1. David Ira Weprin was born on May 2,1956 and is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 24 in Queens since 2010, when he replaced his brother Mark.
26 Facts About David Weprin
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David Weprin was previously a member of the New York City Council, representing the 23rd district.
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David Weprin is a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission.
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David Weprin was born in Queens, is Jewish, and comes from a family of Democratic politicians.
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David Weprin's parents were Sylvia, an immigrant from Havana, Cuba, and NY State Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin, and his younger brother Mark Weprin is a former NY State Assemblyman and former NYC Councilman.
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David Weprin has lived in the Hollis-Jamaica area of Queens his entire life.
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David Weprin is a graduate of Jamaica High School.
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David Weprin received a bachelor's degree in political science from the State University of New York at Albany in 1976.
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David Weprin then received a JD degree from Hofstra Law School in 1980, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1981.
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In 1983, two years after David Weprin was admitted to the bar, then-Governor Mario Cuomo, who was a close family friend and neighbor whom David Weprin viewed as family, named him the Deputy Superintendent of Banks and Secretary of the Banking Board for New York State.
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In 2001, David Weprin was elected to the New York City Council, representing a northeast Queens district; he served from 2002 until 2009.
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David Weprin served as Chairman of the Council's Finance Committee.
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In 2009, David Weprin retired from the City Council to run for New York City Comptroller.
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David Weprin was penalized $28,184 in total penalties, and $325,561 in matching public funds repayments, after the New York City Campaign Finance Board determined that his campaign for comptroller had been plagued with a dozen violations.
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David Weprin's offenses included accepting over-the-limit donations, accepting donations from unregistered political action committees, failing to file disclosure statements, failing to provide bank statements, making improper post-election expenditures, and failing to report transactions.
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David Weprin's spokesperson said that since the campaign entity and its funds no longer existed, there was no entity to pay the penalties and repayments.
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David Weprin would have to repay the $325,561 in public funds before he could receive any public funds for another city election; as of 2016, he had not repaid the monies.
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On February 9,2010, David Weprin won a special election to replace his brother Mark to represent New York State Assembly's District 24.
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David Weprin has a record of supporting major progressive causes, such as a surcharge on millionaires.
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David Weprin has proposed limiting solitary confinement to 15 days.
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The district, in which registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by three-to-one, was under consideration for elimination in 2012 redistricting, and David Weprin, who lived a few blocks outside of the district, was chosen largely because he promised not to challenge another incumbent in 2012, should his seat be eliminated.
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David Weprin criticized President Obama's policies on Israel, and portrayed Weprin, who was strongly pro-Israel, as being insufficiently critical of Obama's stance on Israel.
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In November 2020 David Weprin announced himself as a candidate in the 2021 New York City Comptroller election.
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David Weprin is running in the Democratic primary against among others NYS Senator Brian Benjamin, entrepreneur, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and former US Marine Zach Iscol, NYC Council member Brad Lander, and NYS Senator Kevin Parker.
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David Weprin is a strong supporter of social security, and is in favor of raising taxes on millionaires.
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David Weprin married his first wife, Roselyn, in 1984 and filed for divorce from her in 1986.