Criminal judge Elizabeth Foley dies at 67
A Brooklyn judge from the Court of Claims and an Acting Supreme Court Justice, Hon. Elizabeth Foley died last Thursday after a battle with cancer.
Foley began her career in 1983 as an assistant district attorney in Staten Island. She worked in that office for 20 years before she joined the New York Attorney General’s Office as a senior investigative counsel until 2006.
After she left the AG’s Office, Foley went to work for the Department of Education until she was appointed to the NY Court of Claims and became an Acting Supreme Court Justice in the Bronx in 2007. In 2009, she was moved to Brooklyn where she finished her career.
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