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Dec. 27, 2020 7:00 pm ET
Albany was a more bipartisan place in the 1970s: The decade started with Nelson Rockefeller as governor, before Democrat Hugh Carey was elected in 1974. Republicans had solid control of the state Senate and, until a wave of elections that followed the Watergate scandal, the state Assembly.
That climate forged the governing style of Joe Lentol and Robin Schimminger, who after a combined 92 years in office are leaving their Assembly seats at the end of the year. Mr. Lentol lost a Democratic primary in June; Mr. Schimminger, who is also a Democrat, didn’t seek another term.
In recent interviews, the men said the lessons from their early years in the chamber which has been controlled by Democrats since 1975 are instructive in a current political climate that they called divisive.
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Along the hallways of H.H. Richardsonâs Capitol in Albany, and inside its magnificent Assembly Chamber, Robin Schimminger of Kenmore has proven more than mere mainstay.
For 44 years, the Democratic graduate of Cardinal OâHara High School, Canisius College and New York University Law School has worked the room, conducting his lawmaking in that unique manner that includes answering questions with questions (to which reporters have long become accustomed).
Schimminger will not report to Albany either in person or virtually when the Legislature convenes early next month, for the first time since 1977. At 73, he is retiring because of family considerations. The Albany scene as well as Erie County politics must now adapt to his absence.