Tony Avella

Tony Avella
Member of the New York Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2018
Preceded byFrank Padavan
Succeeded byJohn Liu
Member of the New York City Council
from the 19th district
In office
January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2009
Preceded byMichael Abel
Succeeded byDan Halloran
Personal details
Born (1951-10-27) October 27, 1951 (age 73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations		Independent Democratic Conference (2014–2018)
SpouseJudith Cashman
EducationHunter College (BA)

Anthony Avella Jr. (born October 27, 1951)[1] is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the New York State Senate's 11th district in northeast Queens from 2011 to 2019. The district included the mostly affluent neighborhoods of College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, Floral Park, Beechhurst, Malba and Auburndale. Avella also served as a member of the New York City Council from 2002 to 2009, representing some of the same Queens neighborhoods in District 19. Avella is a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a group of Democratic state senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans.[2][3][4][5] He was also a losing candidate in the 2009 New York City mayoral election, the 2013 Queens Borough President election, and the 2017 New York City mayoral election.

On September 13, 2018, Avella was defeated in the State Senate Democratic primary by former New York City Comptroller John Liu.[6][7][8] Avella continued his campaign on third-party lines[9][10] and was again defeated by Liu in the general election.[11][12]

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  2. ^ NYSenate (2017-01-09), New York State Senate Session - 01/04/17, archived from the original on 2021-12-14, retrieved 2018-01-11
  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; Hakim, Danny (December 5, 2012). "Coalition Is to Control State Senate as Dissident Democrats Join With Republicans". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Senator Jesse Hamilton". 16 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ^ Noah Manskar (September 13, 2018). "NY Election Results: John Liu Ousts Tony Avella In Senate Primary". Patch. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. ^ Almukhtar, Sarah; Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine C. (13 September 2018). "New York Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2018 primary results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Lewis, Rebecca C. (15 October 2018). "Tony Avella's longshot state Senate bid". City & State. City & State NY, LLC. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ Lewis, Rebecca C. (September 14, 2018). "Defeated ex-IDC members have yet to concede". City & State NY. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  11. ^ Brandy, Ryan (7 November 2018). "Liu brings it home in state Senate race". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  12. ^ "New York Election Results". The New York Times. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.