List of speakers of the New York State Assembly

Speaker of the New York State Assembly
Seal of New York
Incumbent Carl Heastie since February 3, 2015
Style	The Honorable (diplomatic) Mister Speaker (within the assembly)
Inaugural holder	Walter Livingston September 10, 1777
Formation	New York State Constitution
Succession	Third
Website	[1]

The speaker of the New York State Assembly is the highest official in the New York State Assembly, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party.

As in most countries with a British heritage, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature. The position exists in every U.S. state and in the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of the Congress. New York's Assembly Speaker is very powerful, effectively, having the power to control much of the business in the Assembly and, in fact, throughout all of state government. Through almost single-handed control of the chamber, the Assembly Speaker is able to dictate what legislation makes and does not make it to the floor.