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August 17, 2011
Joseph Mohbat, Lawyer, Writer, Boerum Hill Activist, Dies at 73
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Richard Anderson
Sad news about Joe Mohbat, who was an active opponent of the Atlantic Yards project and a true Renaissance man. Our condolences to his wife, Nancy.
Joseph Mohbat, former journalist, a lawyer and Boerum Hill activist, died after a long and courageous battle with cancer at the Brooklyn Hospital Center August 10. He was senior counsel at the New York City Law Department Office of the Corporation Counsel serving as a trial attorney in the Bronx tort unit.
Many people may remember Joe’s leading role in the play “Da” put on by the Heights Players in 2006 before he had his first bout with cancer. Others may remember that he had been involved in efforts to control the Atlantic Yards project or his successful intervention in blocking a 24-hour McDonald’s drive-in on his corner at Pacific Street and 3rd Avenue. In 1981 Joe co-founded the East Pacific Street Block Association, which succeeded in removing the persistent prostitution problem at his end of Pacific Street.
He and his wife Nancy Schuh were active in the Boerum Hill Association over the years. Joe wrote numerous, often amusing and well-received articles for the Phoenix in its heyday and was a frequent contributor to the Letters to Editor of the New York Times.
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Posted by eric at August 17, 2011 1:44 PM