Fritz W. Alexander II explained

Fritz W. Alexander II
Office:	Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Appointer:	Mario Cuomo
Term Start:	January 2, 1985
Term End:	February 6, 1992
Predecessor:	Hugh R. Jones
Successor:	George Bundy Smith
Office1:	Deputy Mayor of New York City
Appointed1:	David Dinkins
Predecessor1:	Randy Daniels
Term Start1:	1992
Term End1:	1993
Birth Name:	Carl Bernard Zanders Jr.
Birth Date:	24 April 1926
Birth Place:	Apopka, Florida
Death Place:	Manhattan, New York City, New York
Party:	Democratic

Fritz Winfred Alexander II (born Carl Bernard Zanders Jr.,^[1] April 24, 1926 – April 22, 2000) was an American judge who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1992,^[2] and a deputy mayor of New York from 1992 to 1993. Alexander was the first black judge to serve a full term on the Court of Appeals.^[3] Fritz Alexander was a part of the Harlem Clubhouse headed by J. Raymond Jones

He died of cancer on April 22, 2000, in Manhattan at age 73.^[3]

See also

• Harlem Clubhouse

Further reading

• John C. Walker,The Harlem Fox: J. Raymond Jones at Tammany 1920:1970, New York: State University New York Press, 1989.
• David N. Dinkins, A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, PublicAffairs Books, 2013
• Rangel, Charles B.

Wynter, Leon. And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007

• Paterson, David . New York, New York, 2020
• Baker Motley, Constance Equal Justice Under The Law: An Autobiography, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998
• Howell, Ron Boss of Black Brooklyn: The Life and Times of Bertram L. Baker Fordham University Press Bronx, New York, 2018
• Jack, Hulan Fifty Years a Democrat:The Autobiography of Hulan Jack New Benjamin Franklin House New York, NY, 1983
• Clayton-Powell, Adam Adam by Adam:The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. New York, New York, 1972
• Pritchett, Wendell E. Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008
• Davis, Benjamin Communist Councilman from Harlem:Autobiographical Notes Written in a Federal Penitentiary New York, New York, 1969

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fritz Winfred Alexander, II. Historical Society of the New York Courts. Burton. Angela. 2007.
2. Web site: Sims . Calvin . Alexander Expected to Be Named Deputy Mayor . Nytimes.com . 1992-02-06 . 2018-04-14.
3. Web site: Andy. Newman . Fritz Alexander II, 73, Judge Who Became a Deputy Mayor . Nytimes.com . April 25, 2000 . April 4, 2018.