Raymond J. Kennedy Censured

Raymond J. Kennedy, a justice of the Durham Town Court in Greene County, New York, was censured by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct for lending the prestige of his judicial office to advance his own and his wife's financial interests. When a small claims case was filed against his wife, Debi Kennedy, in January 2019, Kennedy and a fellow Durham town justice recused themselves given the obvious conflict, and the case was transferred to Catskill Village Court. Despite recusing, Kennedy went on to act as his wife's advocate in the case and repeatedly mentioned his own judicial office while doing so.