Matter of Cerbone

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner, a Justice of the Mount Kisco Town Court, Westchester County, seeks review of a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission decided that petitioner should be removed from office because of (1) conduct as an attorney in converting funds from an escrow account and (2) conduct as a judge which, the Commission found, was intended to retaliate against the Westchester County District Attorney for making a previous complaint to the Commission about petitioner. In view of the conduct of petitioner that led to this and five previous…