Savino (born September 28, 1963) is a Democratic politician representing the 23rd Senate District in the New York State Senate, in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island.
From January 2011 to April 2018, Savino was a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight Democratic state senators who formed a separate conference and allied themselves with Senate Republicans.
Savino and her IDC colleagues rejoined the Senate Democratic Conference in April 2018.
Savino was one of only two former members of the IDC that survived primary challenges in the 2018 New York Senate elections.