Latinos like ex-Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. are giving centrist Judge Hector LaSalle some back-up ahead of a Wednesday confirmation hearing.
“I have reviewed his record, considered the opinions of his legal colleagues, and spoken to Judge [Hector] LaSalle personally. I would not support him for this important position if I thought our shared progress on so many important issues was at risk,” Diaz Jr. said Friday.
LaSalle would be the first Hispanic to lead the state’s high court if approved by a majority of the 63-member state Senate. “Representation does matter. It does,” Mark-Viverito told reporters Thursday in a virtual press conference organized by a group called Latinos for LaSalle that has ties to political consultant Luis Miranda Sr.
Other prominent Hispanic pols like Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez have also spoken favorable about LaSalle afterProgressives have claimed since then that the longtime jurist and ex-prosecutor is too right-leaning to become chief judge of the court while his supporters say the past rulings merely show LaSalle is committed to the letter of the law.
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