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While the media spotlight has been largely focused on the NYC mayoral candidates, when you head to the polls for the June 22nd primary you ll also find a number of judicial posts on the ballot.
Most of the judges are running for open seats in Civil Court, which, unlike other judicial posts appointed by the mayor and governor, are elected positions. Judges in these courts broken up into municipal districts per borough and a countywide court decide on a slew of cases, including commercial tenant-landlord disputes, seeking repairs from a landlord, and small claims of up to $25,000. Unlike most elected officials, judges do not have to live in the borough in which they hear cases. There is also a race for Surrogate s Court, where judges hear cases involving wills and testaments, estates, and adoptions. Those terms last for 14 years.
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Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Bronx, speaks during a news conference in March in New York City.
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Bronx, wants to give the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) some teeth.
Biaggi recently introduced S.5254 in the state Senate to amend the state Executive Law and allow legislators and other state employees to be found guilty of ethical violations by JCOPE without the vote of at least two members of the accused’s political party.
Not only can’t JCOPE find someone guilty without two commission members from the person’s political party in agreement, JCOPE can’t even begin an investigation unless two members of the person’s political party approve. Biaggi’s proposal is included in a list of possible improvements to JCOPE backed by the New York City Bar Association.