11 out of 23 NYS Senators on the Judiciary Committee, about to vote in confirmation of Janet DiFiore as Chief Judge of NYS Court of Appeals, are disqualified by personal interests, as licensed attorneys, officers of the court and market players in the market of legal services that Janet DiFiore, if elected, will regulate

Here is the list of the NYS Senate's Judiciary Committee that is about to vote on confirmation of Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore as the Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, with the exclusion from oral testimony of those who oppose such confirmation.

According to my preliminary research today, out of 23 members of the Committee, 11, including the Chairman, are licensed attorneys who are market players in the market of legal services regulated by New York State Courts, officers of the court, whose licenses, reputations and livelihoods are in the hands of New York judiciary and who are thus disqualified from voting in the confirmation hearing.

It is very likely that participation in voting regarding confirmation of judges, if done by market players such as senators, in furtherance of helping themselves in regulating the market from which they and their family members derive income:

1. Bonacic;
2. Boyle;
3. Breslin;
4. Croci;
5. Hoylman;
6. Lanza;
7. LaValle;
8. Nozzolio;
9. O'Mara;
10. Ranzenhofer;
11. Venditto - are not only acts of public corruption and ethical violation (at the very least), but are also violations of civil and criminal antitrust statutes.

Voting by senators disqualified by personal interest was, is and is going to be, my personal expert opinion, void.

I will provide a fuller analysis of conflicts of each of the senators in a separate blog.

Stay tuned.

No.	Name	Attorney or not (Yes/No)
1	John J. Bonacic, Chairman	Yes
2.	George A. Amedore, Jr.	No
3.	Tony Avelia	No
4.	Phil Boyle	Yes
5.	Neil D. Breslin	Yes
6.	Leroy Comrie	No
7.	Thomas D. Croci	Yes
8.	Ruben Diaz, Sr.	No
9.	Martin Malave Dilan	No
10.	Adriano Espalliat	No
11.	Kemp Hannon	No
12.	Ruth Hassel-Thompson	No
13.	Brad Hoylman	Yes
14.	Andrew J. Lanza	Yes
15.	Kenneth P. LaValle	Yes
16.	Michael F. Nozzolio	Yes
17.	Thomas F. O’Mara	Yes
18.	Bill Perkins	No
19.	Michael H. Ranzenhofer	Yes
20.	Diane J. Savino	No
21.	Sue Serino	No
22.	Toby Ann Stavisky	No
23.	Michael Venditto	Yes