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GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL’S nominee for Chief Judge of the state’s highest court is “highly unlikely” to get a confirmation vote from the full state Senate, Senate Democratic spokesperson Mike Murphy told New York Focus.
As of Friday afternoon, 14 Democratic state senators had publicly announced their opposition to Judge Hector LaSalle’s nomination to lead the Court of Appeals. More oppose him privately, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins told Gotham Gazette.
Many senators have said they are opposing LaSalle, who serves as a judge on a mid-level state appeals court, due to what they characterize as his conservative record on issues including abortion rights and labor unions.
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