Leonard Silverman

Leonard Silverman (November 10, 1930 – September 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on November 10, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York City. He graduated from New York University,[1] and in 1954 from Brooklyn Law School.[2]

Silverman entered politics as a Democrat, and was a member of the New York State Assembly (48th D.) from 1969 to 1977, sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on Insurance.

On May 6, 1977, he was appointed to the New York Court of Claims[3] and remained on the bench until 2004.

He died on September 7, 2015,[4] in Woodmere, Nassau County, New York; and was buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.[5]

gollark: Oxygen is needed to run aerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration is needed by lots of body stuff - muscles can run on anaerobic respiration for a bit, but not things like the brain.
gollark: I mean, you can go without oxygen input for a few minutes (I think because of stuff held in the lungs, though - stopping time would break absorption of that), but stuff does actually need it.
gollark: You can't just "not require oxygen".
gollark: The air doesn't move, so you're fixed in place (by air), but also can't breathe any.
gollark: If you stop time for everything but you, you can't actually do anything and rapidly suffocate or something.

References
  1. New York Red Book (1988; pg. 409)
  2. Leonard Silverman ’54, Former Court of Claims Judge and NYS Assemblyman, Dies at 84 at Brooklyn Law School
  3. Governor Appoints Claims Judges in the New York Times on May 7, 1977 (subscription required)
  4. Former Judge, Assemblyman Dies at 84 by Andrew Dennery, in the New York Law Journal on September 16, 2015
  5. Leonard Silverman at Dignitymemorial.com
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Joseph Kottler		 New York State Assembly
48th District
1969–1977		 Succeeded by
Samuel Hirsch
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