Max S. Levine

Max Samuel Levine (July 6, 1881 – August 27, 1933) was a Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York City.

His first official job was as a temporary clerk in the Tenement House Department under future Thomas C. T. Crain.

[3] In 1919, Mayor John Francis Hylan appointed him a City Magistrate to succeed William Blau.

He then withdrew himself as a candidate as part of a deal with Governor Al Smith, who appointed him judge of the Court of Special Sessions.

[6] 2,500 people attended his funeral at Temple Shaare Zedek, including a number of judges, lawyers, city officials, and Tammany leaders, with another 5,000 standing outside.