Over the next seven years on the City Council, Weiner initiated programs to address quality of life concerns. He was 27 years old when he became the youngest councilman in the city's history. Weiner's win in the November general election was widely considered a formality because he had no opposition in the heavily Democratic district. Controversy ensued in the last weeks of the campaign after Weiner's campaign anonymously spread leaflets around the district that had alleged ties between Cohen and the so-called "Jackson-Dinkins agenda" the leaflets referred to the Crown Heights riots earlier in the year, after which white residents had seen Jesse Jackson, who became notorious for his earlier remarks about New York City as " Hymietown", and then-mayor David Dinkins as having been beholden to the predominantly African-American rioters and therefore endangering whites. Weiner narrowly won the primary, besting Adele Cohen by fewer than 200 votes. Weiner was considered a long-shot because he faced strong competition in the Democratic primary elections from two other candidates who had better local name recognition and funding. New York City CouncilĪfter working for Schumer for six years, Weiner got his first chance at political office in 1991 when the New York City Council was expanded from 35 to 51 seats. office for three years, then transferred to the district office in Brooklyn in 1988, when Schumer encouraged him to become involved in local politics. Īfter he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1985, Weiner joined the staff of then– United States Representative and current Senator Charles Schumer. Weiner's interests turned towards politics he became active in student government and was named most effective student senator. Stewart acknowledged the friendship when he poked fun at him during the sexting scandal in 2011. He attended the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and spent his junior year as an exchange student at the College of William & Mary, where he was friends with future comic and political commentator Jon Stewart. Weiner took the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, an examination used to determine admission to all but one of New York City's specialized high schools, and was admitted to Brooklyn Technical High School, from which he graduated in 1981. His younger brother, Jason, is a chef and co-owner of several New York restaurants.
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His older brother Seth was 39 years old when he was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 2000. Weiner attended elementary school at P.S.
The family lived for a time in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Weiner was born in Brooklyn in New York City, the middle son of Jewish parents, Mort Weiner, a lawyer, and his wife, Frances (née Finkelstein), a public high school math teacher. Weiner began serving his federal prison sentence the same year and was released in 2019. He was also required to permanently register as a sex offender. In 2017, Weiner pled guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor and was sentenced to 21 months in prison. He ran again in 2013, placing fifth in the Democratic primary. Weiner resigned from Congress in June 2011 after it was revealed he sent sexually suggestive photos of himself to different women.Ī two-time candidate for Mayor of New York City, Weiner finished second in the Democratic primary in 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he consistently carried the district with at least 60% of the vote. representative for New York's 9th congressional district from 1999 until his resignation in 2011. Anthony David Weiner ( / ˈ w iː n ər/ born September 4, 1964) is an American former politician who served as the U.S.
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