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MICHAEL BENJAMIN (R) District 8 (West Side of Manhattan; parts of southwest Brooklyn...
BORN: June 13, 1947, Brooklyn EDUCATION: Columbia U, A.B., 1969; Fordham U, J.D., 1978 FAMILY: Wife, Joyce Miller; one child RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: State official; lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1977-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 379 West Broadway, Suite 305, New York...
...after incumbent Ted Weiss died on the eve of the Democratic primary. The late Weiss still won the primary, leaving it to party leaders to choose a new nominee. They tapped Nadler, who then swept the general election with 81% of the vote. He has fought to help restore Brooklyn's waterfront and introduced the Mothers and Infants Good Health Act, which ensures mothers a minimum 48-hour hospital stay after delivery...
CHARLES E. SCHUMER (D) District 9 (Parts of Brooklyn and Queens--Sheepshead Bay; Forest Hills...
BORN: Nov. 23, 1950, Brooklyn EDUCATION: Harvard U, B.A., 1971, J.D., 1974 FAMILY: Wife, Iris Weinshall; two children RELIGION: Jewish MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1975-80; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: 432 Park Avenue South, Suite 1206, New York...