Judge Steven (Shlomo) Mostofsky has won the endorsement of the Kings County Democratic Executive Committee for New York State Supreme Court justice, effectively securing the nomination for the position opening this November.
Mostofsky, 61, is a graduate of Yeshiva College and New York Law School. A Midwood resident who grew up in East Flatbush and has lived in Brooklyn all his life, Mostofsky served as president of the National Council of Young Israel from 2000-2012.
The Supreme Court justice position is a 14-year-term, but with mandatory retirement at age 70.
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In NYS the Supreme Court is not supreme in the sense it is at the federal level. The court of appeals (http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/) is higher.