NETTIE MAYERSOHN
27th Assembly District (Part of Queens County)
Albany office:
LOB 746, ALBANY 12248
518-455-4404
District Office:
65-01 FRESH MEADOW LANE, FLUSHING 11365
718-463-1942
Nettie Mayersohn (D-L-Flushing), was elected to the New York State Assembly
from the 27th District in Queens County in November of 1982, after serving
as a community activist for over 30 years.
Since 1972, Assemblywoman Mayersohn has also served as District Leader from
the 27th Assembly District-Part A and has been Executive Member of the Stevenson
Regular Democratic Club, Inc. She was a member of Community Board 8 for
ten years and was formerly Chairperson of its Youth Committee. Prior to
her election to the Assembly, Ms. Mayersohn was the Executive Director of
the New York State Crime Victims Board.
Assemblywoman Mayersohn has a long record of community activity. She was
Chairperson of the Pomonok Community Center. When the closing of a local
after school program seemed imminent because of a lack of funding, Assemblywoman
Mayersohn intervened, and founded and helped organize the Pomonok Neighborhood
Center, Inc. The center now operates a wide range of programs including
a tenant assistance program, after school and summer youth programs, a crime
victims prevention program, a home attendant program, and a fuel consortium.
Assemblywoman Mayersohn is a member of the Electchester Jewish Center and
the Israel Center of Hillcrest Manor. She is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Memorial Association. In 1977, Assemblywoman
Mayersohn was the New York State Delegate to the International Women's Conference
and the recipient of the National Conference of Christians and Jews Builders
of Brotherhood Award. In addition, in 1989, Assemblywoman Mayersohn was
awarded the Legislator of the Year Award by the New York State Chapter of
the National Organization for Women.
Assemblywoman Mayersohn received a B.A. from Queens College in 1978 and
is a member of its Evening Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Lambda. She is married
to Ronald Mayersohn and has two children, Jeffrey and Lee, and four grandchildren,
Andrew, Rebecca, Benjamin and Anna. She has been a resident of the Electchester
Cooperative in Flushing, Queens, for 40 years.
Nettie Mayersohn is a full-time legislator, and maintains a District Office
at 65-01 Fresh Meadow Lane, Flushing, NY 11365.
Assemblywoman Mayersohn's Committee assignments include: Chairperson, Assembly
House Operations Committee and Chairperson, Subcommittee on Elderly Crime
Victims. She is also a member of the following Committees: Rules, Housing,
Health, Labor, Insurance, and Governmental Operations.