The presidents of the Jewish lawyer associations representing Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx wrote a letter this week to Mayor Mamdani to express their deep disappointment and called for immediate corrective action.
We support and applaud their advocacy. We, the undersigned, join in their call for Jewish representation.
Last week, the Mayor announced his Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, a group of 19 legal professionals that help shape who becomes a judge in New York City’s Family and Criminal courts. These are the judges who affect our safety, our families, our civil rights, and our future in New York.
In a city where nearly half of all lawyers are Jewish, guess how many Jews were appointed to the Advisory Committee? None.
Not one Jewish lawyer, former judge or legal professional of any kind.
This is neither equitable nor acceptable. Our community deserves representation.
We call on Mayor Mamdani to immediately appoint qualified Jewish legal professionals to the Judicial Advisory Committee and to meet with the Jewish legal professional associations.