Jo Anne Simon

Jo Anne Simon DEMDemocrat

State Assembly Member, District 52

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Jo Anne SimonDEMDemocrat State Assembly Member, District 52
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Jo Anne Simon (born 1952) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 52nd District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Boerum Hill and DUMBO in Brooklyn. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
Fordham University School of Law
JD
1986 - 1990
Gallaudet University
MA Education of the Deaf
1976
Iona College
BA Communication Sciences
1974
Long Island University
Attended Clinical Psychology
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Assembly Member
New York State Assembly
2014 - Current
President
Jo Anne Simon, Private Counsel
Current
Adjunct Associate Professor
Fordham University School of Law
1998 - 2012
General Counsel
Association on Higher Education and Disability
2002 - 2010
Staff Attorney
Hofstra Law School, Disabilities Law Clinic
1992 - 1996
Former Instructor
Clinical Program, Hofstra University School of Law
Regional Sales Manager
Oppenheimer Mutual Funds
Other Experience1 - 28 of 28
Member
Action for Reform in Special Education (ARISE) Coalition
Current
Democratic District Leader
52nd Assembly District
2004 - 2014
Immediate Past President
Everyone Reading, Incorporated
2008 - Current
Member
Transportation Committee
2005 - 2007
Chair
Traffic & Transportation Committee
1999 - 2005
Chair
Land Use Committee
2004 - Current
Chair
Legal Issues Affecting Persons with Disabilities Committee
2000 - 2003
President
Boerum Hill Association
1993 - 1999
Co-Editor
"Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal"
Co-Founder
Downtown Brooklyn Coalition
Co-Founder
New York State Democratic Committee's Progressive Caucus
Former Chair
Gowanus Expressway Community Coalition
Former Chair
Gowanus Community Stakeholder Group
Former Executive Committee Member
504 Democrats
Founding Member
Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Founding Member
Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Task Force
Founding Member
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Task Force
Founding Member
BrooklynSpeaks.net
Founding Member
Friends of Douglass/Greene Park
Member
Independent Neighborhood Democrats
Member
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
Member
Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
Member
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member
New York State Democratic Committee
Chair
Committee on Ethics and Guidance, New York State Assembly
Current
Former Chair
Subcommittee on Tuition Assistance Program, New York State Assembly
Former Chair
Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, New York State Assembly
Former Member
Judiciary Committee, New York State Assembly
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