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Lizbeth Gonzalez
Lizbeth Gonzalez is a judge for the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division. She assumed office on November 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Gonzalez was a judge on the New York City Civil Court from 2005 to 2015 and an acting justice on the Supreme Court 12th Judicial District from 2012 to 2015.[1][2]
Education
Gonzalez received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974 and her J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1979.[1][3]
Career
Gonzalez has worked in the following roles:
- Visiting attorney for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Senior attorney for MFY Legal Services
- Associate counsel, New York State Mortgage Agency
- Assistant corporation counsel of the New York City Department of Law
- Assistant attorney general of the New York State Department of Law
- Director of legal services for the American Indian Law Alliance
- Administrative law judge for the Environmental Control Board
- Administrative law judge for the Taxi and Limousine Commission
- Court attorney for the Bronx Housing Court
She served as a New York City Housing Court Judge from 1999 to 2004 and became a civil judge of the Bronx County Civil Court in 2005.[1]
Elections
2015
- See also: New York judicial elections, 2015
New York's judicial elections included a primary on September 10, 2015, and a general on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for primary candidates was August 16, 2015.
The candidates ran for six open seats.
| Supreme Court 12th Judicial District, 6 open seats, General Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Lizbeth Gonzalez |
16.5% | 21,803 | |
| Democratic | Robert T. Johnson |
16.5% | 21,756 | |
| Democratic | Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Incumbent |
15.6% | 20,555 | |
| Democratic | Ruben Franco |
14.9% | 19,649 | |
| Democratic | Dianne Renwick Incumbent |
14.5% | 19,128 | |
| Democratic | Mitchell J. Danziger |
13.9% | 18,256 | |
| Republican, Conservative | Steve Mayo | 3.0% | 3,931 | |
| Republican, Conservative | Guy T. Parisi | 2.6% | 3,489 | |
| Conservative | Christopher B. Garvey | 2.0% | 2,674 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.42% | 554 | ||
| Total Votes (96.67% of precincts reporting) | 131,795 | |||
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Results: Justice of the Supreme Court 12th Judicial District," November 4, 2015 | ||||
2014
See also: New York judicial elections, 2014
Gonzalez ran for re-election to the New York City Civil Court, Bronx County, 2nd District.
General: She defeated Robert D. Siano in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 90.0 percent of the vote.
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New York State Unified Court System, "Hon. Lizbeth Gonzalez," accessed November 3, 2014
- ↑ Thomson Reuters News & Insight, "New York judges to receive 27-percent pay raise," August 26, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York State Unified Court System, "Judicial Candidate Information: Lizbeth Gonzalez," accessed November 3, 2014
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