Ellen Jaffee
Ellen C. Jaffee (born May 20, 1944)[1] is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 97th Assembly District in Rockland County. A native of Brooklyn, Jaffee earned her B.A. in Education from Brooklyn College and her M.S. in Special Education from Fordham University. She was previously a teacher at Pomona Middle School before becoming an elected official of the Rockland County Legislature in 1998.[2] Jaffee was first elected to the State Assembly in 2006 for a two-year term (2007–2009). She ran uncontested in the 2008 general election[3] and won the 2010 general election with 61 percent of the vote.[4][5] Jaffee has lived in Suffern since 1978, where she and her late husband, Steve, raised two children, Marc and Allison.[2] Steve Jaffee, who was also the Chairman of the Suffern Democratic Committee, died on January 19, 2016.[6] Jaffee was defeated in the 2020 election by Republican Mike Lawler.[7] References
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