Susan Alter

Susan Alter
Member of the New York City Council
In office
January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1993
Preceded byEdward M. Rappaport
Succeeded byLloyd Henry
Constituency32nd district (1978–1982)
25th district (1983–1991)
45th district (1992–1993)
Personal details
Born (1942-05-18) May 18, 1942 (age 82)
Political partyDemocratic

Susan Alter Klaperman[1] (born May 18, 1942) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from 1978 to 1993.[2][3][4] She was the first, and as yet only, Orthodox Jewish woman to serve on the council.[5]

In 1993, Alter supported Rudy Giuliani for mayor and claimed incumbent mayor David Dinkins was "ineffective", she was the Republican and Liberal nominee for the new office of New York City Public Advocate; she unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary as part of a strategy to form a cross-party Giuliani fusion ticket.[6] She finished a distant third in the primary behind Mark Green and David Paterson and lost to Green in the general election by a wide margin.[7]

  1. ^ "Rabbi Gilbert and Susan Alter Klaperman". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Alessandra Stanley (September 5, 1991). "A Combustible Contest In a Smoldering Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Jonathan P. Hicks (June 27, 1993). "One Campaign by Alter: Many Interpretations". New York Times. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Susan Alter-Klapperman". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "This Haredi woman is looking to make history in New York's city elections". Haaretz. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Alison (September 13, 1993). "Mayoral Race Is Overshadowed In New York Primary Tomorrow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Hicks, Jonathan P. (November 3, 1993). "THE 1993 ELECTIONS: Public Advocate; Green Breezes in Rematch From Primary". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 18, 2023.