Senate Bill S9839

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the number of judges in certain courts

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9839 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10540
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act; amd §102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S9839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of judges in family court to 67; adds twelve additional judges to the civil court of the city of New York; adds additional family court judges to Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Jefferson, Nassau, Rensselaer, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties.

2023-S9839 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9839
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the New York city  civil  court
   act, in relation to increasing the number of judges in certain courts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 121 of the family court act, as amended by  chapter
 749 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   §  121. Number of judges. The family court within the city of New York
 shall consist of [sixty-three]  SIXTY-SEVEN  judges,  effective  January
 first,  two  thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE. There shall be at least
 one family court judge resident in each county of the city of New York.
   § 2. Section 102-a of the New York city civil court act is amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B.  TWELVE  ADDITIONAL  JUDGES OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL BE ELECTED IN AND FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE  FOLLOWING  COUN-
 TIES  IN THE INDICATED NUMBERS: FROM THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, THREE; FROM
 THE COUNTY OF BRONX, THREE; FROM THE COUNTY OF KINGS,  THREE;  AND  FROM
 THE  COUNTY  OF  QUEENS, THREE. SUCH ADDITIONAL JUDGES SHALL RECEIVE THE
 SAME COMPENSATION AS THE EXISTING JUDGES OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE  CITY
 OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE ELECTED COUNTYWIDE WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   §  3.  Section  131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (x) to read as follows:
   (X) THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR  EACH  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CAYUGA, CHENANGO, CORTLAND, ERIE, JEFFERSON, RENSSE-
 LAER,  ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER. MOREOVER, THERE SHALL BE TWO ADDITIONAL
 FAMILY COURT JUDGES FROM THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND THERE  SHALL  BE  TWO
 ADDITIONAL  FAMILY  COURT  JUDGES FROM THE COUNTY OF NASSAU. THE COMPEN-
 SATION OF EACH SUCH ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE  SAME  AS
 THE COMPENSATION PAID TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN SUCH COUNTY
 OR, IF THERE IS NO SEPARATELY-ELECTED FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN SUCH COUNTY,
 THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION PAID TO A JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT IN SUCH
 COUNTY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15840-02-4

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