[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF MOSES WEINSTEIN

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 2008

  Mr. CROWLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the passing of a man who 
I deeply admired and knew for many years; Mr. Moses Weinstein. Mr. 
Weinstein, or Moe as his friends called him, passed away at the age of 
95. He was loved and respected, and served New York and our country 
honorable throughout his long life.
  Mr. Weinstein was a true patriot. He was a Word War II veteran, and 
served our country in Europe. After graduating from Brooklyn Law School 
and he began working his way up the political ladder. In 1959, he 
started what would be an 11 year career in the New York State Assembly. 
During his tenure in the Assembly, he served as Chairman of the Queens 
Democratic Party; held the prestigious title of majority leader for the 
1967 convention, where the New York State Constitution was redrafted; 
and was elected to the post of Majority Leader from 1965 through 1968 
and Speaker of the Assembly in 1968. Much of his work as a legislator 
focused on the importance of promoting minorities and women to hold 
judicial positions.
  After leaving the Assembly, Moe became a Justice of the Supreme Court 
of New York in 1970, and held the post for 14 years.
  Moe was so accomplished. Yet, he always claimed that he was not 
anyone's boss, especially in his own home. He claimed that Muriel 
Marshall, his wife, was the true boss of the household.
  I want to extend my deepest sympathies to Moe's family. Jonathan, 
Peter and Jeremy, your father was an extraordinary man and I feel 
blessed to have known him.

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