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Judge in Dutchess County admonished by state watchdog agency
Daily Record Staff//December 23, 2025//
Judge in Dutchess County admonished by state watchdog agency
Daily Record Staff//December 23, 2025//
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Michael H. Plass, a Hyde Park town justice, in Dutchess County, should be admonished.
The Commission found that Plass should be disciplined for distributing a campaign mailer that included pledges suggesting bias in favor of law enforcement.
Although the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics had said Plass’s campaign mailer disqualified him from handling law-enforcement-related matters, the Commission disagreed, finding that admonition was consistent with precedents, and that Plass could now preside over the full range of cases in his court.
Plass has been a justice in Hyde Park since 2024. His current term expires on Dec. 31, 2027.
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