ALBANY – Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday appointed Randall Eng (See Profile), a native of China, former prosecutor and longtime judge with a wealth of trial, appellate and administrative experience, to lead the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Eng’s promotion from an associate justice to presiding justice of one of the busiest appellate courts in the nation was announced along with six appellate panel appointments statewide. All four departments of the Appellate Division have been shorthanded for at least several months, and even with the batch of appointments announced Oct. 1, the Second, Third and Fourth departments are still short one judge. Another vacancy on the Second Department will be created later this month when Justice Ariel Belen (See Profile) leaves for a private sector position.
Clockwise from above: Justices Gische, Clark, Feinman, Hinds-Radix and Whalen.
