WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it more difficult for the president to quickly fill vacant top government jobs in a case centered on the appointment powers of the executive. In a 6-to-2 ruling, the court limited the ...

Tagged with: appointments Supreme Court

The appointments of three experienced lawyers to lead key bureaus in the state Office of the Attorney General were announced Monday by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Daniel Cort was named chief of the Public Integrity Bureau; Kathleen McGee, the ...

Tagged with: appointments attorney general's office

Constance Mitchell-Jefferson has joined the city as its minority/women business enterprise officer and Sandra Simon has been appointed as the city’s affirmative action officer. Mitchell-Jefferson will be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the city’s minority and women business enterprise ...

Tagged with: appointments city hall

The Monroe County Legislature will appoint three new faces to fill open seats. Brian E. Marianetti, a municipal attorney and litigator and former Greece Planning Board member, will serve in Greece. He replaces former Legislator Rick Antelli, who was elected ...

Tagged with: appointments Monroe County Legislature

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an embarrassing setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making certain recess appointments and moved to curtail a chief executive’s ability in the future to ...

Tagged with: appointments National Labor Relations Board President Barack Obama

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore, president of the District Attorneys Association of New York, will chair the state’s new Joint Commission on Public Ethics. JCOPE is an independent enforcement unit with broad oversight of state government. The commission has ...

Tagged with: appointments Joint Commission on Public Ethics

A new Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will be led by Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester, and Danny Wegman, CEO of Wegmans Food Markets. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was in town Tuesday to announce the appointments ...

Tagged with: appointments Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council Gov. Andrew Cuomo

There are some new leaders in the Seventh Judicial District. Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau today announced the appointments of Monroe County Supreme Court Justice Matthew A. Rosenbaum as supervising judge of the supreme civil courts ...

Tagged with: appointments Judge

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a vocal opponent of judicial elections, is touting a new reason why she believes judges should be appointed, not elected: It’s good for business.

Tagged with: appointments Sandra Day O'Connor SCOTUS

John A. Cirando, an attorney with the Syracuse law firm of D. J. & J. A. Cirando was appointed as a trustee of the Interest on Lawyer Account Fund of the State of New York by Gov. David A. Paterson.

Tagged with: appointments