Bill Text: NY A10088 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the fourteenth judicial district which shall consist of the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - referred to judiciary [A10088 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10088-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10088 IN ASSEMBLY May 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to creating a fourteenth judicial district The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 70 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 690 2 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 70. Judicial departments. The state is hereby divided into four 4 judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties 5 embraced within the first and twelfth judicial districts; the second 6 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the second, 7 ninth, tenth, eleventh [and], thirteenth and fourteenth judicial 8 districts; the third department shall consist of the counties embraced 9 within the third, fourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth 10 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the fifth, 11 seventh and eighth judicial districts. 12 § 2. The opening paragraph and the ninth undesignated paragraph of 13 section 140 of the judiciary law, the opening paragraph as amended by 14 chapter 690 of the laws of 2007 and the ninth undesignated paragraph as 15 amended by chapter 10 of the laws of 1948, are amended and a new four- 16 teenth undesignated paragraph is added to read as follows: 17 The state is hereby divided into [thirteen] fourteen judicial 18 districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the sixth 19 article of the constitution, which districts shall be arranged as 20 follows: 21 The ninth judicial district shall consist of the [counties] county of 22 Westchester[, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland]; 23 The fourteenth judicial district shall consist of the counties of 24 Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland. The creation of such fourteenth 25 district shall not affect or impair the rights, privileges or compen- 26 sation of any officer or employee of the supreme court in office on the 27 first day of January, two thousand twenty-five in the ninth judicial 28 district as theretofore constituted; each such officer or employee EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15382-01-4A. 10088 2 1 employed in the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland on 2 such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the fourteenth 3 judicial district and each such officer or employee employed in the 4 county of Westchester on such date shall thereafter be an officer or 5 employee for the ninth judicial district. 6 § 3. Section 140-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 749 of 7 the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 8 § 140-a. Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district. 9 The number of justices of the supreme court in each judicial district 10 shall be as follows: 11 1. First district, thirty-eight; 12 2. Second district, fifty-three; 13 3. Third district, seventeen; 14 4. Fourth district, fourteen; 15 5. Fifth district, nineteen; 16 6. Sixth district, eleven; 17 7. Seventh district, twenty; 18 8. Eighth district, twenty-eight; 19 9. Ninth district, [thirty-four] eighteen; 20 10. Tenth district, fifty-one; 21 11. Eleventh district, forty-four; 22 12. Twelfth district, twenty-nine; 23 13. Thirteenth district, nine; 24 14. Fourteenth district, eleven. 25 No person may serve in the office of justice of the supreme court 26 unless [he or she] such person has been admitted to practice law in the 27 state of New York for at least ten years as of the date [he or she] such 28 person commences the duties of office. 29 § 4. The following named justices or their successors in office on the 30 effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the terms for 31 which they were elected or appointed be justices of the supreme court in 32 and for the ninth judicial district as reconstituted and continued by 33 this act. 34 Hon. Robert M. DiBella 35 Hon. David F. Everett 36 Hon. Keri A. Fiore 37 Hon. William J. Giacomo 38 Hon. Hal B. Greenwald 39 Hon. James L. Hyer 40 Hon. Linda S. Jamieson 41 Hon. Nancy Quinn Koba 42 Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz 43 Hon. Lewis Lubell 44 Hon. Janet C. Malone 45 Hon. Paul I. Marx 46 Hon. James McCarty 47 Hon. Anne E. Minihan 48 Hon. Alexandra D. Murphy 49 Hon. Robert S. Ondrovic 50 Hon. Amy S. Puerto 51 Hon. Thomas Quinones 52 Hon. Larry J. Schwartz 53 Hon. Rolf M. Thorsen 54 Hon. Gretchen M. Walsh 55 Hon. Charles D. WooA. 10088 3 1 The following named justices or their successors in office on the 2 effective date of this act shall for the remainder of the terms for 3 which they were elected or appointed be justices of the supreme court in 4 and for the fourteenth judicial district as created and constituted by 5 this act. Any positions that were vacant on June 15, 2024 shall be 6 justices of the ninth judicial district. 7 Hon. Gina C. Capone 8 Hon. Victor G. Grossman 9 Hon. Christi J. Acker 10 Hon. Thomas R. Davis 11 Hon. Maria G. Rosa 12 Hon. Elena M. Goldberg-Velazquez 13 Hon. Sandra Sciortino 14 Hon. David J. Squirrell 15 Hon. Maria S. Vazquez-Doles 16 Hon. E. Loren Williams 17 Hon. David S. Zuckerman 18 Hon. Christie L. D'Alessio 19 Hon. Sherri L. Eisenpress 20 Hon. Hal B. Greenwald 21 Hon. Thomas Zugibe 22 § 5. If any provisions of any section of this act shall be held void 23 or unconstitutional, all other provisions and all other sections of this 24 act which are not expressly held to be void or unconstitutional shall 25 continue in full force and effect. 26 § 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
