Longtime NYC councilman Herbert Berman dies at 80

Published July 7, 2014 1:22am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City councilman who later served as Gov. George Pataki’s ambassador to the city’s Jewish community has died. Herbert Berman was 80.

He died Sunday at his Manhattan home after a long illness, according to his son, Russell Berman.

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