New York City Bar Association announces approval ratings in contested judicial races

New York City Bar Association announces approval ratings in contested judicial races

The New York City Bar Association recently weighed in on several contested races in Queens and Brooklyn in its judicial rating process. In Queens, where there are four candidates running for two open spots on the Queens Civil Court bench in the Democratic primary election on June 23, the bar association neatly approved two of the candidates.  But in Brooklyn, the bar association’s ratings don’t clearly tip the scales in either of the two contest…