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Edith I. Spivack, 95, very, very, long term NYC gov't attorney
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danny burstein
Jul 28, 2005, 1:22:17 AM7/28/05
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"Edith I. Spivack, a tireless lawyer who worked for the New York City Law
Department from 1934, when few other women were government lawyers, until
last year, when she reluctantly stopped showing up four days a week, died
on Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She was 95.
......
"After the Penn Central bankruptcy, her efforts recovered $90 million in
back taxes. 'For some reason, Penn Central made out the $90 million check
directly to me,' she recalled later. 'But being an honest woman, I handed
it over to the city.'
......
Department from 1934, when few other women were government lawyers, until
last year, when she reluctantly stopped showing up four days a week, died
on Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She was 95.
......
"After the Penn Central bankruptcy, her efforts recovered $90 million in
back taxes. 'For some reason, Penn Central made out the $90 million check
directly to me,' she recalled later. 'But being an honest woman, I handed
it over to the city.'
......
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/28/nyregion/28spivack.html
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