PRESS IN ACTION/INACTION
March 24, 2023 "Gov
Hochul receives new shortlist of NY state chief judge
candidates after first pick Hector LaSalle rejected by
the Senate" Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 24, 2023 "Senate
Judiciary Committee Chair: Rowan Wilson
or Shirley Troutman could be chief judge"
City & State (Peter Sterne)
March 24, 2023 "New
chief judge shortlist feature three current
Court of Appeals judges, no Latinos" City &
State (Peter Sterne, Rebecca Lewis)
March 24, 2023 "New
Chief Judge Shortlist Features Previously Excluded Liberal
Judges" NY Focus (Sam Mellins)
March 28, 2023 "Hochul
could pick two Court of Appeals judges
from current shortlist" City & State (Rebecca
Lewis)
March 28, 2023 "Gov
Hochul seeks law change to speed up process
as she considers new chief judge pick" Daily
News (Denis Slattery)
March 31, 2023 "Hochul's
changes for chief judge selection could lead to another
lawsuit" Albany Times Union (Joshua Solomon)
April 10, 2023 "Hochul
Names a New Candidate to Become New York's Top Judge"
New York Times (Luis Ferre-Sadurni)
April 10, 2023 "Hochul
announces chief judge, associate judge picks
in deal that could face litigation" &
here Albany
Times Union (Joshua Solomon)
"Hochul
nominates new chief judge in New York after initial
rejection" Politico (Katelyn
Cordero)
"Gov
Kathy Hochul Taps Liberal Rowan Wilson
to
Lead NY's Highest Court after Centrist Pick Fails"
New York Post (Zach Williams)
April 10, 2023 "Hochul
nominates liberal chief judge,
hoping to rebound from rejection of Hector LaSalle"
Crains (Nick Garber)
April 10, 2023 "NY
High Court's Rowan Wilson Picked For Chief Judge" Law 360
(Frank Runyeon)
April 10, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson picked to be chief judge,
as Hochul eyes Caitlin Halligan as associate judge" City &
State (Peter Sterne)
April 10, 2023 "Hochul
nominates liberal Rowan Wilson for Chief Judge" Focus (Sam
Mellins)
April 11, 2023 "Shifting
gears, Gov. Hochul taps Rowan Wilson, a liberal, for NY chief judge"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
April 11, 2023 "Good
judge, bad judgment: Hochul's pick of Rowan Wilson is solid,
but she can't legally name Caitlin Halligan to a second opening"
Daily News (editorial)
April 11, 2023 "New
York state Senate Democrats want to end
judicial pick screening panel" New York Post (Zach Williams)
April 11, 2023 "Changes
in NY's judicial nominating system raise eyebrows, possibilities"
Capitol Tonight (Susan Arbetter)
April 11, 2023 "New
York's top court is now a political pawn" Newsday
(editorial)
April 11, 2023 "Is
Hochul's high court move a compromise -- or a sell-out?"
April 12, 2023 "Next
steps in Chief Judge nomination process" News 10 (Amal
Tlaige)
April 13, 2023 "New
York state Senate Democrats to consider Gov Hochul's
nominees for top court next week" New York Post (Zach
Williams)
April 13, 2023 "State
senate plans back-to-back hearings
for New York's top court nominees" Spectrum (Nick Reisman)
April 13, 2023 "Hochul's
new chief judge pick, unprecedented process continues"
Amsterdam News (Ariama Long) &
Lockport Journal
April 14, 2023 "Round
two: Will lawmakers approve Hochul's new chief judge pick?"
