Diane Savino

Diane Savino
Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
MayorEric Adams
Preceded byEric Ulrich
Member of the New York State Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2022
Preceded bySeymour P. Lachman
Succeeded byJessica Scarcella-Spanton
Personal details
Born (1963-09-28) September 28, 1963 (age 61)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Independent Democratic Conference (2011–2018)
EducationSt. John's University (BA)
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Diane J. Savino (born September 28, 1963) is an American Democratic politician who represented the 23rd Senate District[1] in the New York State Senate, in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island. She currently serves as a senior advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.[2]

From January 2011 to April 2018, Savino was a founding member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight Democratic state senators who formed a separate conference and allied themselves with Senate Republicans.[3][4][5] Savino and her IDC colleagues rejoined the Senate Democratic Conference in April 2018.[6][5] Savino was one of only two former members of the IDC that survived primary challenges in the 2018 New York Senate elections.[7]

  1. ^ "NY Senate District 23". Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ Liotta, Paul (2023-01-04). "Diane Savino to serve NYC Mayor Adams admin as senior advisor, report says". silive. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  3. ^ McKinley, Jesse (May 9, 2017). "For Group of Breakaway Democrats in New York, It Pays to Be No. 2". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ^ Kaplan, Thomas; Confessore, Nicholas (January 5, 2011). "4 Democrats in State Senate Break With Leaders". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Spector, Joseph (April 16, 2018). "After seven years, it's all over for the Senate Independent Democratic Conference". LoHud.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. ^ Wang, Vivian (April 16, 2018). "As Session Resumes, a Democratic Truce in Albany Seems Uneasy". The New York Times. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  7. ^ Wang, Vivian (2018-09-13). "Democratic Insurgents Topple 6 New York Senate Incumbents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-01.