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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-99

A judge may not monitor police communications on police scanners or police scanner apps for the purpose of learning who has been arrested in the judge's jurisdiction and will likely come before the judge's court, as such activity deliberately and purposefully exposes the judge to ex parte information about pending or impending cases in the judge's court, exclusively from a law enforcement perspective.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-98

On these facts, a full-time judge need not report the described financial transactions under Section 100.4(H)(2). The judge should consult the Unified Court System's Ethics Commission concerning whether and how to report them under Part 40.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-97

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics declined to comment on the appropriate scope of disclosure of a recusing judge under Judiciary Law § 9, as this is a legal question beyond its jurisdiction.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-96

May a full-time judge provide, at the request of a lawyer representing the estate of a former client the judge knew professionally for many years, a "family tree affidavit" to be submitted in Surrogate's Court?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-95

May a judge attend, as a guest of the judge's prosecutor spouse, the purely social aspects of a multi-day annual prosecutors' conference, located in another part of the state?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-94

May a part-time attorney judge serve as a part-time prosecutor in a neighboring county?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-93

May a town justice allow the town's Chief Constable to provide court security in the town court and to prosecute town ordinance violations "while also acting as a Court Officer"?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-92

Shall a judge disclose or disqualify in matters involving the law firm colleagues of an attorney with whom the judge maintain a "close social relationship" or "close personal relationship"?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-91

May a judge contact their legislators in order to ascertain what steps are necessary to initiate legislation in order to create an additional judgeship in the judge's court to handle the increased caseload and enlist their support in obtaining such legislation?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 21-90

May a judge lobby the state legislature for a law which would permit centralized arraignments to be handled via electronic means on a local level?
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