Steve Cohn

Not to be confused with Stephen Cohn.

Steve Cohn is a lawyer and a Democratic District Leader in Brooklyn, New York.^[1][2] He is a Democratic Committeeman in Brooklyn's 50th Assembly District.^[2][3] Cohn said in 2010 that he would not seek reelection as Democratic District Leader, after 27 years in the position.^[2][4][5]

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.^[1][6][7] His mother Lillian died in 1995.^[8]

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.^[9] Cohn has strong ties with the Williamsburg Hasidic community.^[6]

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.^[6][8][9] He is also a former president of the Brooklyn Bar Association.^[1][6][9]

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.^[1][10] Cohn raised $311,059 for his run for the seat.^[11]