Susan Alter Klaperman (born May 18, 1942) is an American politician who served in the

New York City Council The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five Borough (New York City), boroughs. The council serves as a check against the Mayor of New York City, mayor in a may ...

from 1978 to 1993. She was the first, and as yet only, Orthodox Jewish woman to serve on the council. In 1993, Alter supported

Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 198 ...

for mayor and claimed incumbent mayor David Dinkins was "ineffective", she was the Republican and Liberal nominee for the new office of New York City Public Advocate; she unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary as part of a strategy to form a cross-party Giuliani fusion ticket. She finished a distant third in the primary behind Mark Green and David Paterson and lost to Green in the general election by a wide margin.

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