David S. Steiner is a New Jersey real estate developer, a former President of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), who sits on the board of the National Jewish Democratic Council, is the CEO of the Steiner Equities Group, owns Steiner Studios, and is a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Biography Steiner was born to a Jewish family and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in civil engineering. Steiner was a minority partner for over 40 years with Samuel Sudler, the Chairman and President of Sudler Construction which was founded by his father Hyman Sudler in 1907. In 1996, after Sudler's death, Steiner who was a minority partner at the time, left Sudler and started Steiner Equities Group; and then created Steiner NYC as its New York arm. Originally focused on industrial real estate, he re-directed its investments to commercial office parks and retail properties. In addition to development, the company also does property management, leasing and construction. In December 1996, Steiner was a member of the New Jersey State Electoral College, one of 15 electors casting their votes for the Clinton/Gore ticket. In 2003, he was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey. He was reappointed by Governor Chris Christie in 2011. Controversy and resignation from AIPAC He resigned his AIPAC Presidency in November 1992 after Haim Katz, a New York real estate developer, secretly recorded a telephone conversation with him and released it to The Washington Times. Steiner told Katz he had significant influence over American foreign policy and the selection of US political leaders. Among the things Steiner told Katz: I got, besides the $3 billion, you know they're looking for the Jewish votes, and I'll tell him whatever he wants to hear.... Besides the $10 billion in loan guarantees which was a fabulous thing, $3 billion in foreign, in military aid, and I got almost a billion dollars in other goodies that people don't even know about.... I have friends on the Clinton campaign, close associates.... I've known Bill for seven, eight years from the National Governors Association. I know him on a personal basis.... One of my friends is Hillary Clinton's scheduler, one of my officer's daughters works there. We gave two employees from AIPAC leave of absence to work on