Justice Schack returning to his old stomping grounds
Will be guest speaker at Bay Ridge board he once led
It’ll be a homecoming of sorts for New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack when he speaks at the next meeting of Community Board 10. Schack is a former chairman of the Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights board.
Schack, who lives with his wife Dilia in Bay Ridge, has accepted an invitation from Board 10 chairman Brian Kieran to be the guest speaker at the board’s Nov. 18 meeting to take place at the Norwegian Christian Home, 1250 67th St., starting at 7:15 p.m. In his remarks, the justice is expected to discuss the topics of the court system and community leadership.
Schack, who been a justice for 14 years, is known on the lecture circuit as a lively speaker who sometimes startles audiences with his candor. In a presentation to the Dyker Heights Civic Association in January, Schack talked about the kinds of cases that come before him. He admitted publicly that he’d rather be behind the bench at a murder trial rather than hear a divorce case.