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Politico: Hochul faces tough choices on her rejected chief judge pick. None are good for her.
ALBANY, N.Y. — She could simply pull the nomination, admit defeat and move onto the next news cycle. Or she could continue to delay, threaten a fight and keep an unwanted mess alive.
Either way, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to twist over what to do after her own party last week rejected Hector LaSalle as chief judge of the state Court of Appeals — New York’s highest court — an embarrassing loss for the Democratic governor in the initial weeks of her first full term.
Hochul has been far from decisive on her next steps, warning reporters Tuesday not to make assumptions about her contemplativeness. A fight over a chief judge nomination in New York is unique and reminiscent of the fights over U.S. Supreme Court nominees in Congress — not in a Democratic-controlled statehouse.
“You’re jumping ahead in your own analysis,” Hochul said after an unrelated event in Albany. “You’re making an assumption that I have not stated to be factual that we’re going down a certain path. I recommend you don’t do that because you will all know everything you need to know in due process and due time.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/new-york-chief-judge-nominee-00079269
Either way, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to twist over what to do after her own party last week rejected Hector LaSalle as chief judge of the state Court of Appeals — New York’s highest court — an embarrassing loss for the Democratic governor in the initial weeks of her first full term.
Hochul has been far from decisive on her next steps, warning reporters Tuesday not to make assumptions about her contemplativeness. A fight over a chief judge nomination in New York is unique and reminiscent of the fights over U.S. Supreme Court nominees in Congress — not in a Democratic-controlled statehouse.
“You’re jumping ahead in your own analysis,” Hochul said after an unrelated event in Albany. “You’re making an assumption that I have not stated to be factual that we’re going down a certain path. I recommend you don’t do that because you will all know everything you need to know in due process and due time.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/24/new-york-chief-judge-nominee-00079269
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