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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_15th_State_Senate_district" title="New York's 15th State Senate district">15th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 1, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Serphin_Maltese" class="mw-redirect" title="Serphin Maltese">Serphin Maltese</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">New York City Council</a><br />from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City%27s_32nd_City_Council_district" title="New York City's 32nd City Council district">32nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_C._Stabile" 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Stabile">Alfonso C. Stabile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Ulrich" title="Eric Ulrich">Eric Ulrich</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Joseph Patrick Addabbo Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-05-13</span>) </span>May 13, 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Ozone_Park,_Queens" title="Ozone Park, Queens">Ozone Park, Queens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's University (New York)">St. John's University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Touro_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Touro Law School">Touro Law School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/joseph-p-addabbo-jr">Official Website</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Patrick Addabbo Jr.</b> (born May 13, 1964) is an American politician, a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_15th_State_Senate_district" title="New York's 15th State Senate district">15th district</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Howard_Beach,_Queens" title="Howard Beach, Queens">Howard Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ozone_Park,_Queens" title="Ozone Park, Queens">Ozone Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodhaven,_Queens" title="Woodhaven, Queens">Woodhaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Queens" title="Glendale, Queens">Glendale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middle_Village,_Queens" title="Middle Village, Queens">Middle Village</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maspeth,_Queens" title="Maspeth, Queens">Maspeth</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/South_Ozone_Park,_Queens" title="South Ozone Park, Queens">South Ozone Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridgewood,_Queens" title="Ridgewood, Queens">Ridgewood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodside,_Queens" title="Woodside, Queens">Woodside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rockaway,_Queens" title="Rockaway, Queens">The Rockaways</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Addabbo_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Addabbo was born in 1964, the youngest child of Congressman <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Patrick_Addabbo" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Patrick Addabbo">Joseph Patrick Addabbo, Sr.</a>, and Grace Addabbo. He attended Nativity BVM School in Ozone Park and <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_Molloy_High_School" title="Archbishop Molloy High School">Archbishop Molloy High School</a>, graduating in 1982. He later received degrees from <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_University_(New_York_City)" title="St. John's University (New York City)">St. John's University</a> (1986) and <a href="/wiki/Touro_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Touro Law School">Touro Law School</a>. His father, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Addabbo_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph P. Addabbo Sr.">Joseph P. Addabbo Sr.</a>, served 13 terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Addabbo practiced law for ten years at Addabbo and Greenberg before being elected to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City%27s_32nd_City_Council_district" title="New York City's 32nd City Council district">32nd district</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">New York City Council</a> in 2001. He was re-elected three times and served as a council member for eight years. Addabbo and his wife, Dawn, have two daughters, Alexis and Arianna. </p><p>Addabbo is a resident of the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Village,_Queens" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Village, Queens">Tudor Village</a> section of <a href="/wiki/Ozone_Park,_Queens" title="Ozone Park, Queens">Ozone Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York_Senate">New York Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Addabbo_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New York Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2008, Republican state Senator <a href="/wiki/Serphin_R._Maltese" title="Serphin R. Maltese">Serphin R. Maltese</a> had served the southern Queens district for ten terms, despite the district leaning Democratic. Facing term limits in the Council in 2009, Addabbo decided to challenge Maltese. In a good year for Democrats, Addabbo defeated Maltese 57% to 43%.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the district is more competitive than others in Queens, Addabbo has never won re-election by less than ten points, beating Councilman <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Como" title="Anthony Como">Anthony Como</a> in 2010, Councilman <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ulrich" title="Eric Ulrich">Eric Ulrich</a> in 2012, and Republican Michael Conigliaro in 2014. He did not face serious challenges in 2016 or 2018. </p><p>On June 24, 2011, Addabbo supported gay marriage by voting for the "Marriage Equality Enactment" Bill# A-8354, which successfully passed in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This vote was a change in position, as Addabbo had been one of a handful of Democratic votes against marriage equality that defeated a similar bill in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Senate, Addabbo serves as the Chair of the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Addabbo_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_State_Senate_leadership_crisis" title="2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis">2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Addabbo_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nyssenate15.com/15/Biography.aspx">Official Biography from New York State Senate website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090401023537/http://nyssenate15.com/15/biography.aspx">Archived</a> 2009-04-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shaman, Diana. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E2DD163CF936A35753C1A9659C8B63">"If You're Thinking of Living In/Ozone Park; Changing Faces, Enduring Values"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, October 5, 2003. 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Stabile</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">New York City Council</a><br />from the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City%27s_32nd_City_Council_district" title="New York City's 32nd City Council district">32nd district</a> </b><br />2002–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Ulrich" title="Eric Ulrich">Eric Ulrich</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Griffo" title="Joseph Griffo">Joseph Griffo</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">Chairman of the Senate Committee on Elections</a> </b><br />2009–2010 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" 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