Justice Joseph Covello of the Appellate Division, Second Department, who resigned last week, expressed disappointment yesterday that the pay raise approved by a special commission last month “isn’t a ton of money,” especially since the state’s 1,300 judges have only received one raise in the last 20 years.
Justice Covello called his decision to leave the bench to join an eight-lawyer litigation firm in Mineola “incredibly bittersweet,” but “clearly an economic one.” With his arrival, the firm has been changed to Lynn, Gartner, Dunne & Covello.
