[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 183 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1909-E1910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING JEFFREY A. MOERDLER

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 23, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Jeffrey A. Moerdler is being honored by the 
Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council for his extraordinary work 
on behalf of Riverdale's Jewish community, including his 27 years of 
service on the Riverdale Y Board, his past service as President of the 
Y, more recently of the Y's President's Advisory Council, and his work 
as a Vice President of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council.
  More significant on a basic level is his commitment to Hatzalah, the 
largest volunteer ambulance service in the United States, as an 
Emergency Medical Technician responding to 150-200 emergency medical 
calls per year, principally in Riverdale. He is also a Coordinator (co-
president) of the Riverdale Hatzalah chapter and is a member of the 
Executive Board of the Citywide Hatzalah organization. He was part of 
the aid response when Captain ``Sully'' Sullenberger landed his 
airplane in the Hudson River. Most significantly, he has six ``saves,'' 
four in cardiac arrests and two in chokings, as well as having 
participated in the delivery of one baby in the field.
  In his day job, Mr. Moerdler is head of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, 
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.'s Real Estate and Communications practices in 
New York. He has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer for real 
estate in the New York Times every year since 2006 and in Best Lawyers 
in America for Real Estate in 2013-14.
  He is a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey, Vice Chair of its Audit and Security Committees and its 
Insurance Working Group, and takes an active role as the lead board 
member on many of its largest real estate transactions at the World 
Trade Center site.
  Plus, he does a substantial amount of pro bono legal work for a 
variety of Jewish and community service organizations.
  Jeffrey Moerdler has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to his 
community and his fellow human beings for three decades. I

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am proud to join with the Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council 
in honoring him with its Community Service Award.

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