Audrey Hochberg

Audrey Hochberg (June 26, 1933 – June 8, 2005) was an American politician from New York.

Life

She was born Audrey Elaine Golden on June 26, 1933, in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the daughter of Abraham H. Golden and Fannie (Dodek) Golden. She graduated B.S. in economics from Radcliffe College in 1955. Then she worked as a securities analyst. She married Herbert L. Hochberg, and they had three daughters. They lived in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York.

She became active in the anti-war movement triggered by the Vietnam War, and entered politics as a Democrat. She was a member of the Westchester County Legislature from 1972 to 1992; and a member of the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 2000, sitting in the 190th, 191st, 192nd and 193rd New York State Legislatures.[1] In March 2000, she announced that she would not seek re-election later that year.[2]

She died on June 8, 2005, in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, of uterine cancer.[3]

References

  1. A Guide to the Audrey Hochberg Collection 1969–2001 at the Westchester County Historical Society
  2. Hochberg to Retire in The New York Times on March 12, 2000
  3. Audrey Hochberg, Assemblywoman and Democrat, Dies at 71 by Margalit Fox, in The New York Times on June 9, 2005
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Gregory P. Young
New York State Assembly
88th District

1993–2000
Succeeded by
Amy Paulin
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