Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins[1] (née Stewart; born September 2, 1950) is an American politician and educator from Yonkers, New York.

A member of the Democratic Party, Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019.

[3] The Stewart family resided in public housing in Manhattan and the Bronx, and Andrea suffered from chronic asthma.

[4] After New York Telephone was acquired through a merger with Bell Atlantic, she received a buyout and pursued a college degree while working for Gannett.

[3] She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Pace University in 1986 and later her teaching credentials in Business Education from Lehman College.

[8] Stewart-Cousins's public service career began in 1992 when she was appointed Director of Community Affairs for the City of Yonkers during Terence Zaleski's term as mayor.

She also advocated for and contributed to the revitalization of the City of Yonkers and was a founder of the original "Art on Main Street".

[10] Prior to her election to the New York State Senate in 2006, Stewart-Cousins served as a Westchester County Legislator representing Yonkers.

[13] Stewart-Cousins first ran for New York State Senate in 2004, but incumbent Republican Sen. Nicholas Spano defeated her by a margin of 18 votes.

[19] On April 17, 2010, it was reported that Stewart-Cousins was under consideration by then-gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo to be his running mate.

[24] In 2019, Stewart-Cousins sponsored the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, which overhauled the rules affecting rent-controlled apartments in New York City.

[27] According to City & State New York, Stewart-Cousins employs a "consensus-driven approach" to leading the Senate Democratic Conference that sets her "apart from her predecessors".