First African-American woman to serve on New York’s highest court found dead in Hudson River

by Dolapo Adelana Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, the first African-American woman appointed to New York’s highest court has been found dead on the shore of the Hudson River off Manhattan. Police say the body of the appeals court judge was discovered at 2 p.m. on Wednesday a day after she was reported missing. The cause of death is... Read More