The New York Senate has confirmed Rowan Wilson as the next chief judge of New York State.
The Democrat-controlled state Senate confirmed Wilson with a 40:19 vote. He will lead the Court of Appeals, the highest court of the Empire State, and the state’s court system.
Wilson, 62, succeeds Judge Janet DiFiore who resigned in August.
He has been an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, since 2017.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul tapped him earlier this month to lead the seven-member high court and oversee the state’s judicial system. The confirmation vote caps months of conflict between Hochul and her fellow Democrats in control of the Senate over the direction of the court….