NEW YORK — A former New York judge appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to his judicial advisory committee is facing scrutiny over allegations that he failed to act on complaints of antisemitic and racist conduct at a nonprofit where he serves as board chairman.

Milton Tingling, a retired New York County Supreme Court judge and Manhattan County Clerk, was appointed last month to Mamdani’s 18-member Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. He also chairs the board of the West Harlem Development Corp.

The allegations are contained in a federal lawsuit filed by former WHDC board member Vincent Morgan, who accused the nonprofit’s executive director, Zaed Ramadan, of making racist and antisemitic remarks.

Morgan said he reported his concerns to Tingling in February 2024 but that the chairman failed to take action. He further alleges that Tingling retaliated against him after he raised the complaints.

The lawsuit alleges that Ramadan made statements portraying Jews as controlling New York politics and accused Jews of taking Palestinian land. It also alleges that he made inflammatory statements about Israel and the war in Gaza.

Morgan, who is Black, said he was disturbed by Ramadan’s alleged comments about Jews and other minorities and recorded some of the conversations as evidence, according to court documents cited by the New York Post.

The lawsuit also describes a meeting following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack involving Ramadan, state Assemblyman Charles Fall and Brooklyn imam Siraj Wahhaj to discuss the nonprofit’s response to the attack.

The West Harlem Development Corp. has denied the allegations. Neither Tingling nor Ramadan responded to requests for comment from the New York Post, according to the newspaper.

In May 2024, former Community Board 9 chairman Larry English proposed hiring outside counsel to investigate Morgan’s complaints, but the proposal was not approved, according to the lawsuit.

Tingling served on the New York County Supreme Court until his retirement in 2014 and later became Manhattan County Clerk.

Mamdani included Tingling among the members of his new judicial advisory committee, saying the panel would help ensure that the city’s judicial system reflects the population it serves and applies the law equally.

The panel has also faced criticism over its lack of Jewish representation.

Morgan was fired from the West Harlem Development Corp. in January 2025. He has alleged that his termination was partly connected to questions he raised about the organization’s finances and procedures.

The allegations against Tingling and Ramadan remain claims in litigation and have not been established in court.