David I. Weprin (born May 2, 1956) is a council member in the New York City Council from district 23 in Queens. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. He is also the former Deputy Superintendent of the New York State Banking Commission and former Chairman of New York's Securities Industry Association. He is a Democrat.
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Councilman Weprin embracing a constituent.
Personal life
David I. Weprin is the son of late New York State Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin and brother of New York State Assemblyman Mark Weprin. The New York State Assembly is the Lower house of the New York Legislature, the state legislature of the U Saul Weprin ( August 5, 1927 Brooklyn, New York City - February 11, 1994 Queens, New York City) was Mark Weprin (born June 5, 1961) represents District 24 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of the Queens ' neighborhoods of Floral Born in Queens on May 2, 1956, Weprin has lived in the Hollis-Jamaica area of Queens New York his entire life. He is a graduate of Jamaica High School, SUNY at Albany, with a cum laude degree in Political Science, and a law degree from Hofstra University. Jamaica High School is a secondary school in New York City, United States. The University at Albany State University of New York, commonly known as the University at Albany is a Public university located in the capital of New Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale
Weprin lives with his wife Ronni, and five children in Holliswood, Queens. Holliswood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.
Career
From 1983-1987, Weprin served as Deputy Superintendent of Banks for NYS and Secretary to the Banking Board. Since 1994, he has served as a Democratic District Leader and Executive Member of the Saul Weprin Democratic Club, named after his late father the NYS Assembly Speaker.
Weprin occupied a variety of leadership positions at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; Kidder Peabody; Paine Webber, Inc. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette or DLJ was a US Investment bank founded by William H Kidder Peabody & Co was a US-based securities firm established in Massachusetts in 1865. Paine Webber and Company was an American Stock brokerage and asset management firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000 and Advest, Inc. from 1987 until his election to the New York City Council. He was elected by his peers to serve as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association, New York District.
Weprin has been a New York City Councilman since 2001 and is the Chair of the New York City Finance Committee.
During his time as a councilman, he has been a thorn in the side of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, nost notably leading the charge in the Council again the Mayor's Congestion Pricing plan, which he has said is effectively a tax which "would unfairly affect poorer people who work in Manhattan but live outside the borough. " [1] He has made the suggestion that one way to ease congestion would be for the city to raise construction fees, claiming that the low cost encourages contractors to occupy street space longer than necessary. [2]
A self-proclaimed advocate of the middle class in the City Council in contrast to Michael Bloomberg, Weprin brought in between $105,000 and $285,000 in outside income 2006, primarily as an investment banker, in addition to his City Council income. Council Members Rake In Outside Income
In 2007, he has expressed interest in the 2009 New York City Comptroller's race to replace the existing Comptroller(William Thompson, Jr) who is term limited.
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