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Stewart-Cousins' Elevation As NY's First Female Majority Leader Lauded By Cuomo, Pace President Stewart-Cousins' Elevation As NY's First Female Majority Leader Lauded By Cuomo, Pace President
Stewart-Cousins' Elevation As NY's First Female Majority Leader Lauded By Cuomo, Pace President There no longer will be "three men in a room" negotiating key state legislation, with the first woman in the state's history being tapped as a leader in the New York General Assembly. "Congratulations to Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on her much-deserved election to be leader of the Senate majority and the first African-American woman to lead a majority conference in the Legislature," Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Westchester Democrat, said in a statement on Monday, Nov. 26. Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers also drew praise from Pace University's president, where she received her …

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