Top NY Judge from Monticello Dies at 77

Judith Kaye was New York's Chief judge till she retired at 70

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2015 file photo shows former Chief Judge Judith Kaye during the State of the Judiciary at the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Kaye, the first woman appointed to New Yorks top court and later its chief judge, died Wednesday Jan. 6, 2016, the state court system said. The cause of her death wasnt initially available. Mike Groll/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye, the first woman appointed to New York’s top court, has died. She was 77.

The state court system said Thursday that Kaye had died a day earlier. She lived in Manhattan.