Senate Committee Rejects Hector LaSalle for Chief Judge
The judiciary committee voted Kathy Hochul’s nominee down 10 to nine. Senate Democrats say his candidacy is dead, but Hochul says the full Senate needs to vote.
Sam Mellins · January 18, 2023
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Hector LaSalle at his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on January 18, 2022. | Sam Mellins / New York Focus
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Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins speaks after the vote.
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Sam Mellins is senior reporter at New York Focus, which he has been a part of since launch day. His reporting has also appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Intercept, THE CITY, and The Nation.
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