JUST OVER A MONTH after the state Senate made history by rejecting Governor Kathy Hochul’s first pick to lead the state Court of Appeals, New York has a new shortlist for its next chief judge.
On Friday, the state Commission on Judicial Nomination sent Hochul a new list of seven candidates to fill the role, restarting the process that ended with her selection — and the Senate’s rejection — of Judge Hector LaSalle. Hochul must select her new nominee by April 23, at which point the nomination goes to the Senate for confirmation or rejection.
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