Leslie Cornfeld

Leslie A. Cornfeld former federal prosecutor/public policy consultant is an advisor to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; appointed Chair, Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism & School Engagement in 2010, recognized as "the largest, most comprehensive effort in the nation" to tackle truancy and absenteeism to drive student success.

She was born in Hollywood, Florida

Articles and Reports

 * Mayor’s Interagency Task Force On Child Welfare and Safety, Report of the Task Force, 3/29/06; Leslie Cornfeld, Director of the Interagency Task Force on Child Welfare and Safety.


 * Mollen Commission, NYC Commission to Investigate Police Corruption, Deputy Chief Counsel, Report published 1994


 * Newsweek Magazine, How To Police The Police, 12/19/94


 * New York Times, Op Ed, How Good Cops Go Rotten, 11/93


 * New York Newsday, About Politics: More Powerful Than The Mayor, 7/17/1990


 * New York Law Journal, The Birth of the Imperial Agency, 10/22/1990


 * New York Law Journal, NYC’s New Charter: Franchises, Concessions and Revocable Consents, 3/21/90


 * New York Law Journal, Land Use Regulations Revisited, 3/14/90

Television appearances

 * Dateline NBC


 * Turning Point (TV show)


 * Gabe Pressman

Boards (former/current board positions)

 * The Dalton School
 * The Children's Defense Fund
 * The Hospital for Special Surgery
 * Center for Law, Brain & Behavior  http://clbb.mgh.harvard.edu
 * Harvard Law School Association of NYC