At the same time that New York acting Chief Administrative Judge Tamiko Amaker made public remarks about threats to judges, a Plattsburgh City Court judge was assaulted in the parking lot of a family courthouse, sustaining a concussion, a state Office of Court Administration spokesman said Wednesday.

It was as if to underscore the escalating threat level that judges and their family members face on a daily basis, the spokesman, Lucian Chalfen, said.