Hector LaSalle’s already slim prospects for confirmation are even slimmer today: Two of his few Democratic supporters are scheduled to be absent from Albany and will not be able to participate.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for New York’s top judge, Hector LaSalle, just might get a full state Senate vote after all, a move that would almost certainly end with Democrats voting him down.
The potential vote comes a day after Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins confirmed on Tuesday that she is considering allowing it as a way of effectively declaring the GOP suit moot. Sepulveda is out of town on a “family health emergency,” according to his spokesperson, Rusking Pimentel. Thomas is overseas on a pre-scheduled trip, according to the three sources who were granted anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations.
Hochul first nominated LaSalle — the presiding justice for the midlevel Appellate Division’s Second Department, which includes Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island — for the key role of chief judge in December. LaSalle, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, would have been the first Latino to serve in the role if he were confirmed., with Thomas and Sepulveda being the only Democrats who voted to advance him to a full vote.
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