Hochul Nominates Liberal Rowan Wilson for Chief Judge
As the governor negotiates the state budget with a legislature that rejected her last chief judge pick, she has selected a sitting liberal to lead the Court of Appeals.
Sam Mellins · April 10, 2023

Judge Rowan Wilson at a talk celebrating Columbia Law School’s alumni of color. | Columbia Law School

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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