ALBANY – Supreme Court Justice Joseph S. Alessandro (See Profile) was removed from the bench yesterday by the Court of Appeals, which determined that the same punishment was too harsh for his brother, Bronx Civil Court Judge Francis M. Alessandro (See Profile).
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The Court instead reduced the removal recommendation made against Francis by the Commission on Judicial Conduct to an admonition. That will allow Francis, 70, to serve out the final weeks of his judicial career from the bench before he faces mandatory retirement at the end of this year.
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