The state Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a public hearing on Jan. 20 in Albany to consider Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nomination of Janet DiFiore, the Westchester County district attorney, as the state’s next chief judge.
The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 124 of the state Capitol, Judiciary Committee counsel Jessica Cherry said Wednesday. Typically under Committee Chairman John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, the committee has heard from a representative of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on the merits of Court of Appeals’ nominees before the nominee addresses the panel.
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