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New York is not likely to have a new chief judge in place until later this spring, after the state Senate rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul's first choice for the job.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to choose a new nominee and convince the Senate to agree with her choice as the governor and Legislature engage in their biggest task of the year — agreeing on a state budget.
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It’s the first time in recent history that a governor’s nominee for chief judge was rejected by the state Senate.
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Republicans in the state Senate have filed a lawsuit to force a full Senate vote on Gov. Hochul's nominee for chief judge, after a committee rejected Hector LaSalle.
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More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is deciding whether to press forward with legal action after a state Senate committee rejected her choice for chief judge. Senators say that would be a mistake.
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Members of the State Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Hector LaSalle for five hours before voting to reject his nomination to the state's highest court.