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Judge Hinds-Radix wins a promotion

Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix will take on leadership responsibilities in some of the state’s busiest courts in her
new post as administrative judge for Brooklyn.

She is the first woman and the first person of Caribbean heritage to hold the position.

In a 16-year career as an attorney at District Council 37, Hinds-Radix worked in the consumer litigation, bankruptcy and housing units of the union’s Municipal Employees Legal Services. She helped create the union’s Affordable Mortgage Program, a forerunner of today’s Municipal Employees Housing Program, and served as chief counsel of the former DC 37 Citizenship Program, which helped many members become U.S. citizens.

Justice Hinds-Radix was elected to Civil Court in Brooklyn in 2001 and to a 14-year term in state Supreme Court in 2004; she was promoted to the administrative post for civil and criminal courts on May 6.

As administrative judge, she will lead day-to-day operations of the trial courts in Brooklyn, ensuring that they function properly despite the state’s extreme fiscal challenges. Administrative judges assume their additional responsibilities while continuing to preside over court cases.

“Her integrity and commitment to justice are unsurpassed,” said Brooklyn Civil Court Judge Sylvia Ash, who attended Howard University Law School and worked at DC 37 with Hinds-Radix.