Elections
New York Supreme Court justices are elected to 14-year terms. In practice, most of the power of selecting justices belongs to local political party organizations that cross-endorse each others' candidates.
The elected term regardless, a New York Supreme Court justice must retire at the end of the calendar year in which he reach the age of seventy. Subject to annual review, however, a justice may serve until the age of 76.
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