Interviews to begin soon for next Queens Supreme administrative judge
/
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for New York City Courts George Silver has served as acting administrative judge since Justice Jeremy Weinstein retired in June. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese.
By David Brand
State court officials have not yet selected a new judge to replace retired Justice Jeremy Weinstein as administrative judge in Queens Supreme Court, Civil Term, but interviews will begin soon, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Court Administration.
Since Weinstein retired on Aug. 30, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for New York City Courts George Silver has served as acting administrative judge. In July, an OCA spokesperson said the agency expected to select a permanent replacement in the fall. That has not been the case, however.
The new top judge will be selected in the coming weeks, OCA said Tuesday.
Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Grays has expressed her interest in the role, including during her speech praising Weinstein at the Queens County Women’s Bar Association holiday party last month.
“Now the time has flown by and you have left the court with big shoes to fill,” she told Weinstein. “Thank god I’m a size 10.”
Weinstein served as administrative judge at the Sutphin Boulevard courthouse for a decade.
Silver and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks will conduct interviews with applicants and make the ultimate decision.
The process entails fielding applications from sitting judges, including some who potentially preside outside Queens. In the past, the Office of Court Administration has sent letters to judges in Queens and elsewhere in the state to notify them of the opening, people familiar with the process told the Eagle earlier this year.
OCA also talks with the outgoing administrative judge to gain their perspective.
The role requires a leader who manages multiple successful, intelligent people while fostering good relationships and solving specific courthouse problems, court officials said.
