the residents of Puerto Rico. Lanzetta later resumed the practice of law. On July 2, 1947, Mayor William O'Dwyer appointed him as city magistrate of New York City to fill a vacancy; later that month he was appointed to a full ten-year term. As the result of a one-day shortage of magistrates in March 1948, Lanzetta attracted notice by presiding in five courts in five hours and disposing of 500 cases, 400 of which were in the Downtown Traffic Court. He served as city magistrate until May 26, 1948, when Mayor O'Dwyer appointed him to a ten-year term as a justice of the city Domestic Relations Court. He served in this capacity until his death in New York City in 1956. Death He died on the night of October 27, 1956, while visiting the Greystone Hotel on Broadway. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York. References Notes Sources "James Lanzetta, Justice, 61, Dead"; The New York Times, October 29, 1956. 1894 births 1956 deaths Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Fordham University School of Law alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) New York (state) state court judges United States Army personnel of World War I New York (state) lawyers Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) 20th-century American judges 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American lawyers American people of Italian descent