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 1987 / Served to 1992

Stanley Harwood

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Stanley Harwood was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1987. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1987–1992 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Harwood authored 12 published opinions for the court (1987–1992), plus 21 dissents and 10 concurrences. Most cited: Slutsky v. Blooming Grove Inn, Inc. (58 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. 43 of these were attributed to Harwood 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
1989	Slutsky v. Blooming Grove Inn, Inc.†	147 A.D.2d 208	58
1990	People v. Caussade· Dissent†	162 A.D.2d 4	48
1989	Leo v. General Electric Co.†	145 A.D.2d 291	32
1991	People v. Keta· Dissent†	165 A.D.2d 172	25
1991	Alfredo S. v. Nassau County Department of Social Services· Concurrence†	172 A.D.2d 528	19
1992	People v. Holland· Concurrence†	179 A.D.2d 822	16
1988	Mohan v. Westchester County Medical Center· Dissent†	145 A.D.2d 474	16
1992	Stewart v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.· Dissent†	181 A.D.2d 4	14
1992	People v. Grajales· Dissent†	187 A.D.2d 631	13
1992	Town of Clarkstown v. C&A Carbone, Inc.†	182 A.D.2d 213	13
1989	People v. Howard†	152 A.D.2d 325	12
1987	People v. Perry· Dissent†	133 A.D.2d 380	12
1992	People v. Carpenter· Dissent†	187 A.D.2d 519	11
1990	Engoren v. County of Nassau· Concurrence†	163 A.D.2d 520	11
1991	People v. Myers· Concurrence†	171 A.D.2d 148	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 43 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 Stanley Harwood on?: Stanley Harwood was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

Sources

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5 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).