Nelson Ruttenberg (April 11, 1893 – September 12, 1959) was a Jewish-American lawyer and politician from New York.
[2] He was Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner from 1927 to 1933, during which time he presided at the disciplinary trials of policemen involved in the Seabury investigations.
He resigned from the position in 1933, when he became consul to the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
[3] Ruttenberg was president of the Jewish National Fund from 1931 to 1933 an administrative committee member of the Zionist Organization of America,[4] Special Deputy Grand Master of the Independent Order Free Sons of Israel, and the organizer of the Young Folks' Democratic League.
He was a member of the Elks, the Improved Order of Red Men, the American Legion, the New York County Lawyers' Association,[2] the New York City Bar Association, the Tammany Society, and the Shomrim Society.