Matthew Robert Silverstein (1982) is the Former (2008–2010) President of the New York State Young Democrats. Matthew is currently the Queens County Democratic Party's designee for Democratic State Committeeman for the 26th Assembly District.

Matthew was born in Forest Hills and later moved to Bayside during the summer of 1988. Matthew graduated Bayside High School in 2000. Matthew graduated CUNY Baruch College

Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...

 in 2004 with a BA in Political Science. Matthew also graduated CUNY Hunter College

Hunter College

Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...

in 2006 with a MA in Urban Affairs, and is a former Queens County Young Democrats President.