Two Democratic Senators part of the mainline conference in the chamber will receive committee chairmanships in an announcement to be made later this evening.

Sen. Eric Adams of Brooklyn will be the head of the Senate Aging Committee, while freshman Sen. James Sanders will be chairman of the Senate Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee.

Updated: The full slate of Republican and IDC committee memberships is out. The list confirms our earlier reporting that Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who is conferencing with the GOP, will be the chairman of a newly created subcommittee on New York City education. The full list after the jump.

The chairmanship move comes after initial criticism from minority community leaders that the coalition leadership of the Senate composed of a faction of breakaway Democrats and Republicans shut out black and Latino lawmakers from key positions of power and influence in the chamber (the IDC blunted some of the criticism by adding Sen. Malcolm Smith, the first black majority leader of the Senate who was deposed during the leadership coup of 2009, to their ranks).

Adams and Sanders are black, and they will remain part of the “regular” Democratic conference.

No Republican lawmakers — who retain control of committees such as Finance and Rules — are losing their gavels. But the move allows the Senate coalition to demonstrate their willingness to share power in the unique experiment that hasn’t been seen in Albany for decades.

The Aging Committee was led by Sen. David Valesky, a Democrat who is part of the Independent Democratic Conference and now its deputy leader. Alcoholism and Drug Abuse was led by Sen. Jeff Klein, but he was elevated to co-president of the Senate alongside Republican Leader Dean Skelos under the terms of the coalition power-sharing agreement.

Sanders came to the chamber after unseating Sen. Shirley Huntley, a Democrat, who faces corruption charges.

Adams is seeking the Brooklyn borough president post later this fall.

Aging:
Adams (Chair)
Felder
Golden
LaValle
Marchione
Valesky
Zeldin

Agriculture:
Ritchie (Chair)
Gallivan
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Seward
Valesky
Young

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse:
Sanders (Chair)
Bonacic
Boyle
Ritchie

Banks:
Griffo (Chair)
Farley (Vice Chair)
Bonacic
DeFrancisco
Golden
Marchione
Martins
O’Mara
Marcellino
Ranzenhofer
Valesky

Children and Families:
Felder (Chair)
Bonacic
Savino
Young

Cities:
Lanza (Chair)
Ball
DeFrancisco
Grisanti

Civil Service and Pensions:
Golden (Chair)
Fuschillo
Lanza
Martins
Ritchie
Robach
Savino

Codes:
Nozzolio (Chair)
Boyle
DeFrancisco
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Gallivan
Golden
Lanza
O’Mara
Smith

Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business:
Valesky (Chair)
Boyle
Gallivan
Felder
Fuschillo
Griffo
Robach

Consumer Protection:
Zeldin (Chair)
Boyle
Fuschillo
Little
Marchione
Maziarz
Savino

Corporations, Authorities and Commissions:
Ranzenhofer (Chair)
Flanagan
Larkin
Martins

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction:
Gallivan (Chair)
Carlucci
DeFrancisco
Griffo
Little
Maziarz
Nozzolio
Ritchie

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation:
Little (Chair)
Bonacic
Griffo
Grisanti
Marcellino
Marchione
Ritchie

Education:
Flanagan (Chair)
Farley
Lanza
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Maziarz
Ranzenhofer
Robach
Seward
Smith
Valesky

Elections:
O’Mara (Chair)
Ball
Gallivan
Nozzolio
Marchione

Energy and Telecommunications:
Maziarz (Chair)
Carlucci
Fuschillo
Griffo
O’Mara
Ritchie
Robach

Environmental Conservation:
Grisanti (Chair)
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Maziarz
O’Mara
Smith
Young

Ethics:
Boyle (Chair)
Farley
Lanza

Finance:
DeFrancisco (Chair)
Smith (Vice Chair)
Bonacic
Farley
Flanagan
Fuschillo
Golden
Griffo
Grisanti
Hannon
Lanza
Larkin
LaValle
Little
Marcellino
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Robach
Savino
Seward
Young

Higher Education:
LaValle (Chair)
Flanagan
Gallivan
Griffo
Grisanti
Maziarz
Ritchie
Robach
Savino
Seward
Valesky
Zeldin

Housing, Construction and Community Development:
Young (Chair)
Bonacic
Boyle
Gallivan
Nozzolio
Smith

Insurance:
Seward (Chair)
Carlucci
Flanagan
Golden
Grisanti
Lanza
Larkin
LaValle
Martins
O’Mara
Valesky
Young

Investigations and Government Operations:
Marcellino (Chair)
Carlucci
Golden
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Zeldin

Labor:
Savino (Chair)
Ball
DeFrancisco
Gallivan
Grisanti
Hannon
Marcellino
Marchione
Martins
Robach

Local Government:
Martins (Chair)
Ball
Boyle
Marchione
Ritchie

Mental Health:
Carlucci (Chair)
Ball
Bonacic
Felder
Hannon
Seward
Zeldin

Racing, Gaming and Wagering:
Bonacic (Chair)
Boyle
Griffo
Marchione
Nozzolio
Ranzenhofer

Social Services:
Smith (Chair)
Ball
Farley
Martins

Transportation:
Fuschillo (Chair)
Robach (Vice Chair)
Carlucci
Gallivan
Larkin
Maziarz
Nozzolio
O’Mara
Ranzenhofer
Smith
Young
Zeldin

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs:
Ball (Chair)
Carlucci
Flanagan
Golden
Griffo
Grisanti
Larkin
Zeldin

New York City Education Subcommittee:
Felder (Chair)
Lanza
Golden
Smith

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