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Westchester Judge Resigns After Making Sexual Innuendos, Remarks: Officials Westchester Judge Resigns After Making Sexual Innuendos, Remarks: Officials
Westchester Judge Resigns After Making Sexual Innuendos, Remarks: Officials A city court judge in Northern Westchester has resigned from his office and agreed never to return after being charged with making sexual innuendos and inappropriate remarks to staff and attorneys on multiple occasions, officials announced.  Peekskill City Court Judge Reginald J. Johnson announced that he would resign from his position effective on Monday, Sept. 30 following formal charges filed against him by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the organization announced on Friday, Sept. 20.  According to the commission, in August 2024, Johnson was served with…

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Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Westchester Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Westchester
Judge Admonished For Trying To Influence Mail Carrier's Parking Fine In Westchester A Northern Westchester town court justice has been admonished for attempting to influence a fellow judge to be lenient with his mail carrier's parking ticket fine, officials announced.  The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced on Monday, Oct. 23 that Benjamin L.F. Leavitt, who serves as a Justice of the Ossining Town Court, was admonished for trying to get his colleague to go easy on his mail carrier, who had received parking tickets unrelated to her job with the postal service.  According to the Commission, in September 2021, Leavitt was approached by his…

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Westchester Judge Should Be Removed From Office, State Commission Rules Westchester Judge Should Be Removed From Office, State Commission Rules
Westchester Judge Should Be Removed From Office, State Commission Rules A New York state commission that oversees judicial conduct has ruled that a Westchester County judge should be removed from office. Attorneys and justices on the commission voted Elmsford Village Court Justice Carlos Gonzalez should be removed from office in connection with six incidents of misconduct with clients. Gonzalez, a Democrat, was suspended from practicing law after finding he engaged in professional misconduct while working as an attorney and failed to notify Connecticut's Appellate Division of his discipline in a timely manner, violating a state statute, said the NY State Commis…

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