E. Leo Milonas, Lion and Defender of the New York Bench, Dies at 87
Briefly

Throughout his career on the bench beginning with his appointment to the Criminal Court by Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1972 as New York City's youngest judge, at 36, until he retired from a state appeals court in 1998 Justice Milonas worked to make the judicial system more efficient, transparent and representative.
Since 2019, Justice Milonas (pronounced muh-LONE-us) headed the New York Commission on Judicial Nomination, which presents the governor with potential appointees to the state Court of Appeals, its highest court.
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