New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

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The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division is the intermediate appellate court in New York. It is the appellate arm of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The appellate division is comprised of four departments.

Justices

The judges of the Court are referred to as "justices."

First Department

Luis Gonzalez is the First Department Presiding Justice.

Sheila Abdus-Salaam Rolando Acosta Richard Andrias John Buckley Leland DeGrasse Helen Freedman

David Friedman Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Angela Mazzarelli James McGuire Karla Moskowitz Eugene Nardelli

Dianne Renwick Rosalyn Richter Nelson S. Roman David Saxe John Sweeny Peter Tom

Second Department

Gail Prudenti is the Presiding Justice for the Second Department.

Daniel Angiolillo Leonard Austin Ruth Balkin Ariel Belen Cheryl Chambers

Joseph Covello Thomas Dickerson Mark Dillon Randall Eng Steven Fisher

Anita Florio Priscilla Hall John Leventhal Plummer Lott William Mastro

Howard Miller Reinaldo Rivera Fred Santucci Peter Skelos Robert Spolzino

Third Department

Anthony Cardona is the Presiding Justice for the Third Department.

John C. Egan Anthony Kane Michael Kavanagh John Lahtinen Bernard Malone William McCarthy

Thomas Mercure Karen Peters Robert Rose Edward Spain Leslie Stein

Fourth Department

Henry Scudder is the Presiding Justice for the Fourth Department.

Edward Carni John Centra Eugene Fahey Jerome Gorski Samuel Green Robert Hurlbutt

Stephen Lindley Salvatore Martoche Erin Peradotto Elizabeth Pine Rose H. Sconiers Nancy Smith

Cardozo criticisms

Michael Cardozo, the top legal advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said in a speech in December 2009 that while the state's trial judges are overworked and underpaid, they are also responsible for delays in decisions. Cardozo said that the "entire culture must be changed" to "improve judicial accountability and, with it, judicial performance." In response, 18 of 20 justices of the First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court published a letter in the New York Law Journal sharply dissenting from the tenor of Cardozo's remarks, saying that the remarks were “insulting,” “imperious” and “misguided”. Luis Gonzalez said, “We felt compelled to speak on behalf of the trial judges. Sometimes they may feel a lot more constrained, maybe even handcuffed, in response to criticism.^[1]

External links

• Website of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
• Justices of the First Department

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