Manhattan Board of Coroners

Feinberg in 1914

The Manhattan Board of Coroners served as the coroner's office in Manhattan. In 1914 Israel L. Feinberg, President of the Manhattan Board of Coroners, suggested switching to a medical examiner style office like the one used in Massachusetts.^[1]

Coroners

• Israel L. Feinberg, M.D. (1872 - April 13, 1941) was a physician and the President of the Manhattan Board of Coroners from 1910 to 1918.^[2][1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Coroners' Office Conceals Crime. Dr. Feinberg, Head of Manhattan Board, Admits Whole System Should Be Abolished. Commissioner of Accounts Gets Confirmation of Charges by Official Twice Elected". New York Times. November 18, 1914. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0813F73A5B13738DDDA10994D9415B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-02-06. "Dr. Israel L. Feinberg, President of the Manhattan Board of Coroners and now serving his second term, has come out unreservedly for the abolition of the entire Coroners' system. He says it is inadequate, subject to great abuses, and that as it works out in this city, it reeks with waste, confusion, and inefficiency." 
2. ^ "Dr. Israel Feinberg, Ex-Coroner Here, 69; Head of Old Board, 1910-18, Sought to Abolish System". New York Times. April 14, 1941. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F16FE3559167B93C6A8178FD85F458485F9. Retrieved 2011-02-06. "Dr. Israel Feinberg, former president of the old Board of Coroners, died yesterday morning at bocker Hospital where he was ..."