Interim Justice To Be Appointed For Town Of Greenburgh

TARRYTOWN, NY — The Town of Greenburgh will appoint an interim town justice Wednesday to take over due of Walter Rivera’s recent resignation. Supervisor Paul Feiner said former school board trustee, attorney and prosecutor Bonnie Orden has been selected to serve as town justice until an election to fill the seat in November.

Rivera resigned because he was confirmed to become a judge for the New York State Court of Claims effectively immediately.

Orden will be appointed at the Greenburgh town board meeting Wednesday. The interim appointment will expire upon the certification of the Nov. 7 election of town justice by the Westchester Board of Elections.

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Orden has been practicing law for more than 35 years. She has her own private litigation practice and is of counsel to her husband, Stewart Orden, in his law firm.

She began her career in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, when she was a senior trial attorney and tried more than 70 cases to verdict.

Orden has also served as deputy inspector general for the New York City Department of Investigations and associate commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections.

An Edgemont resident for about 25 years, she served on the Edgemont Union Free School District board of education for six years.

Orden ran of the position of town justice in 2011, coming in second in a contested primary.

The town board meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. Orden will be sworn in immediately after the vote by Rivera.

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