Rose pedals are usually used for special occassions, like at a wedding ceremony, or for someone special on an anniversary or on Valentine’s Day. But City Court Judge Karen Best, and her supporters, thought it appropriate to throw out Rose Pedals at her feet as she took the bench for the first time at the Cacace Justice Center on January 4.
Judge Best took a different path to the Yonkers City Court, and won re-election both in a democratic primary and in the general election She earned her seat and is entitled to serve the people of Yonkers.
But for those who contacted us about the start to her tenure on the bench, they were either offended or dumbfounded. “Is this Julius Ceasar returning from Rome, or a Judge with serious work to do taking the bench in Yonkers,” said one Yonkers Democratic.
“I have never seen a coronation for a Yonkers City Court Judge and its inappropriate,” said another Yonkers democrat with ties to the court system. “It’s as if she is more important that those people who come before her. Should they bring a few rose pedals to her when their case is called?”
NYS Chief Court Judge Janet DiFiore is said to have been notified of this incident. Judge DiFiore has served on the bench in Westchester and in Albany.
