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ADMINIST
RATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: It is
23 now our task to move to the second item on the
24 agenda which is the appointment of a new25 Commissioner.
1 When Commissioner Tursi advised me of her
2 intention to retire, I notified the County
3 Executive and I notified Judge Zambelli, and
4 with their approval we caused the job to be
5 posted and information about this employment
6 opportunity be publicly disseminated. And in
7 the wake of that we received roughly 70 resumes.
8 When they came in I collected them, and then I
9 distributed them to the County Executive and to
10 Judge Zambelli.
11 And I have to say that it is a very, very
12 impressive group of people and resumes. And I
13 do, while I have had a chance to look at them
14 and have some thoughts, I•m not sure entirely
15 whether -- what the County Executive and what
16 Judge Zambelli have, and I would just like to
17 take some time to have some candid discussions
18 about that.
19 So I am going to move that the three of us
20 go into Executive Session for a period of time
21 so we can have a candid discussion about a
22 personnel item.
23 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: I second that.
24 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASTORINO: I third it.
25 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: Thank
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1 you. So we have three votes, we will be back to
2 you shortly.
3 (Recess taken.)
4 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: I call
5 the meeting back to order.
6 The County Executive and Judge Zambelli
7 and I have had the opportunity to have an
8 in-depth .discussion of the leading candidates.
9 We went through the resumes. And; remarkably,
10 our views I think on the resumes nd the
11 submissions that we received, we were all very
12 impressed with the quality of all of the
13 candidates. But there is, in particular, one
14 candidate who really stands out, and that is
15 Susan Newman Loehr.
- 16 Susan has been a long-time Court employee.
17 She has worked in the Office of the
18 Administrative Judge, starting with Judge
19 Gagliardi, through Judge Ritter, through Judge
20 Ingrassia, through Judge Nicolai, and to me. I
21 have had the great opportunity to work with
22 Susan personally over the last year and a half
23 and she, Susan serves as our principle person
24 dealing with the myriad issues that come up in
25 personnel management, and has dealt with those
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1 matters with great respect for the employees,
2 great respect for the Court system, and with a
3 lot of dignity and a lot of attention to detail,
4 and a great desire to make sure that everything
5 is right.
6 And those are qualities that we really
7 expect and admire in any worker and we think.
8 would be ideal in a position in dealing with the
9 public and with judges and with staff in· this
10 position as Commissioner of Jurors.
11 So it is my great privilege to propose to
12 my other members that we name Susan Newman Loehr
13 as the next Commissioner of Jurors.
14 With a caveat. And the caveat is that
15 while Susan may be relocating off the
16 11th Floor, that she not be a stranger to· the
17 11th Floor. And just as I wear a number of
18 hats as the Judge who presides in this courtroom
19 in the Commercial Division, as well as serving
20 as the Administrative Judge, that Susan, as I'm
21 sure she will, will continue to help us and
22 assist us and give us the benefit of her
23 experience in the personnel management side.
24 And that is going to be -- that's going t.o help
25 us continue to do what all governments have to
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-1 do, the State Government, the Court system, and
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2 I know that the County Executive is endeavoring
3 to do within County government, which is to try
4 to do as much, if not more, with less.
5 And, so, Susan, that's the caveat, on my
6 end. And I would invite the other members of
7 the jury board to respond.
8 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: I enthusiastically second
9 this motion. I have worked with Susan Newman
10 for years in the City Court and up here in
11 County Court. And her advice and guidance has
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saved me on more than one occasion. And I am
thrilled to see her as our next Commissioner of
Jurors.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASTORINO: I prematurely
congratulate you, because we have not voted yet.
You have a clearly impressive resume. I took
the time to go through all .of the resumes. I
will make one correction. Not all of them were
qualified. But you certainly were
overqualified. And I have asked many people
about you and have heard nothing but
unbelievable comments.
So, I will not second, because I think,
Judge, you're going to second that one.
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1 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: Yes, if it is okay with
2 you, I second it enthusiastically.
