Stanley M. Friedman

Stanley Melvin Friedman is a former head of the Bronx County Democratic Committee (better known as the Bronx Democratic party), a former Deputy Mayor of New York City, and later hotelier.[1]

Stanley M. Friedman
Deputy Mayor of New York City for Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
1975–1977
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Committee
In office
1978–1987
Preceded byPatrick J. Cunningham
Succeeded byGeorge Friedman
Personal details
Born (1936-03-18) March 18, 1936
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materCity College of New York and Brooklyn Law School
Occupationpolitician, hotelier

Early life

Friedman was born in the Bronx, on March 18, 1936,[2] and grew up in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx.[2] He attended and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1953, City College of New York in 1958, and Brooklyn Law School in 1961.[3]

Political career

Friedman worked as a lawyer first for the Federal Trade Commission and then as an assistant district attorney for the Bronx.[2] He was an associate counsel to the New York City Council's Thomas J. Cuite when he became the Deputy Mayor of New York City for Intergovernmental Affairs on January 2, 1975, under Mayor Abraham Beame. Friedman served until the end of Beame's term in December 1977.[2][4][5]

In 1978 Friedman became the leader of the Bronx chapter of the New York State Democratic party ("Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Committee").[6] He was succeeded in 1987 by New York State Assemblyman George Friedman (no relation to Stanley M. Friedman).[7] Also, in 1978, he became a law partner to Roy Cohn.[8][9]

He was indicted by on civil charges involving the New York City Parking Violations Bureau on March 27, 1986.[10] He was defended in that case by Thomas P. Puccio.[11] Friedman was later convicted on federal corruption charges in that case, which was presided over by Whitman Knapp and prosecuted by Rudy Giuliani.[11][12][13] He was removed as the Bronx Democratic party leader when he was sentenced to a 12 year prison term on March 12, 1987, the same day that his mentoree, Stanley Simon resigned as Bronx Borough President on unrelated charges.[13]

Post political career

After completing his prison sentence, and being barred for life from participating in politics, Friedman became a hotelier.[13] He managed facilities in Staten Island[1] and later in Florida.[3]

References
  1. Feuer, Alan (1 October 2004). "Up From Politics, Almost". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. Darnton, John (24 December 1974). "Good Man to Know". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. Francis, Thomas (12 November 2010). "From con to condo". New York Post. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. "Stanley M. Friedman Sworn By Beame as Deputy Mayor". The New York Times. 3 January 1975. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. "Deputy Mayor Friedman's Party: A Water Supply and Then Some". The New York Times. 28 December 1977. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  6. Lentz, Philip (June 26, 1988). "Democrats Turn Bronx Into Political Zoo". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. Lynn, Frank (28 June 1988). "Prosecutor Race in the Bronx Could Foreshadow City Politics of the 1990's". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  8. Brenner, Marie (September 1990). "After the Gold Rush". Vanity Fair - The Complete Archive. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  9. Kaiser, Charles (2007). The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America. Grove Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8021-4317-4. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  10. Johnson, Kirk (9 April 1986). "Prosecutors Seek to Tie $400,000 in Retirement Funds to Citisource". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. Kohn, George C. (2001). The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal. Infobase Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-4381-3022-4. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  12. Meislin, Richard J.; Times, Special To the New York (26 November 1986). "Friedman Is Guilty with 3 in Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  13. Lynn, Frank (12 March 1987). "Bronx Chief Quits and Friedman Gets 12-Year Sentence". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Patrick J. Cunningham		 Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Bronx County Democratic Committee
1978 – 1987		 Succeeded by
George Friedman
Government offices
Preceded by
Judah Gribetz		 Deputy Mayor of New York City
for Intergovernmental Affairs
1975 – 1978		 Succeeded by
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