A judge in Wayne County has resigned for statements he made at a Wolcott Village Board meeting. Scott Stone, a justice in the town of Butler and the village of Wolcott, stepped down after being charged by the New York ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has released its 2019 annual report, covering the agency’s activities in 2018. The Commission received 2,000 complaints in 2018 — the third highest in its 41-year history.  The Commission conducted 505 preliminary ...

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A town justice in Wayne County has been censured by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission determined that Palmyra Justice William E. Abbott, who also is an associate justice of the Palmyra Village Court, should be ...

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Rennee N. Crofoot, town justice in Barrington, Yates County, has resigned while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct for allegedly interjecting herself in a custody proceeding pending before another judge. Crofoot resigned effective Oct. 3, ...

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Robert J. Miller, an associate justice of the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court, Second Department, has been appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Miller’s term ends March 31, 2022. A graduate ...

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Lockport Town Justice Leonard G. Tilney Jr. has resigned after a state investigation into misconduct. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Wednesday that Tilney’s resignation is effective Sept. 30, 2018, and he has agreed to never seek ...

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Erika A. Martin, town justice in Manchester, Ontario County, has resigned Town Justice and agreed never to be a judge again, after pleading guilty to grand larceny. The resignation was announced in a new release from the New York State ...

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A town justice in Oneida County is resigning after an investigation of alleged wrongdoing by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Steuben Justice Roger C. Maclaughlin will resign from office effective Dec. 31  and has agreed never to seek ...

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James D. LaPiana, a town and village justice in Mount Morris, has resigned under suspicion for alleged judicial misconduct. LaPiana, who was under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct,  has resigned from office effective Aug. 31, and ...

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A town justice in Wayne County will resign effective July 1 as a result of an investigation into his public behavior. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Monday that Rose Town Justice Gary M. Poole has also agreed ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Conklin Town Justice J. Marshall Ayres, in Broome County, should be removed from office for trying to use his position to get a traffic ticket dismissed for his daughter. ...

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Brighton Town Justice John A. Falk has been appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore for a term ending March 31, 2021. Falk, a graduate of LeMoyne College and the University of Dayton School of ...

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