Judges, Recusals, and Zoning Disputes: What the Ethics Opinions Say

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics provides ethics advice to New York judges, justices and quasi-judicial officials about their own conduct. Several recent opinions by the advisory committee have con­sidered whether judges may hear cases involving or potentially relat­ed to zoning and land use matters, or whether they must recuse them­selves. These opinions provide an interesting reminder of the kinds of property and development issues that can arise on the local level.

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Judges, Recusals, and Zoning Disputes: What the Ethics Opinions Say | New York Law Journal

Reprinted with permission from New York Law Journal, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, Vol 268 – No. 100.