Daniel Lee Feldman (born June 22, 1949) is an American lawyer, author, politician and professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
[7] After starting his career in securities litigation Feldman became executive assistant to then-Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman in 1974, and in 1977, he was named investigations counsel to then-New York State Assemblyman Charles Schumer.
[10] Laws Feldman wrote established the New York City Transit Corps of Engineers and the Tax Assessment Small Claims Court.
In the district's hotly contested, four-person primary election, Feldman ultimately lost to eventual Congressman – and fellow former Schumer aide – Anthony Weiner.
He currently teaches oversight & investigation, ethics & accountability, and administrative law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.