New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle C - Ancillary Agencies
Chapter V - State Commission On Judicial Conduct
Part 7000 - Operating Procedures And Rules
Section 7000.9 - Standards of conduct
Universal Citation: 22 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 7000.9
Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 51, December 21, 2022
(a) A judge may be admonished, censured or removed for cause, including but not limited to misconduct in office, persistent failure to perform his duties, habitual intemperance, and conduct on or off the bench, prejudicial to the administration of justice; or retired for mental or physical disability preventing the proper performance of his judicial duties.
(b) In evaluating the conduct of judges, the commission shall be guided by:
(1) the requirement that
judges uphold and abide by the Constitution and laws of the United States and
the State of New York; and
(2) the requirement that judges abide
by the Code of Judicial Conduct, the rules of the Chief Administrator and the
rules of the respective Appellate Divisions governing judicial
conduct.
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