Hortense Gabel; Judge Implicated in Bess Myerson Case

Hortense Gabel, 77, a judge implicated in the Bess Myerson conflict-of-interest case. A crusader against racial discrimination in housing during her early years, Mrs. Gabel served as judge of New York’s trial-level Supreme Court from 1976 until her resignation in 1987. She was acquitted by a federal jury in 1988 of making rulings favorable to Myerson’s boyfriend in a divorce case in order to help her daughter get a job in Myerson’s office. Myerson, a former Miss America and television personality, was New York City’s cultural affairs commissioner. On Dec. 7 in New York City.