“I think the majority of us really would like the executive to be able to name whomever it is and then we go through our process,” she told reporters at the Capitol.
compile a list of qualified candidatesStewart-Cousins’ idea would make the nomination process the same as at the federal level, where court picks are considered and reported out by the Senate Judiciary Committee before a confirmation vote by the full 100-member chamber.
Any amendment to the state Constitution must pass two successive Legislatures by majority votes before being put to ordinary New Yorkers to approve or reject in a referendum. That means no change to the Court of Appeals could happen before 2025 at the earliest — a deadline Stewart-Cousins signaled her chamber wants to meet.State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said that her supermajority wants to amend the state Constitution to eliminate a panel charged with vetting picks to New York’s highest court.
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