Lack of Jewish Representation on Mayor Mamdani's Judicial Panel Prompts Criticism From some N.Y. Attorneys
Law groups say the 18-member panel should include Jewish lawyers as the committee weighs judges for family, criminal and civil courts.
- On July 22, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced his 18-member Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, stating it would reflect the city's diversity, though the panel includes no Jewish legal professionals.
- Four Jewish legal groups wrote to Mamdani on Monday, expressing they were "deeply disappointed" and stating the exclusion "follows a troubling pattern that has left many Jewish New Yorkers feeling increasingly marginalized."
- Rejected by the administration, retired Appellate Division Justice John Leventhal was passed over despite Chief Judge Rowan Wilson's recommendation, citing his legal work for Ghislaine Maxwell; spokesperson Joe Calvello stated the decision was not "motivated by religion."
- Attorney Elizabeth Forspan of the Brandeis Association of Queens warned that excluding Jewish representation from the panel, which screens judges for hate crime cases, "cannot be an oversight" given the city's qualified candidate pool.
- Data from the NYPD indicates Jews were the target of 181 hate crime incidents since January 1, prompting ADL NY/NJ Regional Director Scott Richman to urge Mamdani to "engage in something tangible" to address community concerns.
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The Washington Free Beacon
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New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) is under fire for snubbing Jews from an influential judicial advisory panel and blocking the nomination of a former judge, who is Jewish, because he once represented Ghislaine Maxwell. But Mamdani tapped a left-wing attorney who has represented multiple convicted cop-killers—including two black nationalists who murdered two New York City police officers—to serve on the committee, the Washington Free Beacon…
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Jewish Groups Press Mamdani Over Lack of Jewish Representation on Judicial Panel
(JNS) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday that he was unaware that the 18-member Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary did not include any Jewish attorneys, rejecting suggestions that the omission reflected intentional exclusion. “I did not ask the religion of each person who was put forward,” Mamdani told reporters during […]
Mamdani says exclusion of Jews from judiciary panel was not deliberate
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani continued to face questions on Wednesday about how he managed to appoint a panel of attorneys to recommend city judges that did not include a single Jewish member. The absence of any Jewish representation on the Advisory Committee on the Judiciary — which evaluates potential appointees to New York’s family and misdemeanor courts — came despite a vow from the mayor’s chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, that the panel …
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