Matter of Fitzgerald

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner, a Judge of the City Court of Yonkers, Westchester County, seeks review of a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct sustaining one charge of misconduct and concluding that he should be removed from office (see NY Const, art VI, § 22; Judiciary Law § 44). The formal written complaint alleged that petitioner on several occasions was derelict in the management of his attorney escrow account and was subsequently disbarred based on this “serious professional misconduct” (279 AD2d 160, 162 [2d Dept 2000], Iv denied 96 NY2d 880 [2001]).

The…