Editor’s note: The last day to submit a letter about the 2025 election is Friday, Oct. 24.

To the Editor:

As this year’s election approaches, we have an important opportunity to elect judges who combine experience, fairness and a commitment to justice. That’s why I’m supporting Elizabeth Fortino for justice of the New York state Supreme Court.

I have known Fortino for 15 years; eight of those years we served on Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri’s Ethics Committee, which she chaired with high standards and professionalism.

Elizabeth Fortino has spent more than two decades serving our community through the Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, where she is the director of the Appellate Division. She has handled thousands of cases before the state’s highest court,

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