Senate Bill S9855A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the number of judges in certain courts

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

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

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2023-S9855 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10621
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act; amd §102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S9855 - Summary

Adds fifteen 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-S9855 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9855 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9855
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST THREE FAMILY COURT JUDGE
 RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND.
   §  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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15854-01-4

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2023-S9855A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10621
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act; amd §102-a, NYC Civ Ct Act

2023-S9855A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds fifteen 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-S9855A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9855A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9855--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 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 judges, effective January first, two  thou-
 sand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE. There shall be at least one family court
 judge  resident in each county of the city of New York; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST THREE FAMILY COURT JUDGE  RESIDENTS  IN
 THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND.
   §  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. FIFTEEN 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; FROM THE
 COUNTY OF QUEENS, THREE; AND FROM THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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