Cecile D. Singer (born c. 1929) is an American politician from

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Life

She was born about 1929. The family lived in

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. She graduated from Queens College CUNY. She married David H. Singer (1924–2009), and they had two daughters. They lived for a time in

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, and then in Chicago. In 1955, they moved to Yonkers, New York. She entered politics as a Republican, and was an aide to Assemblyman Gordon W. Burrows, and executive director of several Assembly committees, for more than twenty years. In 1988, Burrows was nominated for the

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, and Cecile Singer was nominated to run for the open Assembly seat. She was a member of the

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from 1989 to 1994, sitting in the 188th, 189th and

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s. She was a director of the Hudson Valley Bank from 1994 to January 1, 2013; and has been Principal of the Cecile D. Singer Consulting firm since 1995. She also remained active in community and women's affairs.''Helping Businesswomen Network; ...the 70-year-old Ms. Singer...''
by Elsa Brenner, in ''The New York Times'' on October 15, 2000 She lives in Tuckahoe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singer, Cecile D. 1929 births Living people Politicians from Yonkers, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Queens College, City University of New York alumni Women state legislators in New York (state) 21st-century American women