Background
Hecht was born on December 30, 1927, in New York City.
Hecht was born on December 30, 1927, in New York City.
He attended Public School Number. He graduated from New York University and New York University School of Law.
86 and DeWitt Clinton High School. He entered politics as a Democrat. He was Chairman of the Committee on Claims in 1967 and 1968.
And Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in 1975 and 1976.
In November 1976, he was elected to the New York City Civil Court. In December 1985, Hecht was injured in a car accident on the New York State Thruway while returning from Albany to New York City.
The driver of the car, Acting Supreme Court Justice Archie A. Gorfinkel, died from his injuries. In November 1988, Hecht was elected to the New York Supreme Court (12th Doctorate).
After retiring from the bench, he moved to Delray Beach, Florida.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1963 to 1976, sitting in the 174th, 175th,176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th and 181st New York State Legislatures.