I just did. But you ignored it, as you are wont to do with information you don't like.
Senator Maltese, who also serves as Chairman of the Queens County Republican Party, stated, "This exclusion of Republicans from active consideration and appointment seems to belie any claim that appointment would remedy the inequities of the electoral system as to the monopoly of the Democratic party in the City of New York," said Senator Maltese.
"Republicans compose a sizable percentage of voters in New York City and in the call for diversity on the bench, it should be remembered that the 462,525 New Yorkers who are enrolled Republicans are entitled to some representation of their peers on the judicial bench," said Senator Maltese. "It currently appears they have almost none."
No, you tried to foist off some article from 2003 as proof.