ALBANY – Three former Court of Appeals judges have joined the chorus of supporters urging the state Senate to confirm law professor Jenny Rivera to New York’s highest court.
Joseph Bellacosa, Stewart Hancock Jr. and Howard Levine wrote letters to support Rivera’s nomination.
On Feb. 4, the same day Rivera weathered an aggressive Judiciary Committee hearing in which her qualifications, experience and ideology came under attack, three retired judgesJoseph Bellacosa, Stewart Hancock Jr. and Howard Levineeach wrote to the committee and Chairman John Bonacic, R-Mount Hope, in support of Rivera, a New York City University School of Law professor. The three letters are among dozens sent to the Judiciary Committee regarding the controversial nomination.
