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New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District

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The New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District resides in New York and serves Kings County.

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Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction in New York City:[1]

The Supreme Court is the trial court of unlimited original jurisdiction; but it generally hears cases that are outside the jurisdiction of other trial courts of more limited jurisdiction. In New York City, the Court exercises civil jurisdiction and jurisdiction over felony cases (in which a sentence in excess of one year may be imposed).[2]

This court holds the following jurisdiction outside of New York City:[3]

The Supreme Court is the trial court of unlimited original jurisdiction; but generally hears cases that are outside the jurisdiction of other trial courts of more limited jurisdiction.[2]

Judges

The table below only lists judges who were elected to their positions. Assigned or appointed judges are not included.


Office Name Party Date assumed office
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Rachel Adams
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Thomas P. Aliotta
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Keisha Alleyne Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Reginald A. Boddie Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Andrew Borrok Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Joy F. Campanelli January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Heela Capell Democratic January 1, 2024
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Cheryl Chambers
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Theresa M. Ciccotto 2017
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Caroline Cohen Democratic January 1, 2024
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Devin P. Cohen Democratic 2014
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lizette Colon January 1, 2021
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Dena E. Douglas Democratic January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Cenceria P. Edwards 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Genine D. Edwards
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Pamela L. Fisher
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Rachel Freier 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Patria Frias-Colon Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District David Friedman January 1, 2012
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lara J. Genovesi Nonpartisan 2016
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Desmond Green
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Sharen D. Hudson Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Ingrid Joseph Democratic January 1, 2019
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Kathy King Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lawrence S. Knipel
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Donald S. Kurtz 2016
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Carl J. Landicino
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Gina Levy Abadi January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lisa Lewis Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Consuelo Mallafre Melendez January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Aaron Maslow Republican January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District William F. Mastro
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lorna McAllister Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Richard J. Montelione January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Steven Mostofsky January 1, 2020
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Inga O'Neale Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lisa S. Ottley Democratic 2019
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Mark I. Partnow Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Dweynie Paul Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Adam Perlmutter Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Eric I. Prus Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Joanne Quinones 2024
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Susan Quirk Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Christopher Robles Democratic January 1, 2025
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Karen B. Rothenberg 2007
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Leon Ruchelsman Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Wayne Saitta Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Sharon Bourne-Clarke Democratic January 1, 2024
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Robin K. Sheares Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Kenneth Sherman
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Debra Silber
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Philip J. Smallman
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Ellen Spodek
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Saul Stein Democratic January 1, 2024
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Jeffrey S. Sunshine Democratic 2012
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Peter Sweeney Democratic
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Anne Swern Democratic January 1, 2023
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Delores J. Thomas 2007
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Wavny Toussaint
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Richard Velasquez
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Craig S. Walker 2018
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Carolyn Walker-Diallo Democratic January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Lillian Wan January 1, 2022
New York Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District Michelle Weston Democratic


Elections

New York is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in New York, click here.

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Partisan election of judges

The 324 justices of the New York Supreme Court are elected to 14-year terms in partisan elections. To appear on the ballot, candidates must be chosen at partisan nominating conventions. Sitting judges wishing to serve an additional term must run for re-election.[4]

The chief judge of the court of appeals appoints two chief administrative judges of the supreme court, one to supervise trial courts within New York City and one to supervise trial courts outside of the city.[4]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:[4]

  • be a state resident;
  • have had at least 10 years of in-state law practice;
  • be at least 18 years old; and
  • be under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).

Judicial elections in New York

See also: New York judicial elections

New York is one of 11 states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Primary election

Closed primary elections are held to allow members of political parties to select their respective candidates. The candidate who wins the Democratic primary, for example, will go on to be the Democratic nominee in the general election. Independent candidates may also run in the general election, bypassing the primary.[5] If a candidate cross-files, he or she could run in the general election as a Democratic Party candidate, as well as a candidate for one or more other parties.

According to statute, candidates for the supreme courts are chosen indirectly through delegates. Voters elect convention delegates in the primary election, and the delegates choose the supreme court candidates who will be on the general election ballot.[6][7]

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