Alice Cancel | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 65th district | |
| In office May 10, 2016 – December 31, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Sheldon Silver |
| Succeeded by | Yuh-Line Niou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1955 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | John Quinn |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
Alice Cancel is an American former politician from New York City who represented the 65th District of the New York State Assembly for several months in 2016. She is a Democrat. The district included the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side, East Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, SoHo, TriBeCa, the Financial District, Battery Park and Governor's Island in Manhattan. After winning an April 2016 special election to fill the vacancy created by the felony conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Cancel was defeated in a Democratic primary by Yuh-Line Niou later that year.