Question: Facts:   - profession: communications director      - birth date: 14 september 1973    - name: errol cockfield , jr. .    - image size: 200    - nationality: american    - birth place: georgetown , guyana   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of errol cockfield , jr. . .
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errol a. cockfield jr. -lrb- born september 14 , 1973 -rrb- is the former press secretary to former governor of new york eliot spitzer and his successor david paterson .cockfield also served as the chief of staff to the new york state senate democratic conference .before moving into politics , he was a newspaper journalist and served as the albany bureau chief for `` newsday '' .cockfield is now a public relations consultant , advising corporations on crisis management issues .