Leslie Crocker Snyder

Leslie Crocker Snyder (born 1942) is an American lawyer and former judge, most notable for her challenge of Robert Morgenthau in the Democratic Party primary for the Manhattan District Attorney election in 2005. Morgenthau did not seek re-election in 2009. Snyder ran again. Once again she finished second, this time losing to Cyrus Vance, Jr. by a wide margin. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but has spent most of her life in New York City.

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    Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations, as all other causes combined.
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