 Gottfried was born in New York City, NY on May 16, 1947.He is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School (where he was a classmate of U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, and future political consultant Dick Morris), Cornell University (BA, 1968), and Columbia Law School (JD, 1973).Richard Gottfried represents District 75 in the New York State Assembly, which includes Murray Hill, Chelsea, Clinton, portions of Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side.