A controversial Brooklyn judge who flashed a firearm during a hearing has been demoted, had his pay slashed — and is now banned from lugging the gun into the courtroom, according to sources.
Acting Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Gershuny — who was exposed by The Post for pulling out his gun during an Aug. 5 court hearing — will now only be allowed to hear misdemeanor cases in criminal court, sources said.
That means his salary will be slashed by approximately $16,000, or about 7%, as the standard annual pay for Supreme Court justices, who hear felony cases, is $232,600, compared to $216,400 for those on the criminal court bench, according to sources.
A spokesperson for the Office of Court Administration, which oversees the state’s judges, declined to comment Thursday on Gershuny’s demotion, pay status or any issue involving the judge’s gun.
The controversial jurist made headlines over the weekend for giving a 19-year-old reputed gangbanger a huge break by allowing him youthful offender status during a July 15 hearing — despite the teen’s attempted murder and felony gun arrest.
Gershuny, a Hofstra University alum who served as a city attorney and chief counsel to the state’s top judge before being named to the bench in 2017, has been the subject of at least one complaint to the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, which disciplines judges.
In the complaint, an NYPD cop griped that Gershuny “exhibits a personal bias and agenda against police officers,” citing examples where the judge threw out weapons as evidence in felony gun cases by ruling against New York’s Finest on several occasions.
It’s not clear what the result of the complaint was, or exactly when it was filed.
But Gershuny also sparked outrage with the gun-flashing incident earlier this month.
The judge said he wanted a cop on the stand to prove how he could’ve known a suspect was hiding a gun, which the officer later found — and Gershuny then pulled out his own handgun for an unscripted courtroom demonstration.
OCA had previously said it was reviewing the allegations regarding the judge’s gun — which was confirmed by an official transcript of the proceedings — but defended the judge’s rulings.
A spokesperson for the state Commission on Judicial Conduct said Thursday that the agency does not confirm or deny if it is reviewing complaints about a particular judge and does not comment on its proceedings unless there is a determination of wrongdoing.
The commission’s records do not show any past actions involving Gershuny.
“There’s a lot of happy people in Brooklyn right now,” one law enforcement source said of Gershuny being relegated to hearing only misdemeanor cases in criminal court. “He wasn’t well-liked.”
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