The process for considering a chief judge is moving faster with liberal Rowan Wilson than it did while progressives were resisting the centrist pick previously backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
to become chief judge of New York’s highest court.
“Judge Wilson has a distinguished record in both the public and private sectors and I look forward to working with my colleagues in reviewing his record closely.” Progressives and organized labor groups opposed LaSalle largely based on a handful of rulings they said showed he was too right-leaning to lead the seven-member court previously dominated by a conservative bloc under ex-Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, who resigned amid scandal last summer.in a Feb. 15 floor vote following a nearly one-month stand-off against Hochul over whether the Judiciary Committee had the authority to block a judicial nomination by itself.
Hoylman-Sigal said Thursday that moving on Wilson’s nomination a week after Hochul unveiled his nomination also makes sense given impending issues before the Court of Appeals, which could hear a case challenging state congressional lines that could determine control of the U.S. House in the 2024 cycle.
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