Cuomo now has 2 vacancies to fill on NY top court

Posted at: 11/06/2012 2:58 PM
By: AP

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing two vacancies on New York's top court following the death of Judge Theodore Jones Jr. and the upcoming retirement of Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick.
    
The Court of Appeals has seven judges appointed to 14-year terms. They must retire at the end of the year they turn 70.
    
The State Commission on Judicial Nomination has been screening candidates to replace Ciparick and plans to give Cuomo a slate it considers well qualified on Dec. 1. Cuomo selects a nominee.
    
Ciparick was first appointed to the court by Gov. Mario Cuomo.
    
Jones died Monday night of an apparent heart attack. He was appointed in 2007 by Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
    
The commission did not initially reply to queries Tuesday.

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