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Quote of the Day: I Like to Throw a Dollar on the Floor Attached to a String and Watch Them Chase It

It’s the best chambers in the state. Believe me, I know. I’ve seen them all. — Judge A. Gail Prudenti commenting to the New York Times about pleasing chambers afforded to the Brooklyn Presiding Judge. Prudenti was recently promoted to Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts of New York State, creating a vacancy for the […]

By Elie Mystal on January 27, 2012 4:50 pm

It’s the best chambers in the state. Believe me, I know. I’ve seen them all.

— Judge A. Gail Prudenti commenting to the New York Times about pleasing chambers afforded to the Brooklyn Presiding Judge. Prudenti was recently promoted to Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts of New York State, creating a vacancy for the position of Brooklyn’s Presiding Judge.

19 judges have applied for the position, apparently because the Brooklyn Presiding Judge doesn’t have to work in a spider hole like the rest of the borough.