Emanuel R. Gold (August 25, 1935 – January 24, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on August 25, 1935, in

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. He attended

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. He graduated from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and

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. He practiced law and entered politics as a

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. He married Judith Silberfein, and they had four children. They lived in

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. He was Counsel to the Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968; and Counsel to the Majority Leader of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967. On February 17, 1970, Gold was elected to the

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(25th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the election of

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to the New York Supreme Court. In November 1970, he was re-elected, sitting in the 178th and

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s. He resigned his Assembly seat to run for the Senate seat vacated by Seymour R. Thaler. On November 2, 1971, Gold was elected to the

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, and took his seat in the

during the special session in December 1971. He was re-elected several times, and remained in the Senate until 1998, sitting also in the 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st and

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s. He was the author of the first

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, enacted in 1977. He was at times Deputy Minority Leader; and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance. He died on January 24, 2013.''Paid Death Notices; Emanuel R. Gold''
in ''The New York Times'' on January 25, 2013 at the age of 78.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, Emanuel R. 1935 births 2013 deaths Politicians from Queens, New York Lawyers from Queens, New York Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Cornell Law School alumni Stuyvesant High School alumni