Joni A. Yoswein
Joni A. Yoswein (born 1955) is an American politician from New York.
Life
She was born in 1955,[1] the daughter of David J. Yoswein (died 1997).[2] She graduated from SUNY Albany. She married Glenn C. Van Bramer.
She entered politics as a Democrat, and was an aide to Assemblyman Mel Miller for fourteen years. She rose to become Director of Operations of the Assembly while Miller was Speaker. She also was a delegate to the 1984 and 1988 Democratic National Conventions.[3]
On January 28, 1992, she was elected to the New York State Assembly (44th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the conviction of Mel Miller for a felony.[4] She remained a member of the 189th New York State Legislature until the end of the year. In September 1992, after re-apportionment, she ran in the 44th District Democratic primary for re-nomination against James F. Brennan, the incumbent from the old 51st District, and was defeated.[5] In November 1992, she ran on the Liberal ticket for re-election, but was defeated again by Brennan.[6]
In 1993, she was an Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Aging.
In 1994, she founded, and ever since has been President of, Yoswein New York, a public affairs consulting firm.[7]
Assemblyman and Supreme Court Justice Leonard E. Yoswein (1920–2011) was her uncle.[8]
References
- ^ With Miller Gone, Brooklynites Brawl for Power, ... Joni Yoswein, a 36-year-old district leader... by Mary B. W. Tabor, in the New York Times on December 29, 1991
- ^ Deaths; YOSWEIN, DAVID J. in the New York Times on October 22, 1997
- ^ Congressional Record (Vol. 145; pg. 16334; "Joni Yoswein" by Edolphus Towns; July 15, 1999)
- ^ Brooklyn and Queens Democrats Win Special Assembly Elections by Lee A. Daniels, in the New York Times on January 29, 1992
- ^ For Assembly: Brooklyn, the Bronx in the New York Times on September 11, 1992
- ^ THE 1992 ELECTIONS; THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE; Incumbency Keeps Balance Intact by Sam Howe Verhovek, in the New York Times on November 5, 1992
- ^ Yoswein New York Official site
- ^ Local Jurists Remember Judge Who Fought for Underdog in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on February 28, 2011
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- University at Albany, SUNY alumni
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- 20th-century American women politicians
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