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Stanley Simon
Stanley Simon (March 3, 1930 – August 27, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1979 to 1987, he served as the 10th Borough President of The Bronx. Previously, he served for six years on the New York City Council.
In 1987, he was convicted of Federal racketeering charges along with Rep. Mario Biaggi and Robert Garcia in connection with the Wedtech scandal.
Simon was born in Manhattan, New York, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants in 1930. He grew up in Morris Heights, Bronx, where his parents ran a candy store. He graduated from New York University and the Brooklyn Law School.
Simon became active in politics and held legislative positions as well as becoming a district leader for the Democratic Party in The Bronx. In 1973, he won a seat on the New York City Council to replace Bertram Gelfand, who resigned to become a judge. He was also the head of the Bronx Bar Association during this period.
Throughout his career, he aligned himself with Stanley M. Friedman, a powerful Bronx political figure who had served as deputy mayor under Abraham Beame. Although Friedman held no elective office in his career, he controlled judicial appointments and advanced interests of politicians who supported him. In 1978, Simon supported Friedman in his bid for the head of the Bronx Democratic Party.
The following year, after Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams was elected New York Attorney General, Friedman advanced Simon for the interim post. The eight city council members from the Bronx elected him as the interim President in a racially divided vote. He later won the election in November 1979 to fulfill the remainder of Abrams' term.
Despite a reformist effort to defeat him, he won re-election easily in 1981 over Liberal Party candidate Ismael Betancourt. Betancourt had been supported by former Borough President Herman Badillo but failed to win the party's endorsement. Betancourt was later removed from the Democratic primary ballot leaving him to run on the smaller party's line.
He had a tougher challenge in 1985. With an increasing Latino population in the Bronx, José E. Serrano, a New York assemblyman and future Congressman, came within 4,000 votes of defeating him in the Democratic primary.
Stanley Simon
Stanley Simon (March 3, 1930 – August 27, 2023) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1979 to 1987, he served as the 10th Borough President of The Bronx. Previously, he served for six years on the New York City Council.
In 1987, he was convicted of Federal racketeering charges along with Rep. Mario Biaggi and Robert Garcia in connection with the Wedtech scandal.
Simon was born in Manhattan, New York, to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants in 1930. He grew up in Morris Heights, Bronx, where his parents ran a candy store. He graduated from New York University and the Brooklyn Law School.
Simon became active in politics and held legislative positions as well as becoming a district leader for the Democratic Party in The Bronx. In 1973, he won a seat on the New York City Council to replace Bertram Gelfand, who resigned to become a judge. He was also the head of the Bronx Bar Association during this period.
Throughout his career, he aligned himself with Stanley M. Friedman, a powerful Bronx political figure who had served as deputy mayor under Abraham Beame. Although Friedman held no elective office in his career, he controlled judicial appointments and advanced interests of politicians who supported him. In 1978, Simon supported Friedman in his bid for the head of the Bronx Democratic Party.
The following year, after Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams was elected New York Attorney General, Friedman advanced Simon for the interim post. The eight city council members from the Bronx elected him as the interim President in a racially divided vote. He later won the election in November 1979 to fulfill the remainder of Abrams' term.
Despite a reformist effort to defeat him, he won re-election easily in 1981 over Liberal Party candidate Ismael Betancourt. Betancourt had been supported by former Borough President Herman Badillo but failed to win the party's endorsement. Betancourt was later removed from the Democratic primary ballot leaving him to run on the smaller party's line.
He had a tougher challenge in 1985. With an increasing Latino population in the Bronx, José E. Serrano, a New York assemblyman and future Congressman, came within 4,000 votes of defeating him in the Democratic primary.