14 Facts About Noach Dear

Noach Dear was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a New York Supreme Court judge.

Noach Dear died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications of COVID-19.

Noach Dear was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan and Sidney Noach Dear.

Noach Dear maintained a connection to the Jewish music business into his early adulthood, being a founding member of the Clei Zemer Orchestra.

Noach Dear served as a member of the New York City Council from 1983 to 2001.

Noach Dear headed the Transportation Committee and opposed commuter vans, otherwise known as "dollar vans," as a transportation alternative while in office.

Noach Dear advocated support for the State of Israel and concern for the issues impacting the primarily Jewish-and heavily Orthodox Jewish-residents in his community, which included Midwood, as well as large swaths of Borough Park and Bensonhurst, all in Brooklyn.

Noach Dear was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission in 2002 for a seven-year term.

Noach Dear was widely seen as a political rival of Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who represented many of the same constituents that Noach Dear once represented while in office, and comes from an Orthodox Jewish background.

Term-limited out of office, Noach Dear launched an uphill campaign for the New York State Senate seat now held by Kevin Parker in 2002.

Noach Dear ran in a Democratic congressional primary that chose the successor to Charles Schumer in 1998, which saw him face three other candidates, including the eventual winner, Anthony Weiner.

Noach Dear was a New York Supreme Court judge, elected in 2008 as a civil court judge, in 2010 as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, and in 2015 for a 15-year term as a Permanent Justice on the Supreme Court.

Noach Dear contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, was sick for weeks, and was placed on a ventilator.

Noach Dear was the second Brooklyn judge to die as a result of COVID-19.