Education reform leader remembered after being killed by traffic violence • Brooklyn Paper
Mourners gathered to honor the life of Norman Fruchter, a civil rights activist, after he was struck and killed by a reckless driver in Bay Ridge.
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Mourners gathered to honor the life of Norman Fruchter, a civil rights activist, after he was struck and killed by a reckless driver in Bay Ridge.
A lawsuit he helped initiate to change how the state allocates aid to localities reaped a bonanza for New York City schools.
Fruchter died on Jan. 4 after a car struck him near his Brooklyn home in late December. He was a leader in some of the most pivotal education battles of the past half century.
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