Simon W. Gerson (January 23, 1909 – December 26, 2004) was a top leader of the Communist Party USA.
[2] In 1938, he was selected to serve as executive assistant to Stanley M. Isaacs, the borough president of Manhattan, making him the first communist to hold any appointed office in New York City.
He ran for a seat on the city council in the 1948 election with the nominations of the Communist and American Labor parties.
[2] Si Gerson was married to Sophie Melvin, a union organiser[3] involved in the Loray Mill Strike.
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