In re Maney

OPINION OF THE COURT

In November 1983, petitioner was elected to his fourth four-year term as Justice of the East Greenbush Town Court. As the stipulated facts before the Judicial Conduct Commission show, he immediately launched a campaign within his own political party to ensure his renomination. Petitioner began this campaign by recruiting a friend to serve on the Town Democratic Committee and recommending the friend’s appointment to the party chairman during a fund-raising dinner. When the existing party chairman was replaced by an individual who petitioner believed was antagonistic to his…