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County justice, Port local Alan Honorof dies A devoted father and avid sailor BY J ES S I C A C H I N Known as fair, intelligent, and considerate, acting Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Alan Honorof died unexpectedly last Thursday. He was 68. Honorof, who was a Port Washington resident, was not only “liked by everyone in the courthouse,� but a devoted father of two, said Nassau County Judge Howard Sturim, who worked closely with Honorof for 12 years as his law secretary. Honorof lived in Port Washington for the past 13 years, and in Manhasset the 15 years before that. “No matter what he was doing, he would drop everything,� Sturim said. “He would turn to the jury, shrug and say ‘it’s my kids,’ to him no one was more important.� “The three things he loved most in life were his kids, his job and sailing,� said Marshall Honorof, Judge Honorof’s son. “He was
even-tempered, he was fair-minded, and he had a slow, methodical, meticulous approach to everything both in his personal and professional life.� Marshall, 30, said that his father liked “hearing out both sides of a situation and coming to a consensus based on facts not based on what people were feeling or who was shouting the loudest.� Judge Honorof was often the mediator when his sister and he fought, something they did a lot when they were younger, he said. Marshall, a journalist, said the thing his father said the most to him was to tell the truth. “When I was very very young, I had broken a lamp and made it shatter,� Marshall said. “He asked me if I did this and I said ‘no,’ trying to hide it, and he said, ‘if you tell me the truth, you won’t get into trouble, it’s always important to tell the truth;’ And since then, I’ve tried to follow that example, Continued on Page 58
PHOTO BY PAULA GLASS
A sunset washes Manhasset Bay, bordering Port Washington, in a sea of warm colors and shadows.
Pat Foye brings taste of Port to the MTA Transportation Authority’s president, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota announced on Thursday. Foye has headed the Port Patrick Foye, the outgoing Port Authority executive direc- Authority since November tor and a Sands Point resident, 2011. During his tenure, Foye will become the Metropolitan
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led public-private partnerships to help secure funding for the Goethals Bridge and construction of a new terminal at LaGuardia Airport. He was also there during Continued on Page 22
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