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{{short description|American politician and nurse (1926–2020)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Claire Shulman
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| caption = Shulman in 2012
| office = 17th [[Borough President]] of [[Queens, New York|Queens]]
| term_start = February 11, 1986<ref name=acting>{{cite news|last1=Oreskes|first1=Michael|title=Manes Resigns 2 Queens Posts, Citing 'Burden'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/12/nyregion/manes-resigns-2-queens-posts-citing-burden.html|accessdate=20 November 20, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 12, 1986}}</ref>
| term_end = January 1, 2002
| predecessor = [[Donald Manes]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|02|23|}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|08|16|1926|02|23|}}
| death_place = [[Queens, New York|Queens]], New YorkU.S.
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], New York]], U.S.
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse =
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'''Claire Shulman''' (née '''Kantoff'''; February 23, 1926{{spnd}}August 16, 2020) was an American politician and [[registered nurse]] from [[New York City]]. She served as director of community boards and deputy president of [[Queens]] Borough, before becoming interim borough president in 1986 when her predecessor resigned due to scandal. Shulman proceeded to serve in the role full-time and won four elections between 1986 toand 2002. She was the first woman to hold the position.
 
==LifeEarly and careerlife==
Shulman was born in [[Brooklyn]] on February 23, 1926. She graduated from [[Adelphi University]] and was a registered nurse before getting into politics.<ref name="NYT obit"/> She met her future husband, Mel Shulman, a doctor, while both were working at [[Queens Hospital Center]]. <ref>{{cite news|title=Claire Shulman Queens Borough President|url=https://qns.com/story/1999/09/02/claire-shulman-queens-borough-president/|date=September 2, 1999|accessdate=August 17, 2020|work=QNS.com|publisher=TimesLedger Newspapers}}</ref>
Shulman was born in [[Brooklyn]] on February 23, 1926. She graduated from [[Adelphi University]] and was a registered nurse before getting into politics.<ref name="NYT obit"/> She met her future husband, Mel Shulman, a doctor, while both were working at [[Queens Hospital Center]]. She first became active in community life when she joined the Bayside Mother's Club in 1955.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title='She was a trailblazer': Queens mourns loss of former Borough President Claire Shulman|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/08/16/breaking-former-queens-borough-president-claire-shulman-dies-at-94/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=QNS.com|language=en-US}}</ref> She was active in Queens community affairs and was appointed to a community board in 1966. She became Queens borough president [[Donald Manes]]' director of community boards in 1972 and his deputy in 1980. She took office initially as acting Borough President on February 11, 1986 after the scandal-tarred Manes, who later committed suicide, resigned.<ref name=acting/> She was elected Borough President by a unanimous vote of the nine [[New York City Council]] members from Queens on March 12.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lynn|first1=Frank|title=Shulman Elected to Succeed Manes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/13/nyregion/shulman-elected-to-succeed-manes.html|accessdate=20 November 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=March 13, 1986}}</ref> She was then elected by popular vote to the remaining three years of Manes' term later that year<ref>{{cite news|last1=James|first1=George|title=The Elections: A Challenge Is Rebuffed, a Comeback Fails; Shulman Victor in Queens Race For Manes Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/nyregion/elections-challenge-rebuffed-comeback-fails-shulman-victor-queens-race-for-manes.html|accessdate=20 November 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 5, 1986}}</ref> and to four-year terms again in 1989,<ref name=Nov89>{{cite news|last1=Purdum|first1=Todd S.|title=The 1989 Elections: Board of Estimate — A Generation Of Ex-Critics Gains Power|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/nyregion/the-1989-elections-board-of-estimate-a-generation-of-ex-critics-gains-power.html|accessdate=20 November 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 8, 1989}}</ref> 1993, and 1997. She was unable to run for re-election in 2001 because of term limits,<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Queens Borough Preisdent Helen Marshall Passes At 87|url=https://bronx.com/former-queens-borough-preisdent-helen-marshall-passes-at-87/first=Jonas|last=Bronck|date=March 4, 2017|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=The Bronx Daily}}</ref> and was succeeded by [[Helen M. Marshall|Helen Marshall]] on January 3, 2002.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schools, Budget Are Marshall’s Primary Issues|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/schools-budget-are-marshalls-primary-issues/|first=Richard|last=Gentilviso|date=February 27, 2002|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=Queens Gazette}}</ref>▼
 
