Honorable Louis R. Jerome Way ()
Present name:None
Location:At the northeast corner of Foote Avenue and Clove Road
Honoree: Louis R. Jerome (1926-2015) was a retired judge for the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. In just two years of service during World War II, he earned a Naval Unit Commendation, a Philippine Liberation Ribbon, an Asiatic Pacific Medal, a Victory Medal, and an American Theater Medal. He was discharged in 1946 a yeoman third class. He had a private law practice until 1965, and then served in the state attorney general's office. From 1971 until his retirement 27 years later, he was a judge for the state Workers' Compensation Board. Following an incident in his courtroom on the 36th floor of Tower 2 of the World Trade Center in July 1978, he was termed a "hero judge." An unemployed machinist whose claim was under consideration threatened to blow up the state compensation office with 80 pounds of dynamite and a grenade. More than 4,000 people were evacuated while Judge Jerome and three others were held hostage. As the siege dragged on for nine hours, the judge took the matter into his own hands by charging the machinist with a state flagpole. Judge Jerome was also an active member of the Republican Party; the Cespino-Russo Post of the American Legion; and the American Committee on Italian Migration. (Rose)
LL:2017/237

Honorable Louis R. Jerome Way (Staten Island)
Present name:None
Location:Northeast corner of Foote Avenue and Clove Road
Honoree: Louis R. Jerome (1926-2015),a decorated naval veteran of World War II, had a private law practice until 1965 and then served in the state attorney general's office. From 1971 until his retirement 27 years later, he was a judge for the state Workers' Compensation Board. Following an incident in his courtroom at the World Trade Center in July 1978, he was termed a "hero judge." An unemployed machinist whose claim was under consideration threatened to blow up the state compensation office with 80 pounds of dynamite and a grenade. More than 4,000 people were evacuated while Judge Jerome and three others were held hostage. As the siege dragged on for nine hours, the judge took the matter into his own hands by charging the machinist with a state flagpole. Judge Jerome was also an active member of the Republican Party; the Cespino-Russo Post of the American Legion; and the American Committee on Italian Migration. (Rose)
LL:2017/237