She entered politics as a Democrat, and was an aide to Assemblyman Mel Miller for fourteen years.
[3] On January 28, 1992, she was elected to the New York State Assembly (44th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the conviction of Mel Miller for a felony.
[5] In November 1992, she ran on the Liberal ticket for re-election, but was defeated again by Brennan.
In 1994, she founded, and ever since has been President of, Yoswein New York, a public affairs consulting firm.
[7] Assemblyman and Supreme Court Justice Leonard E. Yoswein (1920–2011) was her uncle.