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New York State Supreme Court · Manhattan · 1st Judicial District

Eleven candidates compete for six Manhattan Supreme Court seats

Manhattan's First Judicial District will elect six justices from 11 candidates in the November 3, 2026 general election. Six are on the Democratic line and five on the Working Families line; Hagler, Mendez, and Scarpulla were elected to Supreme Court in 2012 and serve in the Appellate Division.

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Candidates

Christopher Chin

Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court; current civil inventory includes motor-vehicle and Labor Law matters.

Uptown Community Democrats

Hasa A. Kingo

Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court, designated January 2024; the candidate materials identify a current General and Medical Malpractice assignment.

Uptown Community Democrats

Kathleen Waterman-Marshall

Acting Justice, New York County Supreme Court, since December 2021; current work includes general civil, parentage, matrimonial and jury matters.

Arthur Engoron +1

Shlomo S. Hagler

Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, appointed 2025.

No major endorsements yet

Manuel J. Mendez

Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, appointed July 27, 2020.

No major endorsements yet

Saliann Scarpulla

Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, appointed July 2020.

No major endorsements yet

Amy S. Taylor

Deputy Executive Director, International Refugee Assistance Project, appointed 2020; IRAP said she led its Legal and Litigation programming.

No major endorsements yet

Joshua E. Goldfein

Staff attorney, Homeless Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society (identified in March 2026 testimony and earlier 2019–2023 materials).

No major endorsements yet

Sienna M. Fontaine

Co-Executive Director, Make the Road New York.

No major endorsements yet

Bob Cohen

Policy and research director, Citizen Action of New York.

No major endorsements yet

Jeffrey W. Rizzo

Attorney, Levy & Rizzo, LLC.

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Professional record

Experience, selected cases, and qualification assessments. Case coverage is still developing.

11 candidates · 11 selected case examples · 6 candidates with evaluations

Christopher Chin · Presiding trial judge
Presiding over a multi-plaintiff Adult Survivors Act trial
Christopher Chin · Authored the Bronx Criminal Court decision
Invalidating a discovery certificate and dismissing on speedy-trial grounds
Christopher Chin · Authored the Bronx Criminal Court decision
Suppressing evidence after the People failed to establish probable cause
Christopher Chin · Authored the Bronx Criminal Court decision
Suppressing identification evidence after an unsupported arrest
Hasa A. Kingo · Authored the New York County Supreme Court decision
Allowing a race-discrimination complaint to proceed past a pleading motion
Hasa A. Kingo · Authored the New York County Supreme Court decision
Declining to stay a childhood-sexual-abuse trial pending appeal
Hasa A. Kingo · Authored the New York County Supreme Court decision
Deciding which counterclaims can proceed
Kathleen Waterman-Marshall · Authored the New York County Supreme Court decision
Applying a domestic-violence factor in equitable distribution
Kathleen Waterman-Marshall · Authored the New York County Supreme Court Article 78 decision
Vacating an agency decision and granting Mitchell-Lama succession rights
Kathleen Waterman-Marshall · Trial judge whose orders were reviewed on appeal
Custody and financial orders reviewed by the First Department
Joshua E. Goldfein · Member of the plaintiffs’ legal team
Challenging congregate shelter placements during COVID

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The money

Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.

Chin

$53K

Kingo

$41K

Waterman-Marshall

$33K

Researched & verified Sep 13, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.

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