Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, fresh from an ill-timed trip to Uganda, avoided questions after meeting with the ...

Socialist mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday explicitly backed down from his unpopular past “defund the police” ...

Justice Shirley Troutman, who was confirmed by the state Senate on Wednesday to be on the state Court of Appeals, is a longtime western New York resident and the second Black woman to be confirmed ...

Troutman is the second black female ever and the first woman from Western New York to join the court. She started the job in February.

News NY Senate Confirms Shirley Troutman to Court of Appeals Seat Critics noted that Justice Shirley Troutman will be the fourth former prosecutor on the seven-member Court of Appeals. Her ...

On February 14, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the Appellate Division, Second Department’s Kessler decision, which had applied a ...

Troutman, nominated by Gov. Hochul in November to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Associate Justice Eugene Fahey, is the second Black woman to serve on the state’s highest court.

Justice Shirley Troutman will be the next justice on the New York State Court of Appeals, making her the second Black woman to serve on the state’s highest court. On Wednesday, the Senate voted ...