A Brooklyn Surrogate’s Court judge who has been suspended for more than a year amid an investigation into claims that she made racist and discriminatory comments about courthouse personnel has agreed to effectively leave the bench on March 1, a judicial ethics watchdog announced on Monday.
Harriet Thompson was scheduled to appear in a hearing next week before the State Commission on Judicial Ethics on charges that she regularly and openly made disparaging remarks about fellow judges and court employees based on their race, ethnicity, physical appearance or perceived sexual orientation.
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