Jeffrey R. Korman (born January 24, 1947) is an American politician from

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Life

He was born on January 24, 1947. He attended Kingsbridge School (Public School Nr. 7), John Peter Tetard School (Junior High School Nr. 143),

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, and

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at Albany. He entered politics as a

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, and became an aide to Assemblyman

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. In November 1982, Korman ran in the 34th District for the State Senate, but was defeated by Republican

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. On May 1, 1990, Korman was elected to the

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(33rd D.) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Abraham Bernstein. He was re-elected in November 1990, and remained in the Senate until the end of 1992, sitting in the 188th and

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s. In September 1992, after re-apportionment, Korman ran for re-nomination in the 33rd District Democratic primary against Joseph L. Galiber, the incumbent from the old 31st District, but was defeated. Afterwards he was a member of the District 10 School Board.''NORTHWEST BRONX; Intricacies of Redistricting: Draw, and Then Draw Again''
by Norimitsu Onishi, in ''The New York Times'' on November 20, 1994

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korman, Jeffrey R. 1947 births Living people Democratic Party New York (state) state senators The Bronx High School of Science alumni Lehman College alumni Empire State University alumni School board members in New York (state) Politicians from the Bronx 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature