Halligan, a former state solicitor general is expected to be a left-leaning swing vote on the court previously dominated by a relatively conservative majority.
Halligan “fought to hold gun manufacturers liable for the devastation they propagate on our communities and successfully sued the [EPA under President George W. Bush] to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving catastrophic climate change,” state Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Brad Hoylman-Siga said on the chamber floor Wednesday.
The State Senate confirmed Caitlin Halligan as a new associate judge on the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court.Republicans haveto block her from taking a seat on the court after Albany Democrats passed a state law allowing Hochul to pick Halligan.
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