How do judges of the New York Appellate Division reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New York Appellate Division / Joined 1953 / Served to 1970

George J. Beldock

Justice, New York Appellate Division

George J. Beldock was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1953. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1903–1970
Tenure: 1953–1970 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1953	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Beldock authored 29 published opinions for the court (1954–1969), plus 23 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Biancoviso v. City of New York (44 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 54 of these were attributed to Beldock by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1955	Biancoviso v. City of New York†	285 A.D. 320	44
1956	Anonymous v. Anonymous†	1 A.D.2d 312	41
1968	Vinson v. Greenburgh Housing Authority· Dissent†	29 A.D.2d 338	26
1955	In re the Investigation into Alleged Commission of Criminal Abortions†	286 A.D. 270	25
1968	Rafe v. Hindin†	29 A.D.2d 481	13
1960	Friou v. Gentes†	11 A.D.2d 124	12
1956	Paul v. Staten Island Edison Corp.†	2 A.D.2d 311	8
1956	Cooke v. Cooke†	2 A.D.2d 128	8
1955	Schuster v. City of New York· Dissent†	286 A.D. 389	8
1968	State Commission for Human Rights v. Kennelly†	30 A.D.2d 310	7
1965	Addabbo v. Donovan†	22 A.D.2d 383	7
1955	New York Post Corp. v. Leibowitz†	286 A.D. 760	7
1969	People v. Varney†	32 A.D.2d 181	6
1964	Balaban v. Rubin†	20 A.D.2d 438	6
1957	Lopez v. City of New York· Dissent†	4 A.D.2d 48	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New York Appellate Division reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was George J. Beldock on?: George J. Beldock was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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17 years on the New York Appellate Division. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).