Chief Judge Janet DiFiore speaks at the Justice For All luncheon at the New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting on Jan. 25. Photo: David Handschuh/NYLJ.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s plan to overhaul the complex system of low-level trial courts in New York now has at least one major opponent after a trade group representing the state’s Supreme Court justices announced their opposition to the proposal late Monday.
The Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York argued in a press release that the plan would diminish the power of voters to select local judges.
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