New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made an “unforced error” in picking moderate Hector LaSalle to be the state’s top judge when key backers of her reelection bid had expressed distaste fo…
to be the state’s top judge when key backers of her reelection bid had expressed distaste for the choice, one of her predecessors charged Sunday.
“It’s sort of an unforced error because a number of parties had complained about this nomination, even before she made the selection,” former Gov. David Paterson said during an interview on WABC Radio’s “Cats Roundtable.” “The governor is putting in the highest court in New York … someone who a lot of individuals who helped her thought would not stand for even what the governor stands for,” the fellow Democrat said. “It’s really kind of amazing that this whole thing happened.”who boosted her campaign against Lee Zeldin in what wound up being the closest New York governor’s race in decades, Paterson told host John Catsimatidis.
“I think they did not take very kindly to her first major action after this to take a judge whose record apparently from their point of view on labor issues is not acceptable, and who is thought to be not really in favor of the rights that women have in New York right now.”Paterson had previously urged lawmakers in Albany to at least give LaSalle a hearing to explain his positions and his qualifications for the role.
Paterson, a former top state senator in Albany and lieutenant governor, became governor in 2008 after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer and served through 2010.
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