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'I will be your champion': Mannion to chair NY Senate committee
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After teaching for more than 25 years and issuing assignments to students, it's state Sen. John Mannion who has received his first assignment as a freshman lawmaker.
Mannion, D-Geddes, has been named chair of the new Senate Committee on Developmental Disabilities. With such a large Democratic caucus — there are 43 members of the majority conference — some committees have been split to form new panels.
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