Mamdani Appoints Jewish Scholar to Direct Judiciary Advisory Panel, for Which Mayor Drew Criticism for Overlooking Jews

Mamdani appoints Jewish scholar to direct judiciary advisory panel, for which mayor drew criticism for overlooking Jews

“I did not ask for the religion of each of the person that was put forward,” the mayor said in July, after Jewish groups noted that none of the 18 people he appointed to the committee were Jewish.

Mamdani Hires Jewish Judicial Adviser After Bar Group Criticisms

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed a Jewish judicial ethics attorney as director of a panel that recommends judges for city courts after bar groups criticized Mamdani earlier this year for not including Jewish lawyers on the panel.

Mayor Mamdani appoints court watchdog as executive director of city’s judicial panel

A good government advocate has been tapped by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to take on the duties of managing the committee charged with vetting judicial nominees, City Hall announced Tuesday. Douglas Keith, a deputy director of the Brennan Center’s Judiciary Program, will take the role of executive director and senior legal office of the Mayor’s Advisory...