The NYLJ reports:

"Former Supreme Court Justice Lawrence I. Horowitz used his status as a judge to seek preferential police treatment for his girlfriend and to have authorities investigate the woman’s estranged husband, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct said yesterday.

The commission announced that Mr. Horowitz, who resigned on June 20, has signed a stipulation acknowledging that he could not defend himself against the disciplinary charges. He also agreed not to serve again as a judge or judicial hearing officer.

The commission contended that from the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Horowitz used Supreme Court stationery to write letters concerning personal or family business matters. The correspondence included letters to the schools his children attended to comment on school policies, to his house of worship to discuss his membership dues and to Verizon, contesting an unpaid bill of $14,707 for a phone number associated with his former law practice, according to the commission.

Mr. Horowitz also violated judicial canons beginning on Feb. 3, 2005, when his girlfriend, Michelle Nolan, was stopped for speeding in Yorktown, Westchester County, the commission charged. A police computer check indicated Ms. Nolan’s estranged husband, Christopher Angiello, had reported the vehicle stolen. Mr. Horowitz called the officer investigating Ms. Nolan’s case and identified himself as her friend and assuring him Ms. Nolan would respond to any traffic summonses, the commission charged. In the stipulation with the commission, Mr. Horowitz acknowledged his inability to defend himself against the charges in the complaint and that he has resigned from the court. While the commission has 120 days under Judiciary Law §47 to complete an investigation against judges if they resign, commission administrators and Mr. Horowitz agreed that all matters in his case should be closed.

The stipulation made reference to the commission’s notification to Mr. Horowitz that it was also investigating "additional allegations" against him unrelated to the 2006 complaint, but the nature of the other allegations was not revealed.

Several summonses were issued against Ms. Nolan, though the officer’s supervisor had recommended she be charged with a crime and that bail be set, the commission noted.

Mr. Horowitz then accompanied Ms. Nolan to the Yorktown police station to file a complaint against Mr. Angiello for having made a false report about the car. At that time, he identified himself as a judge and demanded that police investigate Mr. Angiello and his brother, Yorktown Police Officer Dominic Angiello, for allegedly working together to improperly report the vehicle as stolen.
In his verified answer, Mr. Horowitz noted that his misconduct came in his first 18 months as a "relatively new" judge. He also made reference to a series of personal setbacks dating from his 2003 campaign for Supreme Court, when his wife, Alexis Furer, began a bitterly contested divorce proceeding against him. "