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"Hortense Wittstein Gabel (December 16, 1912 – December 6, 1990) was an American lawyer who served on the New York Supreme Court. Her judicial career came to an end after she was charged with lowering alimony payments for Carl Andrew Capasso in exchange for a position for her daughter at the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, which was then headed by Capasso's lover Bess Myerson. In the ensuing trial, she was acquitted of all charges."

That's how the article opens. As the rest of the (admittedly short) entry makes clear, there was much more to her life and legal career than how her career ended. I'm not sure how I'd want to word it, but shouldn't the intro more mention in brief her career in housing, rather than right into scandal? 2601:153:600:A840:D10:B394:2938:DE00 (talk) 02:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]