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WBFO Albany Correspondent Karen Dewitt reports Nominee Madeline Singas, the Nassau County district attorney, faced some tough questions from senators on the left and right. In the end, Singas and the governor’s other judicial appointees, won approval in the Senate. Cuomo nominated Singas and Anthony Cannataro, the administrative judge in New York City’s Civil Court, to fill vacancies at the state’s Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. Cannataro, who is openly gay, would replace the late Judge Paul Feinman, who was the first openly gay person to serve on the court. Singas faced the more intense scrutiny. ....
New York State Supreme Court. Photo: Alan Strakey, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Jun 09, 2021 The New York State Senate’s Judiciary Committee held, what was at times, a contentious confirmation hearing for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nominees to the state’s highest court. Nominee Madeline Singas, the Nassau County district attorney, faced some tough questions from senators on the left and right. In the end, Singas and the governor’s other judicial appointees, won approval in the Senate. Cuomo nominated Singas and Anthony Cannataro, the administrative judge in New York City’s Civil Court, to fill vacancies at the state’s Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. Cannataro, who is openly gay, would replace the late Judge Paul Feinman, who was the first openly gay person to serve on the court. Singas faced the more intense scrutiny. ....
ALBANY - New York could soon have two new judges on its highest court. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday nominated Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and New York City Judge Anthony Tony Cannataro to fill two vacant seats on the state Court of Appeals. Singas would succeed Judge Leslie Stein, who is retiring in June, and Cannataro would replace Judge Paul Feinman, who died last March. Since taking office in 2011, the Democratic governor has named all seven judges on the Court of Appeals, which hears cases in Albany. His latest picks will now go to the Democrat-led Senate for confirmation before the legislative session ends in early June. ....