==AffiliationsCareer==
▲Shulman was born in [[Brooklyn]] on February 23, 1926. She graduated from [[Adelphi University]] and was a registered nurse before getting into politics.<ref name="NYT obit"/> She met her future husband, Mel Shulman, a doctor, while both were working at [[Queens Hospital Center]]. She first became activeinvolved in community life when she joined the Bayside Mother's Club in 1955.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title='She was a trailblazer': Queens mourns loss of former Borough President Claire Shulman|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/08/16/breaking-former-queens-borough-president-claire-shulman-dies-at-94/|access-date=2020-08-August 17, 2020|website=QNS.com|language=en-US}}</ref> She was active in Queens community affairs and was appointed to a community board in 1966, eventually going on to become its chairwomen.<ref name="NYT obit"/> She subsequently became Queens borough president [[Donald Manes]]' director of community boards in 1972 and his deputy in 1980. She took office initially as acting Borough President on February 11, 1986, after the scandal-tarred Manes, who later committed suicide, resigned.<ref name=acting/> She was elected Borough President by a unanimous vote of the nine [[New York City Council]] members from Queens on March 12.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lynn|first1=Frank|title=Shulman Elected to Succeed Manes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/13/nyregion/shulman-elected-to-succeed-manes.html|accessdate=20 November 20, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 13, 1986}}</ref> She was then elected by popular vote to the remaining three years of Manes' term later that year<ref>{{cite news|last1=James|first1=George|title=The Elections: A Challenge Is Rebuffed, a Comeback Fails; Shulman Victor in Queens Race For Manes Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/05/nyregion/elections-challenge-rebuffed-comeback-fails-shulman-victor-queens-race-for-manes.html|accessdate=20 November 20, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 5, 1986}}</ref> and to four-year terms again in 1989,<ref name=Nov89>{{cite news|last1=Purdum|first1=Todd S.|title=The 1989 Elections: Board of Estimate — A Generation Of Ex-Critics Gains Power|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/nyregion/the-1989-elections-board-of-estimate-a-generation-of-ex-critics-gains-power.html|accessdate=20 November 20, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 8, 1989}}</ref> 1993, and 1997. She was unable to run for re-election in 2001 because of term limits,<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Queens Borough PreisdentPresident Helen Marshall Passes At 87|url=https://bronx.com/former-queens-borough-preisdent-helen-marshall-passes-at-87/first=Jonas|last=Bronck|date=March 4, 2017|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=The Bronx Daily}}</ref> and was succeeded by [[Helen M. Marshall|Helen Marshall]] on January 3, 2002.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schools, Budget Are Marshall’sMarshall's Primary Issues|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/schools-budget-are-marshalls-primary-issues/|first=Richard|last=Gentilviso|date=February 27, 2002|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=Queens Gazette}}</ref>
Shulman served as a member of the boards of directors of [[New York Hospital]] Queens and St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claire Shulman Joins MMI Board Of Trustees|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/claire-shulman-joins-mmi-board-of-trustees/|date=August 16, 2006|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=Queens Gazette}}</ref> She also assisted the [[Queens Zoo]] in obtaining its first [[bald eagle]]. The zoo's current bald eagles, Mel and Claire II, are named after Shulman and her husband.<ref>[http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/qz-news/qz_claire2 New York Zoos and Aquarium website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20081015230601/http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/qz-news/qz_claire2 |date=2008-10-15 }}</ref>▼
 
Shulman was noted for her passionate advocacy on issues including economic development, airport disputes, and the environment. For instance, she secured funding for the construction of [[Queens Hospital Center]], as well as for 30,000 more school places for students. She also mediated a compromise with the board in 1987, when it voted in favor of a key city rezoning proposal that would spur the construction of middle-income apartment blocks. Neighborhoods made up of mostly [[single-family detached home]]s were against the proposal, and Shulman obtained an exemption for twelve such areas in Queens.<ref name="NYT obit"/>
== Unlawful lobbying ==
As President and CEO of the Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation, an entity that she established,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rivera|first=Ray|date=2009-08-20|title=New York Paid to Lobby Itself, Group Claims|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/nyregion/21lobby.html|access-date=2020-08-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Shulman aggressively lobbied the New York City Council<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-01|title=Shulman lobbying machine goes full-steam|url=https://irontriangletracker.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/shulman-lobbying-machine-goes-full-steam/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Iron Triangle Tracker|language=en}}</ref> during 2007-2008 to approve controversial legislation<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-14|title=Showdown at Willets Point|url=https://observer.com/2008/10/showdown-at-willets-point/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref> intended to remove all of the existing private property owners and 250 industrial businesses from the neighborhood of [[Willets Point, Queens]], for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 2008|title=Willets Point Redevelopment: Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement; Executive Summary|url=https://edc.nyc/sites/default/files/filemanager/Projects/Willets_Point_Redevelopment/WP_0908_00_Executive_Summary.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 16, 2020|website=New York City Economic Development Corporation}}</ref>
 
