Seeking flexibility to deal with burgeoning foreclosure and consumer debt caseloads, court administrators have promoted 13 New York City Civil Court judges to Acting Supreme Court justices.
The new “hybrid” judges—four in Manhattan, three each in Brooklyn and Queens, two in the Bronx and one on Staten Island—are splitting time between the courts. They are being paid at the Supreme Court rate, $136,700, compared to $125,600 for Civil Court, whether or not they are handling Supreme or Civil court cases.
