ALBANY – A judge who made a U-turn to evade a sobriety checkpoint and then tried to pull strings with the police by identifying himself as a judge should have faced suspension without pay, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has concluded.
However, the commission noted in a decision released Thursday that state law did not give it the power to impose that penalty against Albany County Family Court Judge Gerard E. Maney (See Profile). Instead, it voted, 8-3, for a recommendation of censure, which has been described by the commission as “a severe public reprimand” but carries no other penalty.
