RBG remembered as ‘unparalleled voice for our better angels’
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Leaders across New York
City mourned the loss of Supreme
Court Associate Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Brooklyn
native and champion of
equal rights who died Friday at
the age of 87.
Governor Andrew Cuomo
said the entire state is “absolutely
devastated” by Ginsburg’s
passing, noting that “her
life was a testament that tough
does not preclude acting with
respect, grace, and dignity.”
“As an advocate, litigator,
professor, and judge, Justice
Ginsburg was an unparalleled
voice for our better angels and
a singular force for equality
and justice throughout her extraordinary
career,” the governor
said in a statement. “In an
era when women like her were
asked why they were ‘taking
the place of a man,’ she fought
tirelessly to ensure our country
lived up to its founding ideals,
especially for all those marginalized
by the status quo — from
women and communities of
color, to the disabled and the
LGBTQ community.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio followed
suit with a tweet in which
he proclaimed Ginsburg’s New
York toughness and tenacity in
character.
“Like so many of you, I’m
crushed that we lost an incomparable
icon,” de Blasio tweeted.
“A daughter of Brooklyn. A tenacious
spirit who moved this
country forward in fairness,
equality and morality. She was
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She never
backed down from a fight. Tonight
her hometown and world
mourn.”
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
said that Ginsburg “lived an extraordinary
life” in fighting “to
ensure equal protection in our
laws, fearlessly dissented and
defended, and was a powerful
role model for us all.”
“I’m devastated to hear of her
passing,” Gillibrand tweeted.
“Thank you, Justice Ginsburg.
Rest in power.”
Senator Charles Schumer, a
fellow Brooklynite and Senate
minority leader, praised Ginsburg
as a “giant in American
history, a champion for justice
and a trailblazer for women.”
“She would want us all to
fight as hard as we can to preserve
her legacy,” Schumer
tweeted.
He also said that her vacancy
on the bench should not be filled
“until we have a new president,”
following the precedent that
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell set in 2016 in not
considering President Barack
Obama’s nomination of Merrick
Garland to the Supreme Court.
More reaction from New York
politicians
“Tonight we lost a titan,”
Queens Congresswoman
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Grace Meng tweeted. “Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a
national icon who leaves behind
an incredible legacy of
standing up for & fighting for
women’s equality. Our country
was fortunate to have her
sitting on the nation’s highest
court. Keeping her family in
my thoughts.”
“Justice Ginsburg was an
inspiration to countless women
including me. I am privileged
to have known her and
my heart goes out to her children,”
tweeted Manhattan/
Queens/Brooklyn Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney.
“We have lost a giant in
the history of our nation with
the passing of Ruth Bader
Ginsburg,” Bronx/Queens
Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, pivoting
to the anticipated battle
over filling Ginsburg’s seat.
“It is heartbreaking that in
her final moments she was,
as are many others, preoccupied
with what would happen
after her passing. Now is not
the time for cynicism or hopelessness.
There is and continues
to be political possibility
to preserve our democracy &
move forward. It will require
each & every one of us, from
the streets to the Senate, to
grow in courage, strength, and
strategy. But it is possible.”
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s
legacy as a jurist was incredible
– inspiring, progressive
and just. Her impact on
the court was tremendous in
scope and in value as we strive
for an America that lives up to
its promise,” Public Advocate
Jumaane Williams said. “Her
resilience seemed unmatchable
as she worked to fulfill
that promise. Her passing in
this time, in this moment of
history, is an unfathomable
loss which will reverberate
with the volume of her legacy,
her volumes of work, for many
years to come.”
A transcendent champion of
equality
Born on March 15, 1933 in
Brooklyn, Ruth Bader grew
up in the neighborhood of Midwood
area and would go on to
graduate from James Madison
High School. She later graduated
from Cornell University and
married law student Martin
Ginsburg.
In 1956, the Ginsburgs relocated
to Massachusetts and Ruth
became a student at Harvard
Law School. Excelling in a maledominated
environment, she became
the first woman named to
the Harvard Law Review.
They then returned to New
York after Martin was hired by
a law firm, and Ruth became
a student at Columbia Law
School, where she graduated in
1959. Over the next 20 years, she
would serve as clerks to various
judges and as the director
of the American Civil Liberties
Union’s Women’s Rights project,
arguing for cases in support of
gender equality in America.
President Jimmy Carter appointed
RBG in 1980 to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia. She would serve
there for 13 years until President
Bill Clinton nominated her
to the Supreme Court in 1993;
the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed
her nomination in a 96-3
vote.D
uring her 27 years on the
nation’s highest bench, Ginsburg
became an icon for equal
rights cases, siding with the
majority on landmark decisions
promoting gender equality as
well as the legalization of samesex
marriage.
Biographical information
sourced from biography.com.
Reach reporter Robert Pozarycki
by e-mail at rpozarycki@
qns.com or by phone at (718) 260-
4549.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a 2018 appearance at the Museum of the City of New
York. Photo by Todd Maisel
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