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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Appeals court judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam found dead on Hudson River shore</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>The body of the 65-year-old jurist surfaced on the Manhattan side of the river just before 2 p.m. Wednesday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Her husband, who reported her missing Tuesday morning</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, the first African-American woman to serve on New York’s highest court</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>The judge was found fully clothed</strong></span><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong> </strong></span></h6>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-169152" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/appeals-court-judge-sheila-abdus-salaam1.jpg" alt="Appeals court judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam1.jpg" width="1200" height="881" />Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam</p>
<p>The body of the nation&#8217;s first Muslim female judge, Abdus-Salaam and the first ever African-American to be appointed to the state’s Court of Appeals in the state of New York washed ashore at New York&#8217;s Hudson River, Wednesday.<br />
Detectives had to remove the body of the appeals court judge from the Hudson River Wednesday on the W. 125th St. pier.<br />
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<article id="ra-body">The body of the 65-year-old jurist surfaced on the Manhattan side of the river just before 2 p.m., by the Henry Hudson Parkway near W. 132nd St.<br />
Abdus-Salaam was found fully-clothed, cops said.Her husband, who reported her missing Tuesday morning, was brought in to identify the body, sources said.<br />
Police sources said there were no signs of obvious trauma or injuries indicating foul play.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-169155" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/detectives-remove-the-body-of-the-appeals-court-judge-from-the-hudson-river-wednesday-on-the-w-125th-st-pier.jpg" alt="Detectives remove the body of the appeals court judge from the Hudson River Wednesday on the W. 125th St. pier.jpg" width="1200" height="798" /><strong>Detectives bring up the body of the appeals court judge from the Hudson River on the W. 125th St. pier, </strong>Wednesday</h6>
<p>The groundbreaking jurist made history as the first Muslim to serve on the state&#8217;s Court of Appeals after being appointed in 2013 by Gov. Cuomo.<br />
“Rising from working class roots to serve for decades on the bench of the New York State Supreme Court, Justice Abdus-Salaam has a deep understanding of the everyday issues facing New Yorkers, as well as the complex legal issues that come before the states highest court,” Cuomo said in a statement at the time.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-169174" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/appeals-court-judge-sheila-abdus-salaam3.jpg" alt="Appeals court judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam3.jpg" width="591" height="811" />Gov. Cuomo appointed Abdus-Salaam to the Court of Appeals in May 2013</h6>
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<p>She was not only the country’s first Muslim female judge, Abdus-Salaam was the first ever African-American to be appointed to the state’s Court of Appeals, having The risen through the state ranks before eventually being elected to the Supreme Court in 1993.<br />
Abdus-Salaam graduated from Barnard College and received her J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-169176" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/medical-examiners-remove-abdus-salaams-body.jpg" alt="Medical examiners remove Abdus-Salaam's body..jpg" width="664" height="441" /><strong>Staff of the medical examiner&#8217;s office remove judge Abdus-Salaam&#8217;s body</strong></h6>
<p>Before her appointment to the highest court in the state , she was a judge in Manhattan Supreme Court for 14 years. prior to that Abdus-Salaam was an attorney with East Brooklyn Legal Services Corp., the New York City Law Department and the city Office of Labor Services.<br />
The last court session she likely attended was March 29, where the panel of seven judges heard three cases. The next session was scheduled for April 25.<br />
“I’m deeply saddened at having lost a dear friend and colleague, and the court has suffered a terrible blow,” Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of the state Court of Appeals from 2009 to 2015, told The Post.</p>
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Tragic! Appeals court judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam washes ashore, dead, on New York’s Hudson River
