 1,033 959 471 0.63% 45.60%
62 Sheldon Silver Urban NYC 129,000 108,367 6,550 5,322 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
63 Steven Sanders Urban NYC 123,755 107,431 9,623 7,460 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
64 Richard N. Gottfried Urban NYC 126,782 116,994 6,951 6,005 438 244 0.35% 4.06%
65 Alexander B. Pete Grannis Urban NYC 129,793 116,191 5,056 4,293 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
66 Deborah J. Glick Urban NYC 130,379 119,667 4,952 4,467 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
67 Scott Stringer Urban NYC 126,533 112,219 6,433 5,589 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
68 Adam Clayton Powell IV Urban NYC 131,303 95,080 43,538 30,841 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
69 Edward C. Sullivan Urban NYC 119,782 101,633 21,331 17,111 376 190 0.31% 1.11%
70 Keith L.T. Wright Urban NYC 134,956 98,995 81,511 61,225 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
71 Herman D. Farrell Jr. Urban NYC 130,775 99,487 38,676 29,627 449 205 0.34% 0.69%
72 Adriano Espaillat Urban NYC 128,885 92,274 8,028 6,166 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
73 John Ravitz Urban NYC 125,252 110,941 2,049 1,840 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
74 Carmen E. Arroyo Urban NYC 131,448 85,587 33,271 21,605 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
75 Ruben Diaz Urban NYC 128,858 90,100 44,342 32,000 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
76 Peter M. Rivera Urban NYC 134,313 93,323 35,835 24,902 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
77 Aurelia Greene Urban NYC 138,270 89,827 53,470 35,874 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
78 Jose Rivera Urban NYC 130,941 86,759 31,902 21,712 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
79 Gloria Davis Urban NYC 136,452 88,271 53,114 34,737 232 87 0.17% 0.25%
80 Jeff Klein Urban NYC 135,515 101,720 22,732 16,278 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
81 Jeffrey Dinowitz Urban NYC 127,227 98,073 19,297 14,052 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
82 Stephen B. Kaufman Urban NYC 129,843 101,191 26,539 20,105 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
83 Carl E. Heastie Urban NYC 139,783 100,427 95,836 68,475 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
84 J. Gary Pretlow Suburban NYC 129,870 92,655 57,578 39,504 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
85 Ronald C. Tocci Suburban NYC 132,429 99,782 7,951 5,976 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
86 Richard L. Brodsky Suburban NYC 129,985 98,206 12,955 9,496 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
87 Michael J. Spano Suburban NYC 129,729 102,935 10,661 7,432 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
88 Amy Paulin Suburban NYC 133,000 99,220 18,263 13,541 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
89 Naomi C. Matusow Suburban NYC 134,686 99,737 4,701 3,791 1,318 699 0.98% 18.44%
90 Sandy Galef Suburban NYC 133,760 100,127 13,118 9,587 2,264 1,241 1.69% 12.94%
91 Will Stephens Jr. Rural 134,879 98,600 2,529 1,854 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
92 Alexander J. Gromack Rural 127,853 95,096 10,783 7,293 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
93 Sam Colman Rural 137,099 95,342 18,886 12,859 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
94 Nancy Calhoun Rural 135,696 94,303 4,492 3,099 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
95 Howard Mills Rural 140,792 103,914 9,148 7,300 5,934 3,077 4.21% 42.15%
96 Tom Kirwan Rural 127,041 91,842 24,647 15,596 2,488 1,322 1.96% 8.48%
97 Joel M. Miller Rural 128,224 98,163 7,723 5,771 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
98 Jacob E. Gunther III Rural 129,730 95,529 9,888 7,008 1,784 876 1.38% 12.50%
99 Pat Manning Rural 130,639 98,226 6,631 5,150 4,135 2,119 3.17% 41.15%
100 Roy McDonald Rural 129,294 98,080 3,159 2,812 3,611 1,849 2.79% 65.75%
101 Kevin A. Cahill Rural 125,303 96,330 5,713 4,133 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
102 John J. Faso Rural 126,181 94,699 3,244 2,748 3,108 1,639 2.46% 59.64%
103 James Tedisco Rural 124,901 93,607 5,610 3,615 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
104 John J. McEneny Upstate Urban 119,499 96,231 11,923 8,173 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
105 Paul D. Tonko Rural 118,215 89,305 4,613 2,831 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
