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 1992 / Served to 1998

Vincent Pizzuto

Justice, New York Appellate Division

Vincent Pizzuto was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division, who joined the court in 1992. He previously served on the New York Court of Appeals. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1922–2011
Tenure: 1992–1998 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	New York Court of Appeals	–	–
1992	New York Appellate Division	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pizzuto authored 1 published opinion for the court (1994–1998), plus 6 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Mercer v. City of New York (45 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. 10 of these were attributed to Pizzuto 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
1996	Mercer v. City of New York· Dissent†	223 A.D.2d 688	45
1995	Ellis v. Peter· Dissent†	211 A.D.2d 353	20
1996	People v. Attebery· Concurrence†	223 A.D.2d 714	14
1998	Williamson v. 16 West 57th Street Co.· Concurrence†	256 A.D.2d 507	10
1995	Laskowitz v. CIBA Vision Corp.· Concurrence†	215 A.D.2d 25	9
1994	In re Eddie M.· Dissent†	196 A.D.2d 25	9
1997	Drattel v. Toyota Motor Corp.· Dissent†	231 A.D.2d 326	7
1994	We're Associates Co. v. Scaduto†	206 A.D.2d 245	6
1994	People v. Letterlough· Dissent†	203 A.D.2d 589	3
1996	People v. Wilson· Dissent†	219 A.D.2d 164	2

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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 Vincent Pizzuto on?: Vincent Pizzuto was a Justice of the New York Appellate Division.

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6 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).