ALBANY – With a shot-across-the-bow warning that “drinking and driving offenses almost always should and will result in disciplinary action,” the Commission on Judicial Conduct is cautioning judges to confront alcohol-related problems before they result in embarrassing or career-ending punishment.
The judicial watchdog agency, in an annual report issued this week, said several judges have been sanctioned for drunken driving and the problem is “of such gravity and arises with sufficient regularity” as to warrant special attention.
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