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ELECTION WAS NOV 3

Judge of the New York City Civil CourtManhattan Civil Court District 3

Uncontested

Steven Benathen is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat. You can also write in a candidate whose name isn't printed on the ballot.

One nominee for a Manhattan Civil Court seat opened by retirement

A judge in the district announced retirement after the filing deadline for designating petitions, so no primary was held and candidates were chosen by party nomination. Steven Benathen is the Democratic nominee.

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Professional record

1 candidate · experience, selected cases, and evaluations

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Steven Benathen

Principal court attorney, Bronx County Supreme Court · Admitted to the New York bar in 2014

Democratic nominee, chosen by party nomination; no primary was held for this seat.

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Professional experience

Principal court attorney, a career law clerk, to Acting Justice Audrey E. Stone in the Criminal Term of Bronx County Supreme Court since June 2023, and an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law since Jan. 2026. He began his career as a public defender with The Bronx Defenders and later clerked for Justices Ellen Gesmer and Lizbeth González of the Appellate Division, First Department.

Career & documented work

Bar admission & conduct

Bar admission

Admitted 2014 · University of Illinois College of Law

NYS Attorney Registrations (data.ny.gov) — registration of Steven Daniel Benathen ↗