Schimminger has, since 1985, pushed for a constitutional amendment that would allow the governor to appoint a new lieutenant
governor during a vacancy.
Not exact matches
(4) The independent panel shall report as approved for each judicial position all highly qualified persons who make application to the panel, provided that if the number of highly qualified applicants exceeds three times the number of existing
vacancies to be filled in such position (determined as of the time the panel renders its report), the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to three times the number of
vacancies to be filled in such position, provided further that if the number of highly qualified applicants is less than three times the number of
vacancies to be filled in such position the independent panel shall report as approved the most highly qualified applicants in a number equal to not less than two times the number of such
vacancies, provided further that the following categories of applicants who are eligible for reelection or reappointment shall be reported as approved if their performance
during their term of office merits continuation in office, and no other applicants shall be reported as approved for their
vacancies: (a) a judge or justice completing a full term of office seeking re-election to that office, or (b) an interim Supreme Court justice who has been appointed by the
Governor to fill an existing
vacancy no later than the previous June 1 after approval of the
Governor's screening panel, who has been confirmed by the State Senate and has assumed office no later than the date the panel renders its report, and who otherwise would not be required to make application to the independent screening panel pursuant to the provisions of sub-paragraph (3).
(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the
Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the
Governor, unless such candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office
during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no
vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a
vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a
vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the
Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such candidate shall not make application to the panel
during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the candidate to make such an application.
On the other side,
during the long tenure of
Governor George Clinton, very rarely an office holder was removed, and the Council only filled
vacancies as they occurred by resignation, death, declination of re-appointment, or term limit.
Cuomo controls most appointments to the LIPA board, although he has not filled several
vacancies during his two years as
governor.