Cecile D. Singer Explained

Cecile D. Singer (born c. 1929) is an American politician from New York.

Life

She was born about 1929. The family lived in Forest Hills, Queens. She graduated from Queens College CUNY.[1] She married David H. Singer (1924–2009),[2] and they had two daughters. They lived for a time in Rockford, Illinois, and then in Chicago. In 1955, they moved to Yonkers, New York.[3]

She entered politics as a Republican, and was an aide to Assemblyman Gordon W. Burrows, and executive director of several Assembly committees, for more than twenty years. In 1988, Burrows was nominated for the New York Supreme Court,[4] and Cecile Singer was nominated to run for the open Assembly seat.[5]

She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1989 to 1994, sitting in the 188th, 189th and 190th New York State Legislatures.

She was a director of the Hudson Valley Bank from 1994 to January 1, 2013; and has been Principal of the Cecile D. Singer Consulting firm since 1995.[6] She also remained active in community and women's affairs.[7] She lives in Tuckahoe.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=kFMkAQAAIAAJ&q=cecile+d+singer+queens+college New York Red Book
  2. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E0D7103AF937A25757C0A96F9C8B63 Deaths; SINGER, DAVID H.
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/09/nyregion/singer-wins-gop-s-assembly-contest.html?pagewanted=2 Singer Wins G.O.P.'s Assembly Contest
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/02/nyregion/an-assembly-race-suddenly-changes.html An Assembly Race Suddenly Changes
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/09/nyregion/singer-wins-gop-s-assembly-contest.html Singer Wins G.O.P.'s Assembly Contest; ...Ms. Singer, who is 59 years old...
  6. https://www.bloomberg.com/article/2012-12-13/aFWmYhSLrDhU.html Cecile D. Singer Retires as Director of Hudson Valley Holding Corp. and Hudson Valley Bank
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/15/nyregion/helping-businesswomen-network.html Helping Businesswomen Network; ...the 70-year-old Ms. Singer...