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Jack Weinstein remembered Friends, colleagues gather at Temple Emanuel to recall heavyweight judge’s life BY S A M U E L E PETRUCCELLI
PHOTO BY SAMUELE PETRUCCELLI
Sanford I. Weill, the former CEO & Chairman of Citigroup, was among those in attendance to honor the life of judge Jack Weinstein at Temple Emanuel.
A forerunner of justice often for the less fortunate, Jack Weinstein was a tireless legal advocate and champion of the court system he helped change. Along the way he rubbed shoulders with heavyweights on Wall Street, boldfaced names in the state and judiciary and the powerful in New York politics. At a memorial service last Friday, his friends, colleagues and family told stories of their memorable encounters with the federal judge, who died at the age of 99 June 15, 2021. As they reminisced, guest speakers told the packed pews at Temple Emanuel of Great Neck often amusing anecdotes about Weinstein’s bold and loving personality. Margo Brodie, chief district court judge for the Eastern District of New York, said Weinstein had a profound impact on the federal court covering Long Island, Brooklyn and Staten Island during his more than half a cen-
tury of sitting on the bench. “He was a visionary who helped transform the district into what it is today,” Brodie said. Enlisting the law to attain justice, he did so “imaginatively, with persuasive elegance, indifferent and without a thought to what our Second Circuit colleagues might think.” Long before he accrued the 11thlongest tenure among federal judges in American history, Weinstein first became a judge when Brodie was a year old. Creator of the Criminal Justice Act Committee, SOS Program, pro-bono panel and civil litigation fund, Weinstein was an iconoclast whose designs served as models throughout the federal system, according to Brodie. “As remarkable as all of his contributions to our court as an institution are, he will be remembered as much for his quieter unheralded acts towards us – his Eastern District colleagues and friends,” Brodie said. “He was the shepherd tending to the cultural and intellectual growth of his flock.” Continued on Page 27
Bagel Hut’s HVAC noise irks residents BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
ing the HVAC systems of Bagel Trustees meeting on Tuesday Hut, located at 503 Middle Neck night. Road, was aired during the VilDr. Carl Abraham said he A noise complaint regard- lage of Great Neck’s Board of and other Baker Hill Road residents, along with some on Berkshire Road and Margot Place — all located behind the store and the rear HVAC systems — have been dealing with the excessive
noise for years. Abraham said the noise has made bringing any guests over into the backyard a major problem. “It’s so noisy in the afternoon, it’s like a train running through endlessly on a continuous basis,” Abraham said. “We’re all experiencing this for many, many years… The noise is loud.
It is unfair to all of us.” Abraham said a certified sound level meter measured the HVAC noise close to 60 decibels, which would exceed a limit of 35 decibels as outlined in a 1999 notice of violation for a neighboring property at 505-507 Middle Neck Road. Continued on Page 27
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