On January 1st there will be three relatively new judges seated on the New York Court of Appeals by appointment of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Two have already been appointed and confirmed by our Senate: Judges Madeline Singas and Anthony Cannataro—both, I am certain, will be excellent jurists. The last time three judges ascended to that court, all at the same time, was by election in 1972 when I, along with two of my dearest friends, Hugh Jones and Dominic Gabrielli, were given—as former Chief Judge Judith Kaye noted—"the privilege beyond description to labor in the cause of justice alongside the greatest people on earth."