In January 2021, Caribbean American Justice Kathy King, the daughter of Montserrat immigrants, was one of four judges temporarily assigned to Supreme Court, New York County due to vacancies resulting from the retirement of several judges and appointments to the Appellate Division, 1st Department.
Justice King, a Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn resident, told Caribbean Life that it was a virtual assignment due to the pandemic, and meant that she was physically located in Kings County, while hearing oral arguments and appearing virtually on conferences on New York County cases.
