# Alan Gerson
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{{short description|American lawyer}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alan J. Gerson
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| office = Member of the [New York City Council](/source/New_York_City_Council)
from the [1st](/source/New_York_City's_1st_City_Council_district) district
| term_start = January 1, 2002
| term_end = December 31, 2009
| predecessor = [Kathryn E. Freed](/source/Kathryn_E._Freed)
| successor = [Margaret Chin](/source/Margaret_Chin)
| constituency = Manhattan: SoHo, NoHo, TriBeCa, Washington Square area, South Village, Battery Park City, Wall Street area, South Street Seaport area, City Hall area, Little Italy, Chinatown, Lower East Side
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|01}}
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| party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
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| alma_mater = [Stuyvesant High School](/source/Stuyvesant_High_School)
[Columbia College](/source/Columbia_College_of_Columbia_University)
[Columbia Law School](/source/Columbia_Law_School)
| profession = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer)
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'''Alan Jay Gerson''' (born November 1, 1957) is a former [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [New York City Council](/source/New_York_City_Council), first elected in 2001, and reelected in 2005, to represent the [1st district](/source/New_York_City's_1st_City_Council_district) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan). Prior to that Gerson served as Chair of [Manhattan Community Board 2](/source/Manhattan_Community_Board_2) from 1998 to 1999, serving on its board from 1990 to 2001.[[http://www.nyccfb.info/public/voter-guide/primary_2001/cd_statements/cd01_agerson.htm NYC Campaign Finance Program The 2001 Voter Guide, retrieved February 3, 2017]] Gerson lost the Democratic Primary to [Margaret Chin](/source/Margaret_Chin) on September 15, 2009, following previous challenges by her in the 2001 and 2004 primaries. The district is located in Lower Manhattan and includes [Tribeca](/source/Tribeca), portions of the [Lower East Side](/source/Lower_East_Side), [Chinatown](/source/Chinatown), [Little Italy](/source/Little_Italy), [Greenwich Village](/source/Greenwich_Village), and the [Financial District](/source/Financial_District%2C_Manhattan).[[http://council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/home.shtml NYC Council - District 1 - Alan J. Gerson]]
Gerson is a lifelong New York City resident and graduate of P.S. 41, I.S. 70, and [Stuyvesant High School](/source/Stuyvesant_High_School) (1975[{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221154110/http://www.ourstrongband.org/history/timeline.html The Campaign for Stuyvesant]}}]). He graduated [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa) and [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude) from [Columbia College of Columbia University](/source/Columbia_College_of_Columbia_University) (1979[[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep99/43a_fr.html Columbia College Today: Fall 1999: Class Notes]]), and was a [Harlan Fiske Stone](/source/Harlan_Fiske_Stone) Scholar from [Columbia Law School](/source/Columbia_Law_School). He was an aide to [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) Member William Passannante. Gerson practiced law with [Kelley Drye & Warren](/source/Kelley_Drye_%26_Warren) for 18 years.