Judge of the Civil Court · Staten Island — 1st Municipal Court District

Two former prosecutors seek a newly created Staten Island Civil Court seat

The seat is one of 10 Civil Court judgeships added in 2026, with nominees chosen by the parties and no primary. People who filed objections to Vitucci's nomination, joined in court by Low, challenged it, and the Board of Elections removed him from the ballot on Aug. 4, 2026; he went to court the same day to be placed back on it. On Aug. 13, 2026, state Supreme Court Justice Peter P. Sweeney dismissed the petition challenging his nomination, and the Board's Sept. 11, 2026 contest list includes him.

Overview Record

Professional record

2 candidates · experience, selected cases, and evaluations

John A. Vitucci

Employed by the state Supreme Court in Richmond County · Admitted to the New York bar in 2000

On the Democratic ballot line for this seat in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.

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Professional experience

Employed by the New York State Supreme Court in Richmond County (Staten Island); he returned to the state court system in 2010. His career has included work as a prosecutor, a civil litigator and a law clerk to multiple Staten Island Supreme Court justices.

Career & documented work

as of Sept. 29, 2026
Employed by the New York State Supreme Court, Richmond County, in Staten Island, as listed in his New York attorney registration.
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2010
Returned to work in the New York State Unified Court System, the state's court system.
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Law clerk to multiple Staten Island Supreme Court justices.
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Prosecutor and civil litigator.
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Bar admission & conduct

Bar admission: Admitted 2000 · Fordham
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Carrie Ann Low

Principal law clerk in state Supreme Court since 2022 · Admitted to the New York bar in 2014

On the Republican and Conservative ballot lines for this seat in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.

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Professional experience

Principal law clerk to state Supreme Court Justice Lisa Grey since 2022. Before that she was an assistant district attorney who rose to deputy bureau chief of the Narcotics/Investigations Bureau, after starting her legal career handling real estate transactions at a private firm.

Career & documented work

since 2022
Principal law clerk to Justice Lisa Grey of the New York State Supreme Court.
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Assistant district attorney in the offices of District Attorneys Daniel Donovan and Michael McMahon, starting in the Criminal Court Bureau and later serving as deputy bureau chief of the Narcotics/Investigations Bureau.
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Began her legal career at Nerlino Caddell & Associates, handling real estate transactions.
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Bar admission & conduct

Bar admission: Admitted 2014 · St. John's University School of Law
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