Tony Avella

Tony Avella

Democratic Party

Prior offices

New York State Senate District 11

Successor: John Liu

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 7, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

Hunter College

Personal

Religion

Christian: Catholic

Profession

Public servant

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Tony Avella (Democratic Party) was a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 11. He assumed office in 2011. He left office on January 1, 2019.

Avella (Democratic Party, Taxpayers Unite Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 19. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 27, 2023.

Biography

Avella earned his B.A. from Hunter College at the City University of New York in 1974. His professional experience includes working as an aide to various local and state officials and serving on the New York City Council to represent the 19th District in 2001, where he chaired the Zoning and Franchises Committee and founded and chaired the Italian-American Caucus.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Avella served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Avella served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Avella served on these committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2023)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 19

Incumbent Vickie Paladino defeated Tony Avella in the general election for New York City Council District 19 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino (R / Conservative Party / Common Sense Party)	59.9	11,861
		Tony Avella (D / Taxpayers Unite Party)	39.7	7,860
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	70

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,791
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Graziano (Public Safety Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 19

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tony Avella in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	51.1	2,870	501	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	48.9	2,746	557	3
		Paul Graziano	0.0	0	-1,440	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	39.5	2,369	6	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	36.5	2,189	3	3
		Paul Graziano	24.0	1,440	4	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	39.3	2,363	0	Advanced (3)
	Submit photo	Christopher Bae	36.3	2,186	0	3
		Paul Graziano	23.9	1,436	0	2
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.6	34	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,019
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate
✔		Vickie Paladino

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Avella in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in New York, New York (2021)

General election

General election for New York City Council District 19

Vickie Paladino defeated Tony Avella and John-Alexander Sakelos in the general election for New York City Council District 19 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino (R / Independent Party)	47.2	12,790
		Tony Avella (D)	45.7	12,400
		John-Alexander Sakelos (Conservative Party / Save Our City Party)	6.8	1,857
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	71

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,118
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 19

Select round: Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Tony Avella in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	54.7	6,429	960	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	45.3	5,317	1,080	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	0.0	0	-2,939	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	43.3	5,469	463	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	33.5	4,237	408	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	23.2	2,939	345	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	0.0	0	-1,058	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	0.0	0	-378	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	0.0	0	-186	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	38.4	5,006	14	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	29.3	3,829	11	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	19.9	2,594	2	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	8.1	1,058	5	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	2.9	378	2	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	1.4	186	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Tony Avella	38.1	4,992	0	Advanced (4)
	Submit photo	Richard Lee	29.2	3,818	0	4
	Submit photo	Austin Shafran	19.8	2,592	0	3
	Submit photo	Adriana Aviles	8.0	1,053	0	2
	Submit photo	Francis Spangenberg	2.9	376	0	2
	Submit photo	Nabaraj KC	1.4	186	0	2
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.5	69	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,086
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Vickie Paladino in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Vickie Paladino	51.6	1,765	0	Advanced (1)
		John-Alexander Sakelos	47.0	1,608	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	1.4	47	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,420
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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 19

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: John-Alexander Sakelos in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		John-Alexander Sakelos	88.4	107	0	Advanced (1)
	Submit photo	Dawn Anatra	8.3	10	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	3.3	4	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121
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2018

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2018

Avella was a part of the eight-member Independent Democratic Conference in the New York State Senate until April 2018. He and five other former IDC members lost to progressive challengers in the September 13 Democratic primaries. Click here to learn more about the primaries.

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 11

John Liu defeated Vickie Paladino, incumbent Tony Avella, and Simon Minching in the general election for New York State Senate District 11 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Liu (D)	53.6	42,047
		Vickie Paladino (R)	24.3	19,062
		Tony Avella (Independence Party)	20.7	16,241
	Submit photo	Simon Minching (Conservative Party)	1.4	1,123
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	41

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,514 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 11

John Liu defeated incumbent Tony Avella in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Liu	52.3	12,578
		Tony Avella	47.7	11,489

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,067 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 11

Vickie Paladino defeated Simon Minching in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 11 on September 13, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Paladino	56.7	1,735
	Submit photo	Simon Minching	43.3	1,323

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,058 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Simon Minching advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tony Avella advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 11.

