The Court of Appeals is back to its full complement of seven judges. The Senate confirmed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominations to elevate Associate Judge Rowan D. Wilson to chief judge, and Caitlin Halligan of Selendy Gay Elsberg to fill the associate judge vacancy created by Wilson’s elevation. Wilson is the first Black chief judge in the history of New York state.

In a 5-0 decision in Singh v. City of New York, written by Judge Anthony Cannataro and joined by Chief Judge Wilson and Judges Michael Garcia, Madeline Singas and Shirley Troutman, the Court of Appeals last month affirmed an Appellate Division, Second Department decision and held that taxicab companies could not sue the city of New York (NYC) and the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) for the diminished value of their taxicab medallions because the TLC never promised to take steps to protect the value of the medallions. Judges Jenny Rivera and Halligan took no part in the decision.