3 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: So the
4 motion is made and I would ask that we take a
5 formal vote.
6 Judge Zambelli?
7 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: 11 Aye. 11
8 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: County
9 Executive?
10 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASTORINO: 11 Aye. 11
11 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: And for
12 myself I vote 11 aye. 11
13 It is unanimous.
14 Commissioner Tursi?
15 COMMISSIONER TURSI: I think you made a
16 wise decision, a wise choice. I have known
17 Susan Newman for almost the 34 years that I have
18 been in the system, and she will be an excellent
19 Commissioner of Jurors and she will serve you
20 well, I have no doubt.
21 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: Susan,
22 would you like to say anything?
23 COMMISSIONER NEWMAN: Yes, I would.
24 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: I should
25 say Commissioner.
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: 1 COMMISSIONER NEWMAN: I want to thank the-
2 Jury Board for their confidence in me, Judge
3 Scheinkman, Judge Zambelli. Mr. Astorino, we
4 just met.
5 I have been in Human Resources, in civil
6 service for 31 years. Not quite your 35. But I
7 have four more years to catch up to where Fran
8 was, with her graciousness and wonderful
9 administration in the Commissioner of Jurors.
10 She is going to be a tough act to follow. No
11 doubt about it.
12 I agree with Judge Scheinkman, there has
13 never been a problem. And believe me, I hear
14 all of the problems. Even before it is a
15 problem, they are calling to see if this could
16 be a problem.
17 So I think that my years in public service
18 in Human Resources and employees and judges, now
19 I•m going to get to deal with the public. I
20 have always felt like we were behind the scenes.
21 And when Judge Zambelli came in and said let me
22 meet these people that w rk up on the 11th
23 Floor.
24 So I•m happy to come out from behind the
25 scenes and welcome the public and work with the
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1 judges and lawyers. And I really am very
2 honored and proud to continue to expand my
3 duties and to make a contribution to our system
4 that I loye.
5 And I have only one thing to disagree with
6 you on. My staff is the best. And my bosses
7 are all amazing.
8 So I thank you so much. And I'm happy to
9 do both jobs. It would have been like pulling
10 my heart out to leave Human Resources. So this
11 is a perfect way for everybody to acclimate and
12 make the transition. If there is ever a
13 transition. But hopefully I will be able to
14 juggle more balls.
15 Thank you so much.
16 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: Thank
17 you.
18 Congratulations, Commissioner. And since
19 we have concluded the business at hand I would
20 like to again thank the County Executive for
21 taking the time out of his very busy schedule to
22 devote his efforts to this activity, his review
23 of the materials, his cooperation, and commend
. 24 him for the amount of time that he has devoted'i·
25 assisting us.
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1 I look forward to continuing to cooperate
2 with the County Executive on a whole host of
3 issues that we have in trying to address the
4 needs of the people of Westchester County. And
5 thank you again, Mr. County Executive, for
6 coming over.
7 COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASTORINO: Thank you.
8 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: Thank you.
9 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: And
10 also, of course, Judge Zambelli. I know that
11 Judge Zambelli is an incredibly diligent and
12 hard working Judge.
13 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: Thank you, Judge. Please
14 leave this alone.
15 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: And I am
16 sure that there is probably,a group of jurors
17 who are waiting for you, and that there is
18 possibly somebody waiting.
19 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: Actually Judge Molea.
20 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: Well,
21 I•ll let Judge Molea know that you are with me.
22 JUDGE ZAMBELLI: You•re the boss.
23 ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: But I
24 want to thank you for reserving the time on your
25 very busy schedule to participate in this
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process and for coming in and participating.
Thank you very much, Judge Zambelli.
JUDGE ZAMBELLI: Thank you, Judge.
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: With
that I move that we adjourn the meeting.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE ASTORINO: Second.
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE SCHEINKMAN: Thank.
you very much. The meeting is adjourned.
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I, Cynthia M. Hills, do hereby certify That the
within proceedings are a true and accurate Transcript of
the original stenographic record.
Cynthia M. Hills, RPR, CRR