New York State Assembly Memorial Tribute to Richard J. Conners

Richard J. Conners represented Albany's Ninth Ward (North End of the city) for 20 years in the Albany Common Council, and served as president of that body for another 15 years before being elected to the State Assembly in 1976. As assemblyman he represented the 104th District (City of Albany and Towns of Berne, Knox, Guilderland, and New Scotland) for 16 years before his death, and was universally respected by his legislative colleagues.

In April 1983 Assemblyman Conners was appointed as the first chairman of the then-new standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. He also served on committees on Real Property, Taxation, Cities, Insurance, and Tourism, Arts and Sports Development. A native of Albany and an insurance broker by profession before his election to the assembly, Conners was very active in local and civic affairs; his committee memberships paralleled those interests.

This series consists of a VHS videocassette of the Assembly Memorial to Assemblyman Richard J. Conners, recorded in the Assembly Chamber on March 6, 1996. Memorial remarks include those by Speaker Sheldon Silver and assembly members McEneny, Canestrari, Dugan, Seminario, Butler, Tedisco, Genovese, Prentiss, Tocci, Sullivan, Vann, Gottfried, Keane, Lentol, Crowley, Tonko, Colman, and Baragga.

This series has been digitized in its entirety and is available in State Archives Digital Collections.

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