An Injustice for Judges
      The state's Chief Judge, Judith Kaye, had said prior to a Nov. 12 speech at New York University that she planned to avoid talking about judges' pay in what amounted to a farewell address before she steps down at year's end after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
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'Term' Outrage Nonpartisan
      It was more than a bit unusual to have Conservative Party State Chairman Mike Long and former Giuliani administration Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro joining forces with veteran civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel and radical City Councilman Charles Barron last week in a lawsuit challenging the amendment to the Term Limits Law pushed through by Mayor Bloomberg.
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