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Karen Burstein was born on 20 July, 1942 in United States, is an American politician. Discover Karen Burstein's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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Karen Burstein Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karen Burstein worth at the age of 81 years old? Karen Burstein’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. She is from United States. We have estimated Karen Burstein's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Karen S. Burstein (born July 20, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, civil servant, and former judge from the State of New York.
She served in the New York State Senate, worked in the administration of Gov. Mario Cuomo, chaired the New York State Civil Service Commission, became Auditor General of New York City, and then served as a Judge of the New York City Family Court.
Burstein was born on July 20, 1942 in Nassau County, New York, the daughter of international lawyer Herbert Burstein and New York State Supreme Court Justice Beatrice S. Burstein (1915–2001).
Burstein's mother was the first woman State Supreme Court Justice on Long Island.
Burstein grew up in Baldwin and Lawrence, New York.
She was the first female student body president at the Woodmere Academy.
A 1964 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Burstein also was the first white full-time student at Fisk University.
Burstein taught in newly integrated Tennessee high schools and protested the Vietnam War.
A Democrat, Burstein unsuccessfully ran for Congress on Long Island in 1970 on an antiwar platform.
She graduated from Fordham Law School in 1971.
Burstein's sister, Ellen, was a television news reporter who died at the age of 59 after suffering from multiple sclerosis.
She was elected to the New York State Senate in 1972 and was named chairwoman of the New York State Consumer Protection Board in 1980.
The couple later divorced.
In 1983, she was appointed president of the New York State Civil Service Commission.
In 1987, Burstein was appointed Auditor General of New York City by New York City Mayor Ed Koch.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins appointed Burstein to a judgeship on the New York City Family Court in 1990.
In 1990, during a judicial swearing-in ceremony, Burstein publicly acknowledged her female romantic partner.
Burstein was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of New York in 1994, but was defeated.
Burstein resigned her Family Court judgeship in 1994 to seek the Democratic nomination for New York Attorney General.
In the primary, she faced Attorney General G. Oliver Koppell, Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes, and former prosecutor Eliot Spitzer.
She won the primary and faced former U.S. Attorney Dennis Vacco of Buffalo in the general election.
A week before the election, Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari opined that Burstein would not be qualified to serve as Attorney General because she is a lesbian.
Vacco narrowly defeated Burstein.
The New York Times called Molinari's remarks "gutter politics."
As of 1994, Burstein publicly identified as a lesbian.
Karen Burstein is the sister of John Burstein, who portrays the fictional character Slim Goodbody.
Burstein unsuccessfully sought a New York County Surrogate's Court judgeship in 1996.
