The New York Post says Judge Erik Gray was arrested after a 12:35 a.m. Friday stop in Fordham and a refused breath test.

Arrested, and suspected of, are not the same word. Driving under the influence, and operating while impaired by drugs, and driving while ability impaired, are not the same charge line. A breathalyzer test, and a breath test, are not the same words on the page. Bronx Supreme Court, and New York City Civil Court of New York County, are not the same court. A charge is not a conviction.

The New York Post, by Tina Moore, published Nov. 7, 2026, at 7:10 p.m. ET, put Exclusive on the headline. It reported that a Bronx Supreme Court judge was arrested this week for driving under the influence and for refusing a breathalyzer test, police said. It reported Judge Erik Gray is suspected of operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, driving while ability impaired, and refusal to take a breath test, after officers stopped him at 12:35 a.m. Friday at 189th Street and Webster Avenue in the Fordham section of the Bronx. It reported he is 58. Arrested, in the headline and the opening, and suspected of, in the charge sentence, are not the same word. Driving under the influence, and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, and driving while ability impaired, are not the same charge line. A breathalyzer test, in the opening and in the license sentence, and a breath test, in the list of what he is suspected of, are not the same words. This week, and Friday, are not the same clock. The story does not print the date Nov. 6. Nov. 7, 2026, the day it ran, was a Saturday. A caption under a Google image says he faces charges including Operating a Motor Vehicle Impaired by Drugs. Faces charges, and suspected of, are not the same status. Operating a Motor Vehicle Impaired by Drugs, and operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, are not the same line. The Post does not print an arraignment, a plea, a bond, a lawyer, or a next court date.

The court in the opening is not the court in the biography. The opening calls him a Bronx Supreme Court judge. The next sentence says Gray ran on the Democratic ticket for election to the New York City Civil Court of New York County in 2019, according to Ballotpedia, and that his term ends on Dec. 31, 2029. Bronx Supreme Court, and the New York City Civil Court of New York County, are not the same court. Ballotpedia is the Post's citation for the election and the term. That page returned an access denial when it was requested for this write-up, so those two facts stay attributed to the Post. A police source told the Post that a person charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs may have been taking prescription medication. The sentence says a person. It does not say the source named a prescription, a dose, or a doctor. The Post says refusal to take a breathalyzer test triggers an immediate automatic driver's license suspension, according to state law. That is the Post's account of the statute. It is not a printed motor-vehicle record showing that his license has been suspended. The Office of Court Administration, which the Post says oversees the state court system, did not return an email seeking comment. Gray did not return a telephone message. The headline calls the story Exclusive. Pages found the next morning that repeated the Post were not used as a second account of the stop. A charge is not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.