Joni A. Yoswein

Joni A. Yoswein (born 1955) is an American politician from New York.

Life

She was born in 1955,[1] the daughter of David J. Yoswein (died 1997).[2] She graduated from SUNY Albany. She married Glenn C. Van Bramer.

She entered politics as a Democrat, and was an aide to Assemblyman Mel Miller for fourteen years. She rose to become Director of Operations of the Assembly while Miller was Speaker. She also was a delegate to the 1984 and 1988 Democratic National Conventions.[3]

On January 28, 1992, she was elected to the New York State Assembly (44th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the conviction of Mel Miller for a felony.[4] She remained a member of the 189th New York State Legislature until the end of the year. In September 1992, after re-apportionment, she ran in the 44th District Democratic primary for re-nomination against James F. Brennan, the incumbent from the old 51st District, and was defeated.[5] In November 1992, she ran on the Liberal ticket for re-election, but was defeated again by Brennan.[6]

In 1993, she was an Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Department of Aging.

In 1994, she founded, and ever since has been President of, Yoswein New York, a public affairs consulting firm.[7]

Assemblyman and Supreme Court Justice Leonard E. Yoswein (1920–2011) was her uncle.[8]

References
  1. With Miller Gone, Brooklynites Brawl for Power, ... Joni Yoswein, a 36-year-old district leader... by Mary B. W. Tabor, in the New York Times on December 29, 1991
  2. Deaths; YOSWEIN, DAVID J. in the New York Times on October 22, 1997
  3. Congressional Record (Vol. 145; pg. 16334; "Joni Yoswein" by Edolphus Towns; July 15, 1999)
  4. Brooklyn and Queens Democrats Win Special Assembly Elections by Lee A. Daniels, in the New York Times on January 29, 1992
  5. For Assembly: Brooklyn, the Bronx in the New York Times on September 11, 1992
  6. THE 1992 ELECTIONS; THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE; Incumbency Keeps Balance Intact by Sam Howe Verhovek, in the New York Times on November 5, 1992
  7. Yoswein New York Official site
  8. Local Jurists Remember Judge Who Fought for Underdog in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on February 28, 2011
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