| | | | |  | | By Anna Gronewold, Sally Goldenberg and Zachary Schermele | Presented by Ørsted and Eversource | | 
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul arrives for a dinner reception with governors and their spouses in the State Dining Room of the White House, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, in Washington. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo |
What’s next for Gov. Kathy Hochul following a definitive rejection of her chief judge pick on the floor of the full Senate?
There may be a lot of philosophical answers to that question, but practically speaking, she needs to fill the top seat for the top court as soon as possible. That will likely start with a completely new, or semi-new, list of seven candidates for her to choose from. “We will look to the Commission on Judicial Nominations on next steps; the Governor will nominate someone from the list they provide,” her office told us yesterday. For the process to start (again), the 12-member commission needs the Court of Appeals to notify them of a vacancy, which hadn’t happened as of late Thursday. When it does, the commission will then make a new list of seven recommended candidates and offer it to Hochul within 120 days. But it could very well move more quickly than that. The parties involved have every reason to expedite the process if they can. First, New York’s highest court has now been without a chief judge for six months and sits at a 3-3 partisan deadlock. Second, the commission has a large pool of applicants already compiled; in December, the commission said 41 people had applied to be chief judge after former top judge Janet DiFiore’s resignation at the end of August. Several candidates Hochul did not select from the initial list have been vetted and remain highly regarded contenders in the legal world. On Thursday, the commission declined to indicate what process it might pursue under the unprecedented circumstances, but nothing would prohibit it from opening up the pool to entirely new candidates as well. While we’re waiting for everyone to give the appropriate notices to get that process rolling, let’s turn today’s attention to a court case brought by Senate Republicans in an attempt to force the floor vote last week. Because that floor vote has now happened, attorneys representing Senate Democrats have asked for the suit to be declared moot, via New York Now’s Dan Clark. But Senate Republicans said they don’t plan to drop it because it’s more about the principle of the thing. Arguments are scheduled for 2 p.m. today in state Supreme Court in Suffolk County. IT’S FRIDAY. Got tips, suggestions or thoughts? Let us know ... By email: agronewold@politico.com and sgoldenberg@politico.com or on Twitter: @annagronewold and @sallygold WHERE’S KATHY? In Albany with no announced public schedule. WHERE’S ERIC? In Albany to attend the New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislators’ annual conference.
| | | | A message from Ørsted and Eversource: New Yorkers are building an equitable clean energy industry. Learn more. | | | |  | What City Hall's reading | | “Despite Pleas, City Sticks to No-Sleep Order at Youth Drop-In Centers,” by THE CITY’s Katie Honan: “Service providers paid by DYCD to run the drop-in centers met with department representatives on Monday to discuss the new directive, but there was no change to the policy, according to people who attended the meeting. In a statement to THE CITY via a spokesperson Wednesday, DYCD Commissioner Keith Howard said that it was ‘falsely reported that young people are not able to rest at DYCD-funded drop-in centers.’ Still, Howard admitted to a new push to prevent snoozing.” ”For Strictly Observant Jews in Brooklyn, the Sabbath Expands,” by The New York Times’ Joseph Berger: “But now, nearly all of Brooklyn is available to him and other strictly observant Jews on the Sabbath. Mr. Hanau can take his small children or visit friends in almost any neighborhood in the borough on the Sabbath. The new eruv, established in October, makes it easier for Orthodox families like Mr. Hanau’s to move into neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant, which had never been included in the smaller patchwork eruvim. Of the 600,000 Jews living in Brooklyn, more than 300,000 are Orthodox, meaning large observant families will feel free to move beyond traditional Jewish neighborhoods like Borough Park.” “NYC Council passes bill to name streets for slain cop Wilbert Mora, lawmaker Al Vann, shooting victim Kristal Bayron-Nieves,” by Daily News’ Tim Balk: “A police officer killed in the line of duty, an influential Black lawmaker, a relentless labor leader and a Burger King cashier killed in an East Harlem shooting are among the honorees in a street-naming bill that passed the City Council on Thursday. The legislation, passed by a 47-0 vote, came under scrutiny for its inclusion of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam, who would be honored with a street name in Harlem.” “NYPD inspector faces departmental trial for striking George Floyd protester with baton,” by Daily News’ Thomas Tracy: “An NYPD inspector was brought before a department trial judge Thursday accused of repeatedly striking a bicyclist with a baton during a 2020 George Floyd protest — and it wasn’t the first time he’d been brought before a department disciplinary tribunal, the Daily News has learned.” — In another administration shakeup, the city is looking for a new person to head its Office of Nightlife after the founding director, Ariel Palitz, said she’s leaving the role. “The Seven Factions of New York City Politics” by Substack writer Michael Lange
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