Steve Cohn
{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{distinguish|Stephen Cohn}}
Steve Cohn is a lawyer and a Democratic District Leader in Brooklyn, New York.{{cite web|date=|title=New York City District 33|url=http://www.gothamgazette.com/searchlight2001/dist33.html|access-date=July 21, 2010|website=Gotham Gazette}}{{cite news|last=Short |first=Aaron |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/25/wb_as_cohnjob_2010_06_18_bk.html |title=Steve seeks Cohn-tinuity! |newspaper=The Brooklyn Paper |date=June 11, 2010 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}} He is a Democratic Committeeman in Brooklyn's 50th Assembly District.{{cite web|date=July 16, 2010|title=Brooklyn Broadside: Honors for Steve Cohn Just Keep Flowing...|url=http://brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=36800|access-date=July 21, 2010|website=The Brooklyn Eagle}} Cohn said in 2010 that he would not seek reelection as Democratic District Leader, after 27 years in the position.{{cite news|last=Short |first=Aaron |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/19/wb_districtleader_2010_05_07_bk.html |title=Newcomer Restler battles incumbent Cohn for obscure, minor, little-known post |newspaper=The Brooklyn Paper |date=May 4, 2010 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}}{{cite news|author= C. Zawadi Morris |url=http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/tag/steve-cohn/ |title=Steve Cohn|newspaper= The New York Times |date=July 13, 2010 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}}
Background and family
Cohn, an Orthodox Jew, grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, son of a judge who was also a Greenpoint and Williamsburg assemblyman from 1959 to 1968.{{cite news|last=Hicks |first=Jonathan P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/nyregion/campaigning-for-city-hall-northwest-brooklyn-five-varied-neighborhoods-test.html |title=Campaigning for City Hall – Five Varied Neighborhoods Test Candidates' Strategies |location=New York City |newspaper= The New York Times |date=September 9, 2001 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}}{{cite news|author=C. Zawadi Morris |url=http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/political-personal-cohn-embraces-a-family-tradition/ |title=Political Personal: Cohn Embraces a Family Tradition|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 18, 2010 |accessdate=July 22, 2010}} His mother Lillian died in 1995.{{cite news|last=Millner |first=Denene |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/1995/07/02/1995-07-02_media_maestro_chuck_wows__em.html |title=Media Maestro Chuck Wows 'Em |newspaper= New York Daily News |date=July 2, 1995 |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}
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.{{cite news|author=Tom Robbins |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-08-14/news/the-court-street-regular/1 |title=The Court Street Regular|newspaper=Village Voice |date=August 14, 2001 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}} 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 Kings County 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 Brooklyn Heights to Greenpoint.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2001/08/21/2001-08-21_candidate_gives_city_funds_b.html|author=Bill Egbert |title=Candidate Gives City Funds Back |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=August 21, 2001 |accessdate=July 21, 2010}} Cohn raised $311,059 for his run for the seat.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2001/09/11/2001-09-11_biggest_bills_for_beep_race.html|author=Bill Egbert |title=Biggest Bills For Beep Race |newspaper= New York Daily News |date=September 11, 2001 |accessdate=July 22, 2010}}
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