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Gov. Kathy Hochul has nominated Judge Rowan D. Wilson on April 10, to assume the vacant position of Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. This comes after her initial choice, Hector LaSalle, was rejected by fellow Democrats in the state Senate. The nomination, Wilson said, would […]
New Yorkers do not have a constitutional right to “aid-in-dying” drugs and procedures, according to a decision by the state’s highest court released Thursday. The New York State Court of Appeals has rejected a plaintiff’s argument that a person has a fundamental constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide in New York […]