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    Niki Russ Federman

    Fourth-Generation Co-Owner, Russ & Daughters

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    i. Biography

    Niki Russ Federman is the fourth-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters, the New York appetizing business founded in 1914 on the Lower East Side by her great-grandfather, Joel Russ. She and her cousin Josh Russ Tupper took the helm in 2009 and expanded the family business with Russ & Daughters Cafe on Orchard Street in 2014 and Russ & Daughters Brooklyn, while preserving the original Houston Street shop.

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