Jeremy S. Weinstein (born June 30, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
Jeremy Weinstein was born on June 30, 1950, in
New York City
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. He attended
Jamaica High School. He graduated from
York College CUNY and
Brooklyn Law School
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Brookly ...
.
He entered politics as a
Democrat, and was a Deputy Assistant
New York Attorney General
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from 1975 to 1976, and Associate Counsel to the
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
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As in most countries with a British heritage, the speaker presides over the lower hou ...
from 1977 to 1978.
Weinstein was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
from 1979 to 1992, sitting in the
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th,
188th and
189th New York State Legislature
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Backgrou ...
s. He served as minority whip and assistant minority leader for floor operations. During his 14 years in the New York State Senate, then Senator Weinstein served on the Judiciary Committee, the Codes Committee, the Banking Committee and the Crime and Corrections Committee. He sponsored numerous bills dealing with criminal justice issues, civil practice, education and the environment.
He was a Judge of the
New York City Civil Court
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from 1994 to 1999; and was Supervising Judge of the Queens Civil Court from 1997 to 2007. In November 1999, he was elected to the
New York Supreme Court
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(11th JD.), and was appointed as Administrative Judge of the Queens Supreme Court Civil Term in 2007.
Hon. Jeremy Weinstein
at the NYS Unified Court System Judge Weinstein served as Administrative Judge of the Queens Supreme Court Criminal Term from 2008-2009.
Judge Weinstein retired in 2019 and currently serves as a neutral with National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM)
References
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1950 births
Living people
People from Queens, New York
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
York College, City University of New York alumni
Brooklyn Law School alumni
New York Supreme Court Justices