Undoing Governor Cuomo's Court

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 16, 2021

In the next few weeks, Governor Kathy Hochul will be required to make the next appointment to the New York Court of Appeals. Noah Rosenblum, assistant professor at NYU School of Law, and Alice Fontier, president of the New York State association of criminal defense attorneys, discuss that appointment and explore how a progressive could change the court that former Governor Andrew Cuomo created.

 

 

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