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American politician

Karen S. Burstein (born July 20, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, civil servant, and former judge from the State of New York. She served in the New York State Senate, worked in the administration of Gov. Mario Cuomo, chaired the New York State Civil Service Commission, became Auditor General of New York City, and then served as a Judge of the New York City Family Court. Burstein was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of New York in 1994, but was defeated.

Burstein was born on July 20, 1942 in Nassau County, New York, the daughter of international lawyer Herbert Burstein and New York State Supreme Court Justice Beatrice S. Burstein (1915–2001). Burstein's mother was the first woman State Supreme Court Justice on Long Island. She was the first female student body president at the Woodmere Academy. in 1971.

A Democrat, Burstein unsuccessfully ran for Congress on Long Island in 1970 on an antiwar platform. She was elected to the New York State Senate in 1972 and was named chairwoman of the New York State Consumer Protection Board in 1980. Burstein resigned her Family Court judgeship in 1994 to seek the Democratic nomination for New York Attorney General. The New York Times called Molinari's remarks "gutter politics." Burstein unsuccessfully sought a New York County Surrogate's Court judgeship in 1996.

Burstein married Eric Lane in 1972. In 1990, during a judicial swearing in ceremony, Burstein publicly acknowledged her female romantic partner. As of 1994, Burstein publicly identified as a lesbian.