When New Yorkers hit the polls on Election Day, they won't just be ticking boxes for their choice of mayor or city council member — there are also a good many judicial elections to look out for this year.

SUPREME COURT

The state’s uniquely named top trial court — called “supreme,” but beneath the state Court of Appeals — is on the ballot in the Nov. 4 general election for most New York City voters.

New York Supreme Courts, and their more than 300 elected judges across the state’s 62 counties, handle both civil and criminal cases. They have jurisdiction over civil matters that exceed lower-level civil courts’ authority, including cases over $25,000, as well as divorce, separation and annulment proceedings.

State Supreme Court judges serve 14-year terms and can remain on the bench until

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