2016

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

Incumbent Tony Avella defeated Mark Cipolla in the New York State Senate District 11 general election.

New York State Senate, District 11 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tony Avella Incumbent	69.52%	72,520
	Republican	Mark Cipolla	30.48%	31,797
Total Votes				104,317
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Tony Avella ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 11 Democratic primary.

New York State Senate, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Tony Avella Incumbent (unopposed)

Mark Cipolla ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 11 Republican primary.

New York State Senate, District 11 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Mark Cipolla  (unopposed)

Cipolla also ran on the Conservative and Reform party tickets.

2014

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Tony Avella defeated John Liu in the Democratic primary. Paul Gilman ran as a Green Party candidate. Avella also ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket. Avella defeated Gilman in the general election.

New York State Senate District 11, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tony Avella Incumbent	71.2%	29,359
	None	Blank	21.6%	8,888
	Green	Paul Gilman	6.8%	2,813
	None	Scattering	0.4%	164
Total Votes				41,224

New York State Senate, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tony Avella Incumbent	53%	7,896
John Liu	47%	7,002
Total Votes		14,898

2012

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012

Avella ran in the 2012 election for New York State Senate District 11. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Avella defeated Joseph R. Concannon (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

New York State Senate, District 11, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tony Avella Incumbent	73.3%	64,775
	Republican	Joseph R. Concannon	26.7%	23,550
Total Votes				88,325

2010

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2010

Avella ran unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary. Avella defeated incumbent Frank Padavan (R) in the general election on November 2. Avella ran as a member of the Democratic and Working Families parties. After a close race, Padvan conceded in defeat on November 10, 2010.

New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 11 (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Tony Avella (D)		31,573
Frank Padavan (R)		26,571

Campaign themes

2023

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2021

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2012

Avella's website highlighted the following five main issues:

• Fighting Overdevelopment: "Tony Avella believes that our local neighborhoods and communities are as unique as the people who live in them. In the State Senate, Avella will continue his legacy as an overdevelopment watchdog in order to protect the integrity of our communities."

"Tony Avella for State Senate"

• Protecting Taxpayers: "As a middle-class homeowner, Tony Avella understands the crippling impact that out-of-control taxes have on New Yorkers. For too long we have paid billions in taxes to Albany, but have failed to receive our fair share in return. Avella believes that the taxpayers of eastern Queens deserve better results, and he’ll deliver those results as our next State Senator."

• Ethics & Accountability: "Tony Avella believes that public office is a public trust and he knows that the politicians in Albany have broken that trust. A lifelong reformer, Avella is running for State Senate because he wants to change Albany so that it works for the people and not the political special interests."

• Creating Jobs & Strengthening Our Economy: "Tony Avella understands that small businesses are the backbone of New York’s economy, but Avella knows that business as usual in Albany isn’t cutting it for our working families here at home. That’s why Avella wants to go to Albany to make sure that small businesses can thrive in a prosperous economy once again."

• Improving Our Schools: "Education has always been a top priority for Tony Avella. While our education system remains strong, it has been forced to struggle to stay afloat without its fair share of equal funding from Albany. Avella is running for State Senate to even the playing field and provide our public schools and our children with the resources they deserve."

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Tony Avella campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	New York State Senate District 11	Lost general	$463,815	N/A**
2016	New York State Senate, District 11	Won	$217,284	N/A**
2014	New York State Senate, District 11	Won	$359,692	N/A**
2012	New York State Senate, District 11	Won	$154,443	N/A**
2010	New York State Senate, District 11	Won	$461,441	N/A**
Grand total			$1,656,675	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Avella's endorsements included the following:

• The New York Daily News
• Queens Ledger/Queens Examiner Newspapers
• Local 246 SEIU Automotive/Mechanical
• Motor Vehicle Operations Union Local 983
• 1199 SEIU, United Healthcare East
• Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1
• Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)

• Mayor Bill de Blasio
• Congressmember Steve Israel
• Clean Up Jamaica
• League of Humane Voters
• League of Conservation Voters
• Empire State Pride Agenda
• Citizens Union

2012

In 2012, Avella’s endorsements included the following:

• 32BJ/SEIU

Personal

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Avella has a wife, Judith.

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Preceded by -	New York State Senate District 11 2011–2019	Succeeded by John Liu (D)