David Ira Weprin (born May 2, 1956)[1] is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 24 in Queens since 2010, when he replaced his brother Mark.

[7][8][9] In 1983, two years after Weprin was admitted to the bar, then-Governor Mario Cuomo, who was a close family friend and neighbor whom Weprin viewed as family, named him the Deputy Superintendent of Banks and Secretary of the Banking Board for New York State.

[11] Weprin next held a variety of positions at the Stern Brothers investment banking firm (as a vice president),[11] Advest, Pearson, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; Kidder Peabody; Paine Webber, and Sterne, Agee & Leach.

[11][12][13] While in the private sector, he was elected to serve as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association New York District for three years, from 1997 to 2000.

[1] In 2001, Weprin was elected to the New York City Council, representing a northeast Queens district; he served from 2002 until 2009.

[18] He finished last in the Democratic primary, with 10.6% of the vote, behind Melinda Katz, David Yassky, and John Liu—the eventual nominee and winner of the general election.

[14][19] Weprin was penalized $28,184 in total penalties, and $325,561 in matching public funds repayments (of the $929,000 it collected in public funds), after the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) determined that his campaign for comptroller had been plagued with a dozen violations.

[20][21][22] On February 9, 2010, Weprin won a special election to replace his brother Mark to represent New York State Assembly's District 24.

[23][24] He won the general election the following November with 67 percent of the vote, running on both the Democratic and the Working Families tickets.

[33] Weprin was selected by local Democratic Party leaders to run for the New York's 9th congressional district special election to the House of Representatives held in September 2011, to replace Democrat Anthony Weiner, who had resigned in June 2011 following a sexting scandal.

[14][36] But Weprin was criticized for telling the New York Daily News editorial board in an interview that the US national debt was $4 trillion (rather than $14 trillion), for unexpectedly bowing out of a scheduled debate at the last minute blaming the already-passed Hurricane Irene, and for his image as a product of the Queens Democratic machine.

[47] It related to Weprin's unsuccessful 2009 comptroller campaign, and its improper mingling of public and private funds.