Senior Ossining Town Justice Edwin Shapiro has announced his retirement from the court effective March 15. Judge Shapiro has served for over 31 years and recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

Said Shapiro, "I have been honored to serve the citizens of the Ossining-Briarcliff community as their town justice for more than three decades, but now the time has come for me to spend more quality time with my wife,children and grandchildren."

The judge says he is "particularly pleased" that many of his decisions have been published in the official New York State law reports and cited as "Decisions of Interest" in the New York Law Journal.

He went on to add, "In landlord-tenant proceedings, I  always tried to keep people in their homes rather than evicting them by employing 'creative arrangements' that were not unfair to landlords."

Town Supervisor Catherine Borgia thanked Judge Shapiro,"The Town Board is very grateful to Judge Shapiro for his many years of dedicated service to the Ossining community. We wish him the very best in his retirement."