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“Underlying democracy is the permanency of change,” said Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), president of the New York chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators. “While there are fewer Jewish members of the state legislature now, there will be more in two years and the years to come.”
Of the 213 state lawmakers, 96 percent have a Jewish footprint in their district. The non-Jewish lawmakers who represent Jewish constituencies get the title of Associate Jewish member within the New York chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators, Lavine said.
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“The newly elected lawmakers and the current members of the legislature stand up strongly for Jewish principles and Israel,” he added.
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