REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN INADEQUATE ON THE BENCH.(MAIN)

Byline: PATRICIA MARTINELLI EAST GREENBUSH

I was extremely disappointed in Dan Lynch's recent column on women judges. Mr. Lynch suggests that the number of women serving as judges in the Third Judicial Department (covering the Capital Region and surrounding counties) is adequate under present circumstances. The fallacy in his opinion lies in his misunderstanding of the circumstances.

Currently only five percent of the judges in the Third Department are women. Mr. Lynch is correct that this number must be placed in context. One need only examine the progress made elsewhere in New York to realize how woefully inadequate five percent is. Statewide, women …