The state Commission on Judicial Conduct has formally censured an upstate judge who drunkenly crashed his car in 2018 and then lied to police officers about how many drinks he had consumed.

In a report made public on Wednesday, the commission said that the case of Justice Michael J. Miranda of the Shandaken Town Court in Ulster County “came very close to removal,” and that it would have suspended Miranda without pay if that option were available.

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