ALBANY – Politicking by a New York City Civil Court judge “tarnished” her election to the bench in 2006, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined.
The commission’s decision that Judge Shari R. Michels (See Profile) should be admonished continued a persistent split among members about the ethics required of candidates for judicial office (NYLJ, Oct. 26). Three dissenters complained that the ruling did not accurately reflect the reality of the “hurly-burly” nature of judicial races in New York City, nor how candidates have a constitutional right to campaign for their places on the bench.
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