Ross Barkan has a compelling article with an evergreen headline: It’s time to reform New York’s machine-controlled judicial system.
I would add as (recent) Exhibits A-G:
New York City faces few takers for interim judicial appointments
Judicial aspirants brown nose at Brooklyn Democratic fundraiser
Another voice against de facto party control over the New York courts
“Insurgent” judicial candidates in Brooklyn continue their fight against machine politics
New York judicial candidate has spent over $33K from campaign coffers on other candidates and causes
Brooklyn judicial elections take an even more dismaying turn
The Interdependent Third Branch 