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This page lists judges appointed by Andrew Cuomo (D) during his term as Governor of New York. As of today, the total number of Cuomo appointees was 78. For the full profile of Cuomo, click here.

Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population. This encompasses all city, county, and special district elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. Some New York counties are outside of that coverage scope. As a result, this page does not provide an exhaustive list of all judges appointed by Gov. Cuomo.

Appointed judges

The tables below list the governor's appointees to the courts across the state.

State Courts

Court of Appeals

Name	Court	Active
Madeline Singas	New York Court of Appeals	June 8, 2021 - Present
Leslie E. Stein	New York Court of Appeals	February 9, 2015 - June 4, 2021
Michael Garcia	New York Court of Appeals	February 8, 2016 - Present
Sheila Abdus-Salaam	New York Court of Appeals
Eugene Fahey	New York Court of Appeals	February 9, 2015 - December 31, 2021
Anthony Cannataro	New York Court of Appeals	June 8, 2021 - Present
Jenny Rivera	New York Court of Appeals	February 11, 2013 - Present
Paul G. Feinman	New York Court of Appeals	June 21, 2017 - March 23, 2021
Rowan Wilson	New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge	February 6, 2017 - Present
Janet DiFiore	New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge	January 21, 2016 - August 31, 2022

Appellate Division

Name	Court	Active
Julio Rodriguez	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2021 - Present
Saliann Scarpulla	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2020 - Present
Martin Shulman	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	July 13, 2020 - Present
Barbara R. Kapnick	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2014 - Present
Troy K. Webber	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2016 - Present
Ellen Gesmer	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2016 - 2022
Ellen Gesmer	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	February 18, 2016 - Present
Manuel J. Mendez	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2020 - Present
Tanya Kennedy	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2020 - Present
Marcy L. Kahn	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2016 - 2019
Lizbeth Gonzalez	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	November 1, 2019 - Present
Peter H. Moulton	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2017 - Present
Bahaati Pitt-Burke	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	May 25, 2021 - Present
John Higgitt	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2021 - Present
Anil C. Singh	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2017 - 2025
Jeffrey K. Oing	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2017 - 2023
Cynthia Kern	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department	2017 - Present
Alan D. Scheinkman	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2018 - December 31, 2020
Lara J. Genovesi	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	June 1, 2021 - Present
Randall Eng	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department
Valerie Brathwaite Nelson	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2016 - Present
Colleen Duffy	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2014 - Present
Joseph A. Zayas	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	June 1, 2021 - 2023
Hector D. LaSalle	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2014 - Present
Deborah Dowling	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	June 10, 2021 - Present
William G. Ford	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	June 1, 2021 - Present
Joseph J. Maltese	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2014 - December 31, 2024
Paul Wooten	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	November 1, 2019 - Present
Linda Christopher	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2017 - Present
Betsy Barros	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2014 - Present
Angela G. Iannacci	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2017 - Present
Francesca Connolly	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Department	2016 - Present
Michael C. Lynch	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	2014 - Present
Molly R. Fitzgerald	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	November 6, 2019 - Present
Sharon A. M. Aarons	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	March 1, 2016 - Present
John Colangelo	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	November 1, 2019 - June 20, 2022
Eugene Devine	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	2014 - November 30, 2020
Stan L. Pritzker	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	May 26, 2017 - Present
Christine M. Clark	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 3rd Department	2014 - Present
Brian F. DeJoseph	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	2014 - 2019
Gerald J. Whalen	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	2012 - Present
Tracey A. Bannister	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	November 1, 2019 - Present
Shirley Troutman	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	February 19, 2016 - January 12, 2022
John M. Curran	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	2016 - Present
Patrick H. NeMoyer	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	February 19, 2016 - 2023
Joanne M. Winslow	New York Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Department	May 23, 2017 - 2023

Other State Courts

Name	Court	Active
Ramon E. Rivera	New York Court of Claims	June 8, 2021 - Present
Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick	New York Court of Claims
Kathleen B. Hogan	New York Court of Claims	2017 - Present
Mark Grisanti	New York Court of Claims	2015 - May 5, 2025
Debra Martin	New York Court of Claims	2015 - 2025
Edwina G. Mendelson	New York Court of Claims	2017 - Unknown
Stephen J. Lynch	New York Court of Claims	2012 - 2021
Denise Hartman	New York Court of Claims
Charles Troia	New York Court of Claims	July 23, 2020 - Present
Adam W. Silverman	New York Court of Claims	July 23, 2020 - Present
Adrian Armstrong	New York Court of Claims	July 23, 2020 - Present
Daniel Conviser	New York Court of Claims
Lillian Wan	New York Court of Claims
Veronica Hummel	New York Court of Claims	July 23, 2020 - Present
Barry Ostrager	New York Court of Claims	2015 - 2017

Local Courts

Name	Court	Active
Joseph D. Valentino	Monroe County Supreme Court
Roger Hayes	New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District
Barry Ostrager	New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District	2017 - December 30, 2023
Judith J. Gische	New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District
Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix	New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District
Jeremiah J. Moriarty III	New York Supreme Court 8th Judicial District
Gordon Cuffy	Onondaga County Supreme Court

State profile

Demographic data for New York
	New York	U.S.
Total population:	19,747,183	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	47,126	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	64.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	15.6%	12.6%
Asian:	8%	5.1%
Native American:	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.9%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	18.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.6%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	34.2%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$59,269	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.5%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New York. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in New York

New York voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, 18 are located in New York, accounting for 8.74 percent of the total pivot counties.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. New York had 14 Retained Pivot Counties and four Boomerang Pivot Counties, accounting for 7.73 and 16.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.

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