Cuomo appoints Brooklyn judge to appellate court, makes four other appointments
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed five trial court judges to vacancies on mid-level appellate division courts.
All were previously elected to the state Supreme Court.
Cuomo has named Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Betsy Barros in the Second Department, covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley. She’s a former defense attorney and prosecutor elected in Brooklyn.
