Sen. Harckham: Statement on Passing of New York State Supreme Court Justice Steven Milligram
South Salem, NY – New York State Senator Pete Harckham issued the following statement today on the passing of New York State Supreme Court Justice Steven I. Milligram, who succumbed to Covid-19 at the age of 66. Justice Milligram presided over the 9th Judicial District, which covers Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties.
“I am deeply saddened by the news of Justice Milligram’s untimely death, and send my sincerest condolences to his family and friends. He brought an incredible amount of respect, dignity and wisdom to the court room, first as Monroe Town Judge, and since January to the 9th District. On this side of the Hudson River we were just beginning to appreciate his kind and temperate presence. To have lost him now just makes this already sad season more mournful.”
State Senator Harckham represents New York’s 40th District, which includes the towns of Beekman, Pawling and the village of Pawling in Dutchess County; the towns of Carmel, Patterson and Southeast, and the village of Brewster in Putnam County; and the city of Peekskill, the towns of Cortlandt, Lewisboro, Mount Pleasant, New Castle, North Salem, Pound Ridge, Somers and Yorktown, the town/village of Mount Kisco, and the villages of Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan, Croton-on-Hudson, Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.
