Cecile D. Singer

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.

References

1. New York Red Book (1993–1994; pg. 338)
2. Deaths; SINGER, DAVID H. in The New York Times on April 12, 2009
3. Singer Wins G.O.P.'s Assembly Contest by James Feron, in The New York Times on October 9, 1988 (pg. 2)
4. An Assembly Race Suddenly Changes by James Feron, in The New York Times on October 2, 1988
5. Singer Wins G.O.P.'s Assembly Contest; ...Ms. Singer, who is 59 years old... (pg. 1)
6. Cecile D. Singer Retires as Director of Hudson Valley Holding Corp. and Hudson Valley Bank in Bloomberg Business on December 13, 2012
7. Helping Businesswomen Network; ...the 70-year-old Ms. Singer... by Elsa Brenner, in The New York Times on October 15, 2000

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Gordon W. Burrows	New York State Assembly 84th District 1989–1992	Succeeded by J. Gary Pretlow
Preceded by Peter M. Sullivan	New York State Assembly 87th District 1993–1994	Succeeded by Mike Spano