L-R: Susan Kohlmann, president of the New York City Bar Association; Dianne T. Renwick, acting presiding justice, Appellate Division, First JD and Bernard Botein Award winners Laura Anne Adams, court attorney-referee, Surrogate’s Court, Bronx County; Captain Christopher Mazzella, Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term; Eric Ho, senior technical manager, Appellate Division, First Department and Lamar DeCasseres, case management coordinator, Bronx Supreme Court, Criminal Term. (Photo: David Handschuh)
As a state Supreme Court judge in Manhattan in the mid-20th century, Bernard Botein issued a number of rulings that drew the attention of both the bar and the press.
In 1942, Botein the eviction of the Collyer brothers—a bizarre, blue-blooded pair known for their obsessive hoarding, among other things—from their junk-stuffed Harlem residence after they had not paid interest on their mortgage for two years, according to the Historical Society of the New York Courts.
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