Just got this update from political gadfly, Alan Flacks (pictured left):
We last reported (June 2, 2010) that Sabrina Bebe Kraus was considering running for a County-wide Civil Court vacancy in Manhattan. The following day, at a joint meeting of the Ansonia Independent Democrats and the Park-River Independent Democrats, she announced that she is not running. Verena Celestene Powell was also considering jumping in the race; however, in an Email on June 4th, she said that "[she] is not running this year."
There is a report that solo practitioner Richard Realmuto from Washington Heights is running for the County-wide Civil Court vacancy number 4, the same seat David Benjamin Cohen is seeking. Matthew Frederic Cooper, standing for re-election, and Letitia Maria Ramirez are running unopposed for County-wide seats vacancy numbers 3 and 5 respectively.