Cedarhurst Mayor’s son Ariel Weinstock dies at Age 42
Ariel Weinstock, son of Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock, died on Aug. 17. He was 42.
Ariel was in a car accident on June 8, 2023 in upstate Cooperstown and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He received extensive rehab at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York, and was in the Rusk Institute Brain Injury Day Treatment Program since January 2024.
After more than a year of battling to stay alive, he never regained consciousness, his father said. The immediate cause of death is unknown.
Ariel grew up in Cedarhurst, where his father had been serving on the village board since 1988. He lived in Port Washington with his wife Lauren, and children Owen, 10, and Sadie, 7.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yeshiva University in 2004, where he graduated Cum Laude and received an associate’s from Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies in 2004.
“Ariel was not all about being a lawyer, he was first and foremost a devoted and loving father, and a loving son,” said David Katsky, founding partner at Katsky Korins. “He was also endlessly considerate of everyone that he worked with. Character counts, and he had plenty.”
Weinstock was a partner at Katsky Korins LLP in the city, where he was a member of the firm’s real estate department. He joined the firm after graduation from Brooklyn Law School in 2007, and was named a partner in 2014.
“He was the only person ever hired by the firm straight out of law school,” said Benjamin Weinstock. “He was a summer intern and made partner in the shortest time in the firm’s history.”
Ariel was a member of the House of Delegates (the governing body of the New York State Bar Association), one of the largest bar associations in the country.
“He was incredibly kind and generous with me when I worked at Katsky Korins, always answering questions, and making me feel included,” said Valerie Tocci, a law firm colleague.
He also served as director of the New York County Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors, among many other positions and accomplishments.
“I cannot tell you how much he will be dearly missed and never forgotten by all those whose lives he touched,” Katsky said.
In addition to his wife and children, Weinstock is survived by his parents Eileen and Benjamin Weinstock, siblings, Dani Weinstock, Dr. Etan Weinstock, Allon Weinstock, Dr. Liat Goldstein, and his grandparents Stanley and Phyllis Diamond.
A funeral was held at Boulevard-Riverside Chapels in Hewlett on Aug. 18.
