Jeff Kurzon | |
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 Jeff Kurzon (left) and Lawrence Lessig at a march for campaign finance reform in Jan 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Mead Kurzon 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Forward |
| Residence(s) | Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Jeffrey Mead Kurzon (born 1976) is a New York City attorney and politician.
Kurzon graduated from McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL/LLB in 2003, after studying abroad at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. [1]
He began his career as a lawyer at Sidley Austin, which he later left to create his own law firm. [2]
Kurzon's firm represented law school graduates who sued in a class action their law schools, including New York Law School and Cooley Law School, [3] for misrepresenting their post-graduate employment statistics [4] to lure students to take on hundreds of thousands dollars in debt. [5]
Kurzon was the lead attorney who filed a lawsuit representing a class of about 9,000 unpaid Huffington Post bloggers, claiming that the Huffington Post and its acquirer AOL unjustly made profits by using the unpaid writers' work. [6]
Kurzon became involved in New York City politics in 2007 [7] as one of the top fundraisers for Barack Obama, raising over $150,000 for the candidate [8] and organizing one of the earliest and largest grassroots groups in New York City in support of the candidate. [9]
In February 2013, Kurzon announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York's 7th congressional district against 22-year incumbent Nydia Velázquez. [10] [11] Kurzon pledged to not accept any PAC or lobbyist money, [12] challenging Velázquez (who sits on the Financial Services Committee) to do the same. [13] After the Federal Election Commission issued guidance on Bitcoin, Kurzon announced he would be the first candidate in New York to accept bitcoin donations from individuals. [14]
In the June 24, 2014 primary, Kurzon lost to Velázquez by a large margin. [15] [16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia M. Valezquez | 7,627 | 80.95 | |
| Democratic | Jeffrey M. Kurzon | 1,796 | 19.05 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,423 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Nydia M. Valezquez | 10,162 | 62.1 | |
| Democratic | Yungman Lee | 4,479 | 27.3 | |
| Democratic | Jeffrey M. Kurzon | 1,796 | 10.6 | |
| Total valid votes | 16,377 | 100% | ||
In October 2021, Kurzon joined Andrew Yang's Forward Party PAC team. [18]
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