Joni A. Yoswein (born 1955) is an American politician from New York.
Life She was born in 1955,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 the daughter of David J. Yoswein (died 1997).Deaths; YOSWEIN, DAVID J. in the New York Times on October 22, 1997 She graduated from SUNY Albany and married Glenn C. Van Bramer.
She began her political career as a Democrat, serving as an aide to Assemblyman Mel Miller for fourteen years. During Miller's service as a Speaker, she took the role as the Director of Operations of the Assembly. In addition, she was a delegate to both the 1984 and 1988 Democratic National Conventions.Congressional Record (Vol. 145; pg. 16334; "Joni Yoswein" by Edolphus Towns; July 15, 1999)
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 felony and remained as a member of the 189th New York State Legislature until the end of the year.Brooklyn and Queens Democrats Win Special Assembly Elections by Lee A. Daniels, in the New York Times on January 29, 1992 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.For Assembly: Brooklyn, the Bronx in the New York Times on September 11, 1992 In November 1992, she ran on the Liberal ticket for re-election, but was defeated again by Brennan.THE 1992 ELECTIONS; THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE; Incumbency Keeps Balance Intact by Sam Howe Verhovek, in the New York Times on November 5, 1992
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.Yoswein New York Official site
Assemblyman and Supreme Court Justice Leonard E. Yoswein (1920–2011) was her uncle.Local Jurists Remember Judge Who Fought for Underdog in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on February 28, 2011
References