Race on for 6th Municipal
District Judiciary seat
By Nelson A. King
Four Brooklyn lawyers are in
the race for the 6th Municipal
District Judiciary seat in Brooklyn
in the New York Democratic
Primary on Tuesday.
Chinyelu Udoh, Caroline
Cohen, Tehilah Berman and Alice
Nicholson are contesting the
seat in the district that includes
Crown Heights, Flatbush, East
Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts
Gardens.
The first two reached out and
responded to questions by Caribbean
Life, while the others have
either failed to return repeated
telephone calls and emails, or
simply did not reach out to the
paper at press time.
Both Udoh and Cohen
expressed confidence in winning
Tuesday’s primary.
Udoh — who was born in
Los Angeles, whose parents are
from Nigeria and a homeowner
in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
since 2006 — said she has a
“high probability of winning.”
“What sets me apart from and
above the other candidates is
my depth and breadth of legal
experience in the civil, criminal
and family court practices,” she
told Caribbean Life in an exclusive
interview. “I am qualified to
serve in the courts in any capacity
on day one, as I have practiced
in almost every jurisdiction
within the courts.
“As a judicial law clerk, I have
always been compassionate and
respectful to everyone in the
courts, and have done so without
follow the law,” she added. “My
commitment to service in the
community, and to my family
and friends, are the most important
and I hope that I have earned the
support from the community on
this journey.”
Udoh said she has support and
endorsements, as well as a campaign
and grassroots.”
She said Jamaican-born
Assemblyman Nick Perry, who
represents the 58th Assembly
endorsed her, adding that she
has “both a strong African American
and Caribbean-based constituency.”
Udoh has also been endorsed
by, among others, CWA Local
1109; Assemblywoman Jo Ann
Simon; Former Assemblywoman
Chandler-Waterman, candidate
for the 45th Council District in
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Udoh currently works as a
law clerk to Acting Supreme
Court Justice in New York
county, Hon. Carol Ruth Feinman.
In this role, for the past nine
years, she said she has served
as liaison to the judge in “communicating
directly with attorneys
and pro se litigants in
conferencing, negotiating and
settling cases.”
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