[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO JUDGE NILDA MORALES HOROWITZ

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and to pay 
tribute to Nilda Morales Horowitrz, and outstanding individual who has 
dedicated her life to public service. She was inducted on January 18 as 
a Family Court Judge for Westchester County in New York.
  Mr. Speaker, from April 1998 until her recent appointment, Judge 
Horowitz served as deputy county attorney and family court bureau 
chief. She was in charge of and responsible for twenty-four attorneys 
who handled all matters before the Family Courts of Westchester County. 
She handled the daily review and assignment of all cases involving the 
Department of Social Services, such as the county's neglect and abuse 
referrals, and all juvenile delinquency referrals from the Department 
of Probation. She was also the supervisor of specialized Domestic 
Violence Unit within the Family Court Bureau.
  Her distinguished career also includes service as a hearing examiner 
for the New York State Family Court, a Senior Law Judge and Supervising 
Judge for the New York State Workers' Compensation Board, and adjunct 
professor of Public Administration at Hostos Community College, and a 
lawyer in private practice specializing in public interest law.
  Judge Horowitz is well known and highly respected by her peers and 
the different communities she has served for her sensitivity, 
professionalism, integrity and sound judgment. Her induction brings to 
the Court an outstanding judge.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commending Judge Nilda 
Morales Horowitz for her outstanding achievements and in wishing her 
continued success as Family Court Judge for Westchester County.

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