Gerdi E. Lipschutz (April 30, 1923 – November 19, 2010) was an American politician from
New York
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.
Life
She was born on April 30, 1923, in
Hagenbach
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,
Germany
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. She went to the
United States
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in 1937. She married Sam Lipschutz, and they had two children. They lived in
Rockaway Park, Queens
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.
Gerdi Lipschutz was a
Democrat
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. In June 1974, she was appointed by Mayor
Abraham Beame
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as Executive Director of the Voluntary Action Center.
On February 10, 1976, she was elected to the
New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of
Herbert A. Posner to the New York City Civil Court. She was re-elected several times, and remained in the Assembly until 1987, sitting in the
181st,
182nd,
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th and
187th New York State Legislature
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Backgr ...
s.
In January 1987, she was the subject of an inquiry by the Assembly Ethics and Guidance Committee. Lipschutz had hired two secretaries who were paid with money from the Assembly, but did not work for her. They worked in the law office of Richard L. Rubin, a Democratic boss of Queens. Lipschutz testified under an immunity agreement against Rubin who was prosecuted in the
. On March 3, 1987, the Ethics Committee debated the issue behind closed doors, but it was leaked that they would recommend that Lipschutz be censured. Lipschutz resigned her seat on March 9, before a vote on the findings of the Ethics Committee could be taken.
She died on November 19, 2010, in
Sarasota, Florida
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.
''Gerdi E. Lipschutz''
in the ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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History
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'', on November 28 and 29, 2010; at Legacy.com
References
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1923 births
2010 deaths
Politicians from Queens, New York
Women state legislators in New York (state)
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Rockaway, Queens
Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
21st-century American women
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
20th-century American women politicians