Donald Marc Halperin (July 25, 1945 – June 26, 2006) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Early life
He was born on July 25, 1945, the son of Charles Halperin and Gladys Halperin. He attended
Abraham Lincoln High School. He graduated from
Rutgers University
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in 1967, and from
Brooklyn Law School
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in 1970. He married Brenda, and they had two children. While still in law school, he entered politics as a
Democrat.
Career
Halperin was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
from 1971 to 1993, sitting in the
179th,
180th,
181st,
182nd,
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th,
188th,
189th and
190th New York State Legislature
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s. In September 1993, he ran in the Democratic primary for
New York City Public Advocate
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, but came in fifth among six candidates. On October 4, 1993, Halperin was appointed as New York State Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal. He remained in office until the end of 1994. Afterwards Halperin practiced law in New York City.
He was among those who, outnumbered 35 Republicans to 26 Democrat state senators, used a 23 day slowdown until concessions were made by the majority. This was not the only time Halperin was involved in influencing outcomes. In 1971 the
New York Civil Liberties Union
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ranked him the third most liberal member of the legislature's upper house.
Death
He died on June 26, 2006, in the Menorah Nursing Home in
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
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, of
lung cancer
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,
[ and was buried at the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in ]Glendale, Queens
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1945 births
2006 deaths
Politicians from Brooklyn
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Rutgers University alumni
Brooklyn Law School alumni
Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
20th-century American politicians
Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni