Argued September 8, 1999 October 21, 1999 Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., for petitioner. Cathleen S. Cenci, for respondent. Per Curiam Petitioner, a Justice of the East Greenbush Town Court, Rensselaer County, has requested review of the determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission concluded that he failed to observe the "high standards of conduct" necessary to preserve the "integrity and independence of the judiciary" (22 N.Y.CRR [Rules Governing Judicial Conduct] § 100.1;

Argued October 13, 1982 Decided November 11, 1982 Proceeding pursuant to N.Y. Constitution, article VI, § 22 and Judiciary Law § 44, to review a determination of respondent State Commission on Judicial Conduct, dated April 20, 1982, that petitioner should be removed from the office of Justice of the Onondaga County Court, Onondaga County. Leonard Amdursky and Bruce O. Jacobs for petitioner. Albert B. Lawrence, Gerald Stern and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent. William F. FitzPatrick, John J. Dee, John

Argued May 31, 1989 Decided June 30, 1989 Nathan R. Sobel and Jerome Karp for petitioner. Gerald Stern, Alan W. Friedberg and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent. Thomas Torto for Andrew S. Fisher and others, amici curiae. Per Curiam. Petitioner commenced this proceeding to review a determination of the Commission on Judicial Conduct that he be removed from his judicial office for ordering that settlements awarded to infants, totaling nearly a quarter of a million dollars, be deposited in a credit union

Argued February 11, 1985 Decided February 21, 1985 Morris D. Strauss and Thomas F. Scaringe for petitioner. Gerald Stern and Henry S. Stewart for respondent. Per Curiam. Upon review of the record pursuant to N Y Constitution, article VI, § 22 and Judiciary Law § 44 the court concludes that the evidence presented before the Commission on Judicial Conduct sustains the misconduct charge found by the Commission against petitioner and that the determined sanction should be accepted. Petitioner is a Town

Argued May 3, 1983 Decided June 14, 1983 Louis E. Wolfe for appellant. Gerald Stern and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent. MEMORANDUM. The determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, directing that petitioner, a Justice of the Peru Town Court, Clinton County, be removed from office, should be accepted. A review of the record clearly establishes the propriety of the commission's findings of fact and conclusions of law. According to the credible testimony of various individuals, including

Argued October 6, 1987 Decided October 22, 1987 Robert J. Krzys for petitioner. Gerald Stern, Jean M. Savanyu and Henry S. Stewart for respondent. Per Curiam. Petitioner was charged with misconduct in connection with the disposition of two speeding tickets. Additionally, he was charged with having improperly dismissed, or adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, some 31 cases without having given notice to the prosecutor as required by CPL 170.45, 170.55 and 210.45. Following a hearing in which petitioner

Submitted September 7, 1979 Decided September 18, 1979 Bernard Kessler for petitioner. Gerald Stern, Raymond S. Hack and Seth Halpern for respondent. Per Curiam. It is appropriate in the circumstances disclosed in this record that petitioner be censured for showing and seeking favoritism in the disposition of charges involving traffic violations. The investigation in this case was commenced by the former State Commission on Judicial Conduct pursuant to section 43 of the Judiciary Law then in effect