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Madeline Singas
Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Background: Singas was an assistant district attorney in the Queens County District Attorney's Office from 1991 to 2006. From 2006 to 2011, she was chief of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Special Victims Bureau.
At a glance
- Court
- New York Court of Appeals
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) (May 25, 2021)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)
- Appointment date
- May 25, 2021
- Took office
- June 8, 2021
- Current term ends
- June 8, 2035
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Barnard College of Columbia University
- Law: Fordham University School of Law
- Prior offices
- Nassau County District Attorney (Year left office: 2021)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Madeline Singas’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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