The New York Senate Judiciary Committee voted against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for the state’s top judge. Progressives said his rulings regarding abortion rights, labor, and criminal justice made his nomination “an absolute disaster.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during Martin Luther King Jr. Day at National Action Network House of Justice Headquarters on January 16, 2023.Progressive lawmakers and rights advocates in New York celebrated Wednesday after the state Senate Judiciary Committee voted against Democratic Gov.
The vote followed a lengthy hearing at which some of the Democrats questioned the judge about his past rulings including a 2015 decision in favor of Cablevision, which wanted to be able to sue union leaders for criticizing the company’s response to Hurricane Sandy, and one which shielded an anti-choice “crisis pregnancy center” from a state investigation into whether it was practicing medicine without a license.
“Based on your record, I think that it’s not unfair for people to project what some of your decisions might be,” state Sen. John Liu ,
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