Diane Gordon is an American

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and a former member of the

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who represented the

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section of

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from 2001 to 2008.

Political background

On July 10, 2006, Gordon was indicted by the office of the Brooklyn

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, who filed charges alleging that the assemblywoman offered to help a contractor obtain a $2 million parcel of land from the city if he would build her a house. On April 8, 2008, she was convicted on eight of nine counts, including: Two counts of receiving bribes, two counts of official misconduct and two counts of receiving reward for official misconduct, automatically vacating her Assembly seat. On January 21, 2009, after six months of appeals, she began serving her two-to-six year jail term.https://www.nytimes.com , June 13, 2008 , Seeking a Free Home, Ex-Legislator Will Get a Prison Cell Instead , Kareem Fahim

Family

Diane Gordon has three children named Misha, Mireille, and Helen with one child who is deceased.

Residence

Diane Gordon was born in

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, and her home city is in

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Education

Diane Gordon received her education from the following institutions: *BA, Business Administration, New York City Technical College, 1985 *Certified, Business Mathematics, American Business Institute *Graduated, True Worship Bible Ministry School

Organizations

Diane Gordon has been a member of the following organizations: *Vice-President, Women Mentoring Ministry, True Worship Church, present *Evangelist, True Worship Church, 1985–present *Founder, Save Our Homes Organization of East New York, 1985 *Founder, Coalition of Clergymen, East New York Community

References

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