Former top court official from Suffolk to head child panel
A. Gail Prudenti, who retired last year as the state’s chief administrative judge, has been appointed chairwoman of the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, succeeding the late retired chief Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye in that role.
The commission was formed in 1988 to drive improvements in the court system as it affects young people, including those involved in child-welfare proceedings.
Last September Prudenti became executive director of Hofstra University Law School’s Center for Children, Families and the Law. She also serves as special adviser to the school’s dean, Eric Lane. Prudenti has deep professional and personal roots in Suffolk.
— Dan Janison
Dan Janison is a member of the Newsday editorial board.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
