Steve Cohn is a lawyer and a Democratic District Leader in

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. He is a Democratic Committeeman in Brooklyn's 50th Assembly District. Cohn said in 2010 that he would not seek reelection as Democratic District Leader, after 27 years in the position.

Background and family

Cohn, an

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, grew up in

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, son of a judge who was also a Greenpoint and

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assemblyman from 1959 to 1968. His mother Lillian died in 1995.

Career

Cohn was a law clerk for a Brooklyn judge, counsel to the two Brooklyn district council members from the district, and a part-time staff member on two Brooklyn Assembly subcommittees. Cohn has strong ties with the Williamsburg Hasidic community. Cohn was a Democratic state committeeman for nearly 20 years, and an executive secretary of the

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Democratic Party, the oldest Democratic organization in the U.S. He is also a former president of the Brooklyn Bar Association. In 2002, Cohn came in second in both the Democratic primary vote and the general election (as a Liberal) for Councilman for District 33 in Brooklyn, which runs from

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to Greenpoint. Cohn raised $311,059 for his run for the seat.

References

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