'A set-up': NY Democrats pack key panel to sink Hochul top-judge pick LaSalle
A resolution approved along party lines on Wednesday, the first day of the 2023 legislative session in Albany, expands the Judiciary Committee from 15 to 19 members – three Democrats and one Republican.
Those votes could come from a handful of returning Democrats who have yet to say which way they are leaning on the matter as Republicans begin signaling they might get behind LaSalle, who currently serves on the busy Second Department of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in Brooklyn. “I don’t think there’s any predetermined outcome,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Brad Hoylman said when asked whether Democrats were stacking his committee with LaSalle critics.
Judge Hector LaSalle, who currently serves on the Second Department of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in Brooklyn.from progressives legislators, criminal justice reformers and some labor unions largely over a handful of rulings that purportedly demonstrate his opposition to abortion rights, workers and due process.
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