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Gottfried to retire from New York state Assembly after 52 years

NYS Assemblyman Richard Gottfried
NYS Assemblyman Richard Gottfried
NYS Assemblyman Richard Gottfried

The dean of the New York state Assembly is retiring after 52 years.

Richard Gottfried, a Manhattan Democrat from the 75th district, says his run as the longest-serving lawmaker in state history will conclude at the end of his 26th term next year. Elected at age 23, Gottfried is now 74.

A champion for progressive causes, Gottfried has long served as the powerful chair of the Health Committee. He says he is retiring from a career “while I’m still loving it.”

In recent months, Gottfried clashed with the Cuomo administration over COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

“I think the problems that I’ve had and that I think New Yorkers have had with the Health Department, I think are the responsibility of [Gov. Cuomo],” he told WAMC in September.

In a statement, Governor Kathy Hochul says the impact of the laws Gottfried “authored and of his leadership will be felt by New Yorkers for generations.”

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