Spectrum News - NY1 (staff)
April 13, 2023 "Senate
Schedules Hearings for Chief Judge,
Associate Nominations for Highest Court For Early Next Week"
New York Law Journal (Brian Lee)
April 14, 2023 "NOW
NY objects to Rowan Wilson" Spectrum (Susan Arbetter)
April 15, 2023 "Albany's
war on judicial independence" Newsday (editorial)
April 15, 2023 "Hochul's
pick for state's top judge free a rapist --
stunning victims, advocates" Daily News (Tina Moore)
April 16, 2023 "Key
NY Republican 'very concerned' about Hochul's pick for top judge
over decision to free rapist" NY Post (Carl Campanile, Jorge
Fitz-Gibbon)
April 17, 2023
"Senate
panel supports Wilson's confirmation as chief judge"
Albany Times Union (Joshua Solomon)
April 17, 2023
"Court
of Appeals pick Rowan Wilson clear NY state Senate Judiciary panel"
New York Post (Zach Williams)
April 17, 2023 "Nomination
of Rowan Wilson to be chief judge advances to Senate"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
April 17, 2023 "Judge
Who Could Shift NY's Highest Court Left Sails Through Hearing"
New York Times (Luis Ferre-Sadurni, Grace Ashford
April 17, 2023 "Senate
Judiciary Committee votes to advance Rowan Wilson" City & State
(Shantel Destra)
April 17, 2023 "NOW
NY argues that Judge Wilson's opinion in People v Regan
could set damaging precedent" Capitol Tonight (Susan
Arbetter)
April 17, 2023 "Hochul's
Latest Choice for Chief Judge Approved by Senate Committee"
NY Now-WMHT (Karen DeWitt)
“Senate
Committee OK’s Hochul’s choice for chief judge
amid questions about rape ruling”
April 18, 2023 "Hochul
judicial pick Caitlin Halligan's record reviewed at Senate committee
hearing" WXXI (Karen DeWitt)
April 18, 2023 "Who
is Rowan Wilson? He's set to become NY's first Black chief judge"
WNYC (Jon Campbell)
April 18, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson confirmed as New York's top judge" State of Politics
(Nick Reisman)
April 18, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson confirmed as New York's first Black chief judge"
Public Radio (Karen DeWitt)
April 18, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson is Confirmed as New York's Chief Judge" New York Times
(Luis Ferre-Sadurni)
April 18, 2023 "Senate
confirms Rowan Wilson as NY's first Black Chief Judge"" Daily
News (Denis Slattery)
April 18, 2023 "Sexual
assault survivors rip Hochul top judge pick Rowan Wilson" New
York Post (Zach Williams)
April 18, 2023 "NY
Senate confirms liberal Rowan Wilson to lead Court of Appeals"
New York Post (Zach Williams)
April 18, 2023 "Judge
Rowan Wilson confirmed to lead NYS Court of Appeals" WRGB-News6
April 18, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson confirmed as NY state's first Black chief judge" Syracuse
Post Standard-AP
April 18, 2023 "State
Senate confirms Rowan Wilson as new NYS chief judge"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
April 18, 2023 "Hochul
sends second court pick to Senate; Republican may sue"
Public Radio (Karen DeWitt)
April 18, 2023 "Former
colleague of Rowan Wilson talks about state's new chief judge"
Spectrum New-NY1 (Charlie May)
April 18, 2023 "Wilson
confirmed as chief judge,
ending monthslong battle that embarassed Hochul" Crains
(Nick Garber)
April 19, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson confirmed as chief judge of New York's top court.
What's his background?" LoHud
April 19, 2023
"Liberals take control of NYS' top court following State Senate
Confirmation of Caitlin Halligan" New York Post (Zach
Williams)
April 19, 2023
"Halligan
confirmed to Court of Appeals, cementing liberal majority"
Albany Times Union (Joshua Solomon
April 19, 2023 "Two
New Judges Could Mark a Liberal Shift for New York's Highest Court"
NY Focus (Sam Mellins)
April 19, 2023 "State
Senate confirms Caitlin Halligan for Court of Appeals"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
April 19, 2023 "Caitlin
Halligan confirmed to the New York Court of Appeals" City &
State (Shantel Destra)
April 20, 2023
Full Episode: State Budget Deal Nears as Talks Continue;
New York Has a New Chief Judge (wmht.org)
April 21, 2023 "New
York's New Chief Judge of Color: Rowan Wilson" NY NOW
April 23, 2023 "Changes
in store at New York Court of Appeals
with Wilson in charge and Halligan on the bench" Daily News
(Denis Slattery)
April 23, 2023 "How
Did Chief Judge Rowan Wilson Succeed Where Hector LaSalle Failed"
New York Magazine-Intelligencer (Errol Louis)
April 23, 2023 "How
Did New Chief Judge Rowan Wilson Succeed Where Hector LaSalle Failed"
New York Magazine-Intelligencer (Errol Louis)
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NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL
April 11, 2023 masthead/board of editors
April 11, 2023 "Wilson,
Halligan Announced as Governor's Choices To Serve on New York's
Highest Court"
April 11, 2023 "Round
2 in the Process To Confirm a Chief Judge" Outside Counsel
column (David Sax)
April 12, 2023 "Senate
Leader Hints At Plan for NY Gov. To Make High Court Nominations
Directly"
April 13, 2023 "Don't
Jettison Commission On Judicial Nominations, NY County Lawyer and
Reform Group Say
April 14, 2023 "Senate
Schedules Hearings For Chief Judge, Associate Nominations to NY's
Highest Court for Early Next Week"
April 18, 2023 "Wilson's
Nomination for NY Chief Judge Passes Senate Judiciary Committee"
April 19, 2023 "Rowan
Wilson Is Confirmed As NY's First Black Chief Judge"
April 19, 2023 "Choice
of Halligan for NY's High Court Garners Bipartisan Support But Vote
Is Deferred"
April 20, 2023 "Senate
Confirms Attorney Caitlin Halligan To Serve on NY's Highest Court"
April 25, 2023 "New
York Court of Appeals: A Triumph of Merit Selection"
NYLJ (Henry Greenberg)
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