Steve Cohn is a lawyer and a Democratic District Leader in Brooklyn, New York. He is Democratic Committeeman in Brooklyn's 50th Assembly District. Cohn said in 2010 that he would not seek reelection as Democratic District Leader, after 27 years in the position.

Cohn, an Orthodox Jew, grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...

, son of a judge who was also a Greenpoint and Williamsburg assemblyman from 1959–68. His mother Lillian died in 1995.

Cohn was a law clerk for a Brooklyn judge, counsel to the two Brooklyn district council members from the district, and a part-time staff member on two Brooklyn Assembly subcommittees. Cohn has strong ties with the Williamsburg Hasidic community.

Cohn was a Democratic state committeeman for nearly 20 years, and an executive secretary of the Kings County

Kings County

-Canada:*Kings County, New Brunswick*Kings County, Nova Scotia*Kings County, Prince Edward Island and the related King's County -United States of America:*Kings County, California...

 Democratic Party, the oldest Democratic organization in the U.S. He is also a former president of the Brooklyn Bar Association.

In 2002, Cohn came in second in both the Democratic primary vote and the general election (as a Liberal) for Councilman for District 33 in Brooklyn, which runs from Brooklyn Heights to Greenpoint

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the...

. Cohn raised $311,059 for his run for the seat.