With speculation that Governor Andrew Cuomo will not leave the Court of Appeals without a black member, at least three black appellate judges have applied for the vacancy created by the November death of Theodore Jones, according to sources close to the process. The sources identified the black applicants as Sheila Abdus-Salaam (See Profile) and Dianne Renwick (See Profile) of the Appellate Division, First Department, and Cheryl Chambers (See Profile) of the Second Department.
The Commission on Judicial Nomination is expected to present Cuomo, who has stressed the need for diversity on the court, with a list of seven qualified candidates on March 7, from which the governor is required to select his nominee to replace Jones, who was the only black judge on the court.
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