is jail time not always on the table when you repeatedly ignore orders from a judge in their own courtroom?
Yes. That’s how NY law on this works.
OK, so if jail is always on the table, and this is the TENTH time he's been found in contempt, how would it have been "jumping the gun" to jail him after say the 8th time? Or how about the third time? Would I get away with three contempt findings and no jail time under the same judge?