New York's Senate confirmed Rowan Wilson as the state's first Black chief judge Tuesday, two months after lawmakers dealt Gov. Kathy Hochul a political defeat by rejecting her initial nominee for the top court post.
Wilson has been an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, since 2017. Hochul tapped him earlier this month to lead the seven-member high court and oversee the state's judicial system. The confirmation vote caps months of conflict between Hochul and her fellow Democrats in control of the Senate over the direction of the court.
"Judge Wilson has proven himself to be one of the most thoughtful, well-written and persuasive jurors in the nation, and in the history of the Court of Appeals," state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, chair of the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, said on the floor.
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