The Way the Mayor Picks NYC’s Judges Is Utterly Opaque. These Ideas Could Help
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Courts of Contempt
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How the Insiders-Only System Breeds Corruption in Brooklyn Courts
Both before and after judges get on the bench.
In Queens, a Scripted Judicial Convention, Briefly Derailed
"I knew that those five he said 'pay attention to' were the ones they were going to nominate."
Vote Trading in Mill Basin With the Brooklyn Democrats
"It was this weird horror of: 'Wait, our judicial system is being decided by these people that I don't know, who aren't lawyers, who are sitting at a lobster house?'"
Welcome to the Courts of Contempt
Hell Gate and Type Investigations's brand-new deep dive into who actually picks New York's judges, and why it matters.