Brooklyn legal community stepping up to help judge fight kidney failure

Judge Miriam Cyrulnik, a longtime Brooklyn jurist, is seeking a kidney transplant following a 2022 diagnosis of amyloidosis. Members of the local legal community are mobilizing to assist the 70-year-old judge in her search for a compatible donor.
For decades, Judge Miriam Cyrulnik helped people navigate some of the most difficult moments of their lives from the bench in Brooklyn. Now, at 70, the Brooklyn Heights resident is facing a challenge of her own: She needs a kidney transplant. Cyrulnik, who is not married, was diagnosed in Oct. 2022 with amyloidosis, a rare... Read More
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