Aron Wieder | |
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Member of the New York State Assembly from the 97th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2025 | |
Preceded by | John W. McGowan |
Member of the Rockland County Legislature from the 13th District [1] | |
In office January 2,2012 –February 13,2025 | |
Majority Leader of the Rockland County Legislature | |
In office January 16,2014 –December 17,2015 | |
Member of the East Ramapo School Board | |
In office July 1,2008 –June 30,2011 | |
Preceded by | David Resnick |
Succeeded by | Daniel Schwartz |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn,New York |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Spring Valley,New York |
Aron B. Wieder is an American politician serving in the New York State Assembly for the 97th district. A Democrat,he defeated incumbent John W. McGowan and flipped the seat in 2024. [2] He has also served in the Rockland County Legislature for the 13th district since 2011. [3]
Wieder was elected to the board of East Ramapo Central School District in 2008,serving until 2011,becoming Vice-President and then President during his tenure. [1]
He was the Democratic candidate for New York's 98th State Assembly district in the 2016 general election,but was defeated. [4] He ran in the 2014 Democratic primary for the 98th district,but lost by only 61 votes. [5] [6]
Wieder has served as a member of the Rockland County Legislature since 2011. [1] He announced that he would remain in the position while concurrently serving in the State Assembly. [7] On February 13th he announced that he's resigning his seat in the Rockland County Legislature citing that "he has made significant progress on those projects and decided it was the right time to resign." [8]
Wieder is a follower of the Belz dynasty of Hasidic Judaism,and a graduate of Brooklyn's Machzikei Hadas Yeshiva. [9] He resides in Spring Valley. [9]