==Affiliations==
Shulman conducted the lobbying for more than one year without filing any of the required public disclosures, until finally investigated by the City Clerk’s Lobbying Bureau – which levied against Shulman’s LDC a penalty of $59,090.00, the then-record, highest New York City lobbyist penalty ever paid.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kemp|first=Joe|title=Property owners ask federal prosecutors to probe Flushing Willets Point Corona Land Development Corp|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/property-owners-federal-prosecutors-probe-flushing-willets-point-corona-land-development-corp-article-1.403532|access-date=2020-08-17|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref>
▲Shulman served as a member of the boards of directors of [[New York Hospital]] Queens and St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claire Shulman Joins MMI Board Of Trustees|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/claire-shulman-joins-mmi-board-of-trustees/|date=August 16, 2006|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=Queens Gazette}}</ref> She also assisted the [[Queens Zoo]] in obtaining its first [[bald eagle]]. The zoo's current bald eagles, Mel and Claire II, are named after Shulman and her husband.<ref>[http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/qz-news/qz_claire2 New York Zoos and Aquarium website] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.istoday/20081015230601/http://nyzoosandaquarium.com/qz-news/qz_claire2 |date=2008-10-October 15, 2008 }}</ref>
 
==Later life==
Acting on a complaint by Willets Point property and business owners – that Shulman’s lobbying also contravened New York state Not-for-Profit Corporation Law § 1411, which prohibits all local development corporations from attempting to influence any legislation<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York Consolidated Laws, Not-For-Profit Corporation Law - NPC § 1411|url=https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/notforprofit-corporation-law/npc-sect-1411.html|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Findlaw|language=en-US}}</ref> – the [[New York State Attorney General|New York State Office of the Attorney General]], under then-AGs [[Andrew Cuomo]] and his successor, [[Eric Schneiderman]], investigated Shulman’s lobbying campaign over a three-year period.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saul|first=Michael Howard|date=2012-07-03|title=City Agency Admits Illegal Lobby Effort|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304211804577503270562394712|access-date=2020-08-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> AG Schneiderman found that Shulman’s LDC indeed “flouted the law by lobbying elected officials, both directly and through third parties, to win approval of … favored projects”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.G. Schneiderman Ends Illegal Lobbying Of NYC Officials By Three Local Development Corporations {{!}} New York State Attorney General|url=https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2012/ag-schneiderman-ends-illegal-lobbying-nyc-officials-three-local-development|access-date=2020-08-17|website=ag.ny.gov|language=en}}</ref> The result of the AG investigation "validates years of complaints from Willets Point business owners who charged the Flushing Willets Point Corona LDC and specifically its president, Claire Shulman, curried favor for a plan to take properties".<ref>{{Cite web|last=CHINESE|first=VERA|title=City economic agencies admit to illegal lobbying in support of Willets Point plan|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/city-economic-agencies-admit-illegal-lobbying-support-willets-point-plan-article-1.1107377|access-date=2020-08-17|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref>
Shulman established Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rivera|first=Ray|date=August 20, 2009|title=New York Paid to Lobby Itself, Group Claims|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/nyregion/21lobby.html|access-date=August 17, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and served as its president and CEO when it aggressively lobbied the New York City Council<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2008|title=Shulman lobbying machine goes full-steam|url=https://irontriangletracker.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/shulman-lobbying-machine-goes-full-steam/|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=Iron Triangle Tracker|language=en}}</ref> in 2007 and 2008 to approve controversial legislation<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 14, 2008|title=Showdown at Willets Point|url=https://observer.com/2008/10/showdown-at-willets-point/|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=Observer|language=en-US}}</ref> that would remove all of the existing private property owners and 250 industrial businesses from the neighborhood of [[Willets Point, Queens]], for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=November 2008|title=Willets Point Redevelopment: Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement; Executive Summary|url=https://edc.nyc/sites/default/files/filemanager/Projects/Willets_Point_Redevelopment/WP_0908_00_Executive_Summary.