The Commission on Judicial Conduct has voted to censure Bronx Surrogate Lee Holzman (See Profile) for failing to report misconduct by Michael Lippman, former counsel to the Bronx public administrator, but will not remove him from the bench.
The majority of the commission said in its opinion, made public yesterday, that Holzman had committed “serious misconduct,” but found that censure was an adequate punishment, citing Holzman’s “lengthy and unblemished tenure as a judge” and his mandatory retirement in less than two weeks.
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