The state Senate is slated to consider the nomination of Court of Appeals candidate Jenny Rivera this afternoon at 3. Live-streaming of the vote will be available on the Senate website at http://www.nysenate.gov/live_today.
Rivera, 52, was nominated by Governor Andrew Cuomo to succeed Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick on the high court, but her nomination has been uniquely controversial. Several Republican senators have complained that Rivera, a City University of New York law school professor, lacks the experience necessary to serve on the Court of Appeals, and the Judiciary Committee advanced her nomination to the floor without recommendation.
