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The Oppenheimer Effect
Posted on Thursday, January 12 @ 18:02:29 EST by jfbailey
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WPCNR BLACK COFFEE. News & Comment Special to WPCNR from Westchester County Roving Corrrespondent Nancy King. January 12, 2012:
Citing an impending shoulder replacement scheduled for sometime during the 2012 legislative session, Senator Suzi Oppenheimer (D) from the 37th legislative district, declared today that she will not be seeking re-election in 2013.
Suzi Oppenheimer. 2007
Oppenheimer’s district includes the municipalities of Mamaroneck, Rye, New Rochelle, White Plains, Scarsdale, New Castle, North Castle and Harrison. Senator Oppenheimer disclosed today that she will be undergoing major shoulder surgery in the near future. She has stated that the extensive rehabilitation that will follow this surgery would preclude her from running. Although it is unclear when this surgery is to take place, it is believed that it will be occurring sometime soon.
Senator Oppenheimer was elected to the state senate in 1984 after serving four terms as the Mayor of Mamaroneck. Her arrival in Albany came at a time when there were few women in office. During her tenure, we have seen more women who have not only run for elected office but who have been elected and serve. In those 28 years that Oppenheimer served, she sponsored more bills than any other Democratic Senator and worked on implementing 300 laws that are currently on the books.
In 2009, Senator Oppenheimer became the first woman to chair the Senate Standing Committee after serving on that committee for 24 years. While Senator Oppenheimer was always a voice for issues that concerned women, children and families, her passion was in the delivery of services that enhanced the educational experience of the students in the communities she served. Last year she was responsible for bringing 700 million dollars to state schools in Federal funding under President Obama’s Race to the Top educational initiative.
Scarsdale businessman and Republican Bob Cohen, who ran against Oppenheimer last year, and who came within 700 votes of defeating her announced today that he will be running for the seat again. His Democratic challenger will be Assemblyman George Latimer. Latimer has served in the Assembly since 2004 and currently resides in Rye City.
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