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Sharen is from Red Hook, Brooklyn. She holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. 

She previously worked as a Pro-Se Court Attorney at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. She also worked as a court attorney, small claims arbitrator, and principal law clerk for the New York State Unified Court System in Kings County. 

Sharen Hudson currently serves as acting judge on the New York Supreme Court's 2nd Judicial District. She was appointed in 2021 and is serving her first term. She also serves as a Judge for the Criminal Court of the City of New York in Kings County. She was originally elected to the Kings County Civil Court in 2011 but presides on the Criminal Court and is serving her second term. 

As a state supreme court justice for 3 years, Hudson oversees civil and criminal trials outside the jurisdiction of lower trial courts and exercises exclusive authority to grant divorces, annulments, and legal separations.

As a new york city criminal court judge for 13 years, Hudson oversees cases involving misdemeanors and minor criminal offenses and conducts bail proceedings and pretrial hearings for criminal actions subject to more than one year of jail time.

As a state supreme court clerk, Hudson kept the record of all cases reviewed by the court, filed documents and transcripts, maintained the list of attorneys licensed to practice law before the court, and served as a point of contact for all litigants and attorneys who requested review of their cases.

- As a state supreme court justice for 3 years, Hudson oversees civil and criminal trials outside the jurisdiction of lower trial courts and exercises exclusive authority to grant divorces, annulments, and legal separations.
- As a new york city criminal court judge for 13 years, Hudson oversees cases involving misdemeanors and minor criminal offenses and conducts bail proceedings and pretrial hearings for criminal actions subject to more than one year of jail time.
- As a state supreme court clerk, Hudson kept the record of all cases reviewed by the court, filed documents and transcripts, maintained the list of attorneys licensed to practice law before the court, and served as a point of contact for all litigants and attorneys who requested review of their cases.

Legal Experience

Said "I look at the case in its entirety. If a person is dealing with mental illness issues, then the goal should be to get the help they need to enable them to function within society, as opposed to immediate incarceration."

- Said "I look at the case in its entirety. If a person is dealing with mental illness issues, then the goal should be to get the help they need to enable them to function within society, as opposed to immediate incarceration."

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Sharen D. Hudson

Sharen Hudson currently serves as acting judge on the New York Supreme Court's 2nd Judicial District. She was appointed in 2021 and is serving her first term. She also serves as a Judge for the Criminal Court of the City of New York in Kings County. She was originally elected to the Kings County Civil Court in 2011, but presides on the Criminal Court and is serving her second term 

Sharen is from Red Hook. She earned her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. 

She worked as a pro se court attorney at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. She previously worked as a court attorney, small claims arbitrator, and principal law clerk for the New York State Unified Court System in Kings County 

Sharen Hudson is a judge for the New York City Civil Court in Kings County. She was first elected in 2012 and is serving her second term. She is also an acting judge on the New York Supreme Court's 2nd Judicial District. She was appointed in 2021 and is serving her first term.

As a New York City civil court judge, oversees cases involving claims under $50,000, landlord-tenant disputes, and enforcement of housing codes.

As a state supreme court justice, oversees civil and criminal trials outside the jurisdiction of lower trial courts and exercises exclusive authority to grant divorces, annulments, and legal separations.

- As a New York City civil court judge, oversees cases involving claims under $50,000, landlord-tenant disputes, and enforcement of housing codes.
- As a state supreme court justice, oversees civil and criminal trials outside the jurisdiction of lower trial courts and exercises exclusive authority to grant divorces, annulments, and legal separations.

Said "I look at the case in its entirety. If a person is dealing with mental illness issues, then the goal should be to get the help they need to enable them to function within society, as opposed to immediate incarceration

- Said "I look at the case in its entirety. If a person is dealing with mental illness issues, then the goal should be to get the help they need to enable them to function within society, as opposed to immediate incarceration

Supports Geraldine Scott’s Holiday program for Domestic Violence Survivors

Adopted the Brownsville Collaborative Middle School for Agriculture and Technology

- Supports Geraldine Scott’s Holiday program for Domestic Violence Survivors
- Adopted the Brownsville Collaborative Middle School for Agriculture and Technology

- The  New York Supreme Court is the state-wide trial court with the broadest jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters. However, it is not the state’s court of last resort.
- It can hear virtually any type of case brought before it, except for claims brought against the state which must be heard by the Court of Claims. Generally, it hears high-level criminal cases or civil cases with a judgment of more than $50,000.
- It is the only court that can grant divorce, annulment, and separation in New York.
- The New York Supreme Court is broken into 12 judicial districts state-wide. There are currently 154 justices authorized to sit in the New York City Supreme Court, but only 136 actually serve in Supreme Court trial parts because some of the justices are assigned to the Appellate Division or the Appellate Term.
- Justices of the Supreme Court are elected to serve 14-year terms and are paid a salary of $232,600.

A judge on your judicial district’s trial court which oversees criminal and civil matters. 