{"id":2238872,"date":"2026-01-17T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238872"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:44:40","slug":"exclusive-david-orkin-socialist-eying-nyc-assembly-seat-is-son-of-celebrity-butt-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-david-orkin-socialist-eying-nyc-assembly-seat-is-son-of-celebrity-butt-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | David Orkin, socialist eying NYC Assembly seat, is son of celebrity butt doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This socialist pol is keeping his past in the rear view. <\/p>\n<p>David Orkin, a Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidate vying to unseat <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/27\/us-news\/lady-in-red-jenifer-rajkumar-announces-campaign-for-nyc-public-advocate\/\">one of ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 biggest allies in the state Assembly<\/a>, promotes himself as a \u201cworking class\u201d candidate \u2014 despite being the silver-spooned spawn of a celebrity butt doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Orkin, an anti-Israel activist and lawyer with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/12\/us-news\/soros-funneled-37-million-to-lefty-groups-backing-mamdanis-mayoral-run\/\">George Soros-backed immigrant-rights \u201csocial justice\u201d nonprofit Make the Road New York, <\/a>gushed last week he\u2019s the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTN-guLCewe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cproud son of a Mexican immigrant mother <\/a>whose Jewish grandparents migrated to Mexico to escape the persecution of the pogroms,\u201d while announcing his plans to take on Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar in June\u2019s Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Orkin, a DSA-backed candidate vying to unseat Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, promotes himself as a \u201cworking class\u201d candidate \u2014 despite being the silver-spooned spawn of a celebrity butt doctor. <span class=\"credit\">X\/David Orkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s already pumping himself up as the \u201cworking class\u201d New Yorker best suited to push Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda in Albany and represent the ethnically diverse 38th Assembly District that includes Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and other parts of Queens.<\/p>\n<p>But the 34-year-old fails to note he grew up in the wealthy Maryland suburb of Rockville and is the son of colorectal surgeon Dr. Bruce Orkin, records show.<\/p>\n<p>The derriere doc\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bruce-orkin-7b083b47\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> page touts his \u201cpatients from the White House, Congress, Supreme Court and many embassies\u201d during his 20-year career at George Washington University Medical Center as director of the division of colon and rectal surgery.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He\u2019s now a clinical professor and residency program director at the\u00a0Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and he and his wife live in a Chicago condo valued at nearly $1 million and own another condo in Kissimmee, Fla., worth nearly $400,000, records show.<\/p>\n<p>David Orkin graduated with a bachelor\u2019s in geography in 2013 from uber-liberal Vassar College, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/education\/2025\/04\/ny-has-6-of-the-most-expensive-colleges-in-us-according-to-recent-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the nation\u2019s priciest colleges<\/a>. He earned his law degree in 2022 from CUNY Law School.<\/p>\n<p>While at Vassar, Orkin \u2014 who is white \u2014 penned a woke senior thesis analyzing \u201cwhiteness\u201d at a Poughkeepsie farmer\u2019s market. His reason for writing the paper: \u201cdecoding how white privilege has shaped the Hudson County.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bruce Orkin\u2019s LinkedIn page touts treating \u201cpatients from the White House, Congress, Supreme Court and many embassies\u201d during his career at George Washington University Medical Center as director of the division of colon and rectal surgery. <span class=\"credit\">Rush University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rajkumar\u2019s seat is one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/here-are-nyc-seats-dsa-eyeing-2026\/410359\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many held by moderate New York Democrats in the state Assembly and U.S. Congress that are considered vulnerable by the DSA<\/a>, which has been recruiting comrades like Orkin to mount challenges<\/p>\n<p>Rajkumar, who in January 2021 was sworn in as the state\u2019s first Indian-American elected office holder, is a frequent critic of socialists and other far-left Dems.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also a prime DSA target in large part because of her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2023\/08\/highly-visible-alliance-between-assembly-member-jenifer-rajkumar-and-mayor-eric-adams\/389690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cozy alliance with the socialism-hating Adams, <\/a>as she appeared so regularly at press conferences with him when he was mayor that she was dubbed the \u201cLady in Red\u201d for the red dresses she\u2019d routinely wear.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Guerrero, a Dominican Republic native and Richmond Hill community leader, said \u201cthe DSA seems to be following the playbook\u201d that got Mamdani elected mayor: pushing transplanted candidates from affluent families who claim to be fighting for the working class.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rajkumar is a prime target of socialists in large part because of her cozy alliance with socialism-hating ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams. <span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rajkumar in January 2021 was sworn in as the state\u2019s first Indian-American elected office holder. <span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat do they know about the working New Yorkers?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, the 38th District has a representative that looks like us, who understands our immigrant communities. We don\u2019t need a transplant from the outside telling us what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani \u2014 the son of filthy rich Columbia University Professor\u00a0Mahmood Mamdani and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mira Nair \u2014 won the district easily in last year\u2019s mayoral election.<\/p>\n<p>Rajkumar \u2014 who is seeking re-election after losing her bid last year to unseat Public Advocate Jumaane Williams \u2014 insisted Orkin, who rents an apartment in Ridgewood, is out-of-touch with the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a majority-minority district like the 38th, working-class New Yorkers \u2014 especially immigrants, women, and communities of color \u2014 don\u2019t need to be talked down to, studied, or turned into political branding from an ivory tower,\u201d Rajkumar said. \u201cThey deserve respect, dignity, and real power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orkin did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This socialist pol is keeping his past in the rear view. 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