Harrison J. Goldin
American politician (1936–2024)
Harrison J. Goldin | |
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| 39th New York City Comptroller | |
| In office January 1, 1974 – December 31, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Abraham Beame |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Holtzman |
| Member of the New York State Senate | |
| In office 1966–1973 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harrison Jacob Goldin (1936-02-23)February 23, 1936 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 16, 2024(2024-09-16) (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (AB) Yale University (LLB) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Harrison Jay Goldin (February 23, 1936 – September 16, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician.
He was born on February 23, 1936, in the Bronx, New York City. He graduated as Science Valedictorian from the Bronx High School of Science in 1953, and received an A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1957, and an LL.B. from Yale Law School, where he was articles editor of the Yale Law Journal and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Goldin was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School. Just prior to his graduation, Goldin turned down several top Wall Street jobs, and instead chose to work during the Kennedy Administration as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Civil Rights.
Goldin was a member of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1973, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, and 180th New York State Legislatures. He was New York City Comptroller from 1974 to 1989. In 1989, he ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City but was defeated by David Dinkins.
After leaving public office in 1989, he opened Goldin Associates, a financial advisory and turnaround consulting firm.[1] The firm's notable cases have included Drexel Burnham Lambert, Rockefeller Center, Enron and Refco.
He was a founding Chair (then Chair Emeritus) of the Council of Institutional Investors and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Goldin was an adjunct professor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business at New York University and an adjunct professor of law at Cardozo and New York Law Schools. He was also a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School.
Goldin died in New York City on September 16, 2024, at the age of 88.[2]
Further reading
- Dinkins, David A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, PublicAffairs Books, 2013
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| New York State Senate | ||
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| Preceded by | New York State Senate 34th district 1966 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | New York State Senate 30th district 1967–1972 | Succeeded by Robert García |
| Preceded by | New York State Senate 31st district 1973 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | New York City Comptroller 1974–1989 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Democratic nominee for New York State Comptroller 1978 | Succeeded by |
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New York City Comptrollers since the 1898 consolidation
- Coler (1898–1901)
- Grout (1902–1905)
- Metz (1906–1909)
- Prendergast (1910–1917)
- Craig (1918–1925)
- Berry (1926–1932)
- McAneny (1933)
- Cunningham (1934)
- McGoldrick (1935)
- Taylor (1936–1937)
- McGoldrick (1938–1945)
- Joseph (1946–1953)
- Gerosa (1954–1961)
- Beame (1962–1965)
- Procaccino (1966–1969)
- Beame (1970–1973)
- Goldin (1974–1989)
- Holtzman (1990–1993)
- Hevesi (1994–2001)
- Thompson (2002–2009)
- Liu (2010–2013)
- Stringer (2014–2022)
- Lander (2022–)