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 16, 2020|website=New York City Economic Development Corporation}}</ref> She was found to have conducted the lobbying for more than one year without filing any of the required public disclosures. An investigation by the City Clerk's Lobbying Bureau led to it imposing a fine of $59,090 against Shulman's LDC, which was a then-record penalty on a New York City lobbyist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kemp|first=Joe|title=Property owners ask federal prosecutors to probe Flushing Willets Point Corona Land Development Corp|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/property-owners-federal-prosecutors-probe-flushing-willets-point-corona-land-development-corp-article-1.403532|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref> However, Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] came to her defense, characterizing this as a "cheap shot" against her and adding that "these groups are designed to lobby. I don’t know if they technically broke the law".<ref>{{cite news|date=December 18, 2010|title=Odds And Ends|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/odds-ends-blog-entry-1.1675420|accessdate=August 18, 2020}}</ref> On a state level, then-Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]] and his successor, [[Eric Schneiderman]] investigated Shulman's lobbying campaign over a three-year period.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saul|first=Michael Howard|date=July 3, 2012|title=City Agency Admits Illegal Lobby Effort|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304211804577503270562394712|access-date=August 17, 2020|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Schneiderman eventually found that Shulman's LDC indeed “flouted the law by lobbying elected officials, both directly and through third parties, to win approval of … favored projects”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.G. Schneiderman Ends Illegal Lobbying Of NYC Officials By Three Local Development Corporations {{!}} New York State Attorney General|url=https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2012/ag-schneiderman-ends-illegal-lobbying-nyc-officials-three-local-development|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=ag.ny.gov|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
During the last years of her life, she and her husband, Melvin Shulman, lived in [[Beechhurst, Queens|Beechhurst, Queens]], New York]]. They had one daughter, [[Ellen S. Baker]], an astronaut <ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/rwg/html/96/educ.html |title="A Vision for Education": Speech by New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, The Wharton Club, August 11, 1995] |access-date=March 28, 2007 |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018142923/http://nyc.gov/html/rwg/html/96/educ.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a veteran of three [[Space Shuttle]] voyages, including one that docked with the Russian [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]''. Their son, Lawrence Shulman, a medical [[oncologist]], is Chiefchief Medicalmedical Officerofficer at the [[Dana-FarberDana–Farber Cancer Institute]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts]]. Their adopted son, Kim Shulman, who worked as an assistant director on television series including ''[[Party of Five]]'' and films including ''[[Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves]]'', died from a cerebral hemorrhage on June 2, 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Claire Shulman’sShulman's son dies in California at age 45|url=https://qns.com/story/2001/06/06/claire-shulmans-son-dies-in-california-at-age-45/|first1=Betsy|last1=Scheinbart|first2=Jennifer|last2=Warren||date=June 6, 2001|accessdate=August 17, 2020|work=QNS.com|publisher=TimesLedger Newspapers}}</ref>
 
===Health and death===
Shulman survived [[breast cancer]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Delatiner|first=Barbara|date=October 11, 1998|title=The Guide|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/11/nyregion/the-guide-226823.html|first=Barbara|last=Delatiner|date=October 11, 1998|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and lost both her breasts in separate [[mastectomies]].<ref>{{cite news|date=September 28, 2005|title=Shulman To Receive Award From NYHQ|newspaper=Queens Gazette|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/shulman-to-receive-award-from-nyhq/|date=September 28, 2005|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=Queens Gazette}}</ref> She died on August 16, 2020, at her home in [[Beechhurst, Queens]].<ref name="NYT obit" /> She was 94, and suffered from [[lung cancer]] and [[pancreatic cancer]] in the time leading up to her death.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chasan|first=Aliza|date=August 16, 2020|title=Former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman dies|publisher=WPIX|url=https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/queens/former-queens-borough-president-claire-shulman-dies|first=Aliza|last=Chasan|date=August 16, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020|publisher=WPIX}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gewelb|first=Zach|date=August 16, 2020|title=Claire Shulman, who served Queens as borough president for 16 years, dead at 94|newspaper=AM New York Metro|url=https://www.amny.com/queens/claire-shulman-who-served-queens-as-borough-president-for-16-years-dead-at-94/|first=Zach|last=Gewelb|date=August 16, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020|newspaper=AM New York Metro}}</ref> Before her death, she endorsed [[Donovan Richards]] for the 2020 Queens Borough presidency.<ref name=":0" />
 
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