Norman Goodman (December 30, 1923 – January 24, 2019) was an American municipal official. He served as the
county clerk
A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keepin ...
of
New York County
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, coextensive with the borough of Manhattan, New York City, from 1969 to 2014.
Career
Goodman was a lawyer for seventeen years.
In 1965, he was appointed the county's deputy clerk.
In 1969, he was appointed county clerk by the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State. The state is geographically divided into four judicial departments of the Appellate Division. The full title of each is, u ...
.
[Hartocollis, Anemona (April 13, 2006)]
"Excuses from Jury Pool? He's Heard Them All"
''The New York Times
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''. Retrieved October 22, 2011. As of March 2009, Goodman had held the position during seven different
New York governors and, although not a city government official, during six different
New York City mayors.
As commissioner of jurors, Goodman sent out more than 11 million jury summonses; with his signature and title appearing at the top of each summons, Goodman once quipped that he had "the most notorious signature in New York".
He retired in December 2014, and was succeeded by Milton Tingling.
Accolades
In December 2008, the jury assembly room at the
New York County Courthouse
The New York State Supreme Court Building (also the New York County Courthouse) is located at 60 Centre Street on Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It houses the Civil and Appellate Terms of the Ne ...
, located at 60
Centre Street in Manhattan, was named after him.
A bronze plaque bearing his image was installed and inscribed with "his commitment to his work has been matched only by the kindness and consideration he has brought to his dealings with everyone he has encountered."
Personal life and death
Goodman was born in
New Haven, Connecticut
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and was educated at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
. He married Ruth Weissman in 1948. They had two children and were married until her death in 2017.
Goodman lived on the
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded approximately by 96th Street (Manhattan), 96th Street to the north, the East River to the e ...
of Manhattan. He died at his home from complications of
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor systems. Symptoms typically develop gradually and non-motor issues become ...
on January 24, 2019, at the age of 95.
See also
*
List of people from New York City
Many notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home.
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* 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper
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References
1923 births
2019 deaths
20th-century American lawyers
County clerks in New York (state)
Deaths from Parkinson's disease in New York (state)
Lawyers from New York City
New York (state) Democrats
New York University alumni
New York University School of Law alumni
People from the Upper East Side
Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut
Politicians from New York City
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