New York's Senate confirms Rowan Wilson as the state's first Black chief judge

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Category : International Published on: April 24 2023

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New York’s Senate has confirmed Judge Rowan Wilson (62) as the new chief judge of the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.
Wilson has been an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, since 2017.
He was appointed by the 57th governor of New York, Kathy Hochul.
He studied at Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1984.
He will be eligible to serve through 2031, when he reaches the state’s mandatory retirement age of 70.

New York's Senate confirms Rowan Wilson as the state's first Black chief judge