106 Ron Canestrari Upstate Urban 112,186 84,793 20,738 13,350 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
107 Robert G. Prentiss Upstate Urban 132,780 101,396 3,588 2,683 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
108 Pat M. Casale Rural 123,332 92,485 2,089 1,359 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
109 Elizabeth O'C. Little Rural 127,790 97,421 1,895 1,721 1,361 629 1.07% 36.55%
110 Chris Ortloff Rural 118,513 91,732 5,414 5,146 8,889 4,430 7.50% 86.09%
111 William Magee Rural 118,017 90,262 1,847 1,505 257 148 0.22% 9.83%
112 Dede Scozzafava Rural 119,067 90,388 2,574 2,400 3,132 1,642 2.63% 68.42%
113 Marc W. Butler Rural 124,879 94,440 1,266 851 492 253 0.39% 29.73%
114 H. Robert Nortz Rural 118,425 86,922 6,275 4,554 2,159 1,149 1.82% 25.23%
115 David R. Townsend Jr. Rural 117,238 88,184 1,099 737 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
116 RoAnn M. Destito Rural 99,719 76,925 11,680 8,485 5,031 2,423 5.05% 28.56%
117 Frances T. Sullivan Rural 122,377 89,629 674 522 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
118 William Sanford Upstate Urban 120,077 88,656 3,049 2,023 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
119 Joan K. Christensen Upstate Urban 108,915 79,276 27,053 16,546 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
120 William B. Magnarelli Upstate Urban 107,571 82,876 10,865 6,891 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
121 Harold C. Brown Jr. Rural 121,773 89,447 805 539 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
122 Clifford W. Crouch Rural 118,421 89,365 1,075 741 256 135 0.22% 18.22%
123 Jay J. Dinga Rural 115,872 87,664 1,677 1,118 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
124 Robert J. Warner Rural 110,149 85,465 4,735 3,188 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
125 Martin A. Luster Rural 123,160 99,595 3,617 2,633 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
126 Gary D. Finch Rural 116,550 86,338 3,307 2,675 3,014 1,562 2.59% 58.39%
127 George H. Winner Jr. Rural 117,369 87,949 5,264 4,001 2,742 1,518 2.34% 37.94%
128 Bob Oaks Rural 127,107 93,119 3,681 2,684 537 289 0.42% 10.77%
129 Brian M. Kolb Rural 124,555 92,784 2,020 1,385 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
130 Jim Bacalles Rural 117,950 87,378 1,594 1,115 291 147 0.25% 13.18%
131 Susan V. John Upstate Urban 116,895 88,573 23,972 15,195 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
132 Joseph D. Morelle Upstate Urban 116,066 92,097 6,627 4,519 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
133 David F. Gantt Upstate Urban 110,234 74,109 54,074 33,116 101 35 0.09% 0.11%
134 Joseph E. Robach Upstate Urban 120,723 90,199 6,857 4,317 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
135 David Koon Upstate Urban 135,288 99,789 2,250 1,598 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
136 Joseph A. Errigo Rural 129,450 99,452 4,866 3,823 2,394 1,151 1.85% 30.11%
137 Charlie Nesbitt Rural 127,840 94,560 4,520 3,722 2,851 1,528 2.23% 41.05%
138 Francine DelMonte Rural 113,941 86,173 10,972 7,005 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
139 David E. Seaman Rural 122,845 91,675 3,075 2,045 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
140 Robin Schimminger Upstate Urban 112,993 87,956 2,881 1,980 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
141 Arthur O. Eve Upstate Urban 101,691 71,007 80,651 54,036 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
142 Jim Hayes Upstate Urban 124,241 96,495 7,181 4,882 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
143 Paul A. Tokasz Upstate Urban 111,466 86,869 9,694 5,890 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
144 Sam Hoyt Upstate Urban 113,277 86,367 14,640 10,275 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
145 Brian Higgins Upstate Urban 120,839 91,043 1,358 1,105 1,095 562 0.91% 50.86%
146 Richard A. Smith Rural 123,718 92,753 4,084 3,243 3,864 1,767 3.12% 54.49%
147 Daniel J. Burling Rural 123,696 91,772 2,911 2,721 3,992 2,118 3.23% 77.84%
148 Sandra Lee Wirth Rural 130,822 98,937 749 520 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
149 Catharine M. Young Rural 117,242 87,823 1,150 796 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
150 William L. Parment Rural 118,402 89,521 2,738 2,047 1,308 601 1.10% 29.36%

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