NY State Assembly Bill 2013-A6552A

Assembly Bill A6552A

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Proposes modifications in many City Court judgeships including, in some instances, conversion of part-time positions to full-time status

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Dec 19, 2013	approval memo.11
Dec 18, 2013	signed chap.548
Dec 06, 2013	delivered to governor
Jun 21, 2013	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1605 substituted for s4043b
Jun 20, 2013	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.597 rules report cal.597 reported
Jun 19, 2013	reported referred to rules
Jun 17, 2013	print number 6552b
Jun 17, 2013	amend and recommit to ways and means
May 16, 2013	print number 6552a
May 16, 2013	amend and recommit to ways and means
Apr 16, 2013	reported referred to ways and means
Apr 09, 2013	referred to judiciary

Votes

- Jun 21, 2013 - Floor Vote
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      aye (62)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
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2013-A6552 - Details

Law Section:: Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §2104, UCCA; amd §221-i, Judy L

2013-A6552 - Summary

Relates to judges of city courts; proposes modifications in many city court judgeships including, in some instances, conversion of part-time positions to full-time status.

2013-A6552 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6552

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE, WEINSTEIN, BRINDISI, BRONSON, BUCHWALD,
  SKARTADOS, STECK, WEPRIN -- (at request of the Office of Court  Admin-
  istration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the uniform city court act and the judiciary law, in
  relation to judges of city courts

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (b) of section 2104 of the
uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws  of  2006,
is amended to read as follows:
  (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least
five  years as of the date he or she commences the duties of office, and
be a resident of the city in which he or she is  elected  or  appointed,
except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside anywhere in
either  Oneida  or  Madison counties, the city court judge who serves in
the office that formerly was that of acting judge  of  the  Oneida  city
court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of the Peekskill
city  court  may  reside  anywhere in Westchester county, the city court
judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of
the Port Jervis city court may reside anywhere  in  either  Sullivan  or
Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may reside anywhere
in  Columbia  county, the city court judge who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting judge of the Mechanicville  city  court  may
reside  anywhere  in  Saratoga county, the judges of the Ogdensburg city
court may reside anywhere in St. Lawrence  county,  the  judges  of  the
Rensselaer  city  court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer county and one
judge of the Cohoes city court AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE  WHO  SERVES  IN
THE OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING JUDGE OF THE WATERVLIET CITY
COURT may reside anywhere in Albany county.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09321-01-3

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  S 2. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  (d)  The  number  of judges of the city court in each city shall be as
provided herein. Full-time judgeships are  specifically  so  designated,
all others are part-time:
   Par.   Name of city
   1    Albany, [four] FIVE full-time [and one part-time];
   2    Amsterdam, one full-time and one part-time;
   3    Auburn, one full-time and one part-time;
   4    Batavia, one full-time and one part-time;
   5    Beacon, one full-time and one part-time;
   6    Binghamton, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   7    Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time;
   8    Canandaigua, one full-time and one part-time;
   9    Cohoes, two;
   10   Corning, one full-time and one part-time;
   11   Cortland, one full-time and one part-time;
   12   Dunkirk, one full-time and one part-time;
   13   Elmira, two full-time;
   14   Fulton, one full-time and one part-time;
   15   Geneva, three;
   16   Glen Cove, two;
   17   Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;
   18   Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;
   19   Hornell, two;
   20   Hudson, two;
   21   Ithaca, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   22   Jamestown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   23   Johnstown, two;
   24   Kingston, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   25   Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
   26   Little Falls, two;
   27   Lockport, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   28   Long Beach, two full-time;
   29   Mechanicville, two;
   30   Middletown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   31   Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
   32   Newburgh, [two] THREE full-time;
   33   New Rochelle, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   34   Niagara Falls, four full-time;
   35   North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   36   Norwich, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   37   Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;
   38   Olean, one full-time and one part-time;
   39   Oneida, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   40   Oneonta, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   41   Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;
   42   Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;
   43   Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;
   44   Port Jervis, two;
   45   Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
   46   Rensselaer, two;
   47   Rochester, [nine] TEN full-time;
   48   Rome, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   49   Rye, one full-time and one part-time;

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   50   Salamanca, two;
   51   Saratoga Springs, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   52   Schenectady, [three] FOUR full-time;
   53   Sherrill, one;
   54   Syracuse, [eight] NINE full-time;
   55   Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   56   Troy, [one] TWO full-time and one part-time;
   57   Utica, three full-time;
   58   Watertown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   59   Watervliet, two;
   60   White Plains, [three] FOUR full-time [and one part-time];
   61   Yonkers, [six] SEVEN full-time.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of
section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
  (i) by the mayor of the city for which the court on which  he  or  she
will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city
council:  part-time  city  court  judge  of Beacon, part-time city court
judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city
court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in
the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office
pursuant to this subparagraph, [part-time city court  judge  of  Ithaca,
part-time]  city  court judge of Jamestown WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT
WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND THIRTEEN, part-time city court judge of Olean, city court judges of
Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who serves  in  the  office
that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Port Jervis, city
court judges of Rye, city court judge of Salamanca  who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Salamanca
and the [part-time] city court judge of  Watertown  WHO  SERVES  IN  THE
OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN WAS PART-TIME.
  (ii)  by  the city council of the city for which the court on which he
or she will serve has been established: part-time city  court  judge  of
Auburn,  part-time  city  court  judge  of Batavia, part-time city court
judge of Canandaigua, city court judge of Johnstown who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly was that of acting city court judge of Johnstown,
city court judge of Newburgh who serves in  the  office  that  on  March
thirty-first,  two  thousand  one  was  part-time,  city  court judge of
Norwich who serves in the office that [formerly was that of acting  city
court  judge of Norwich] WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, city court  judges  of  Peekskill,
and city court judges of White Plains.
  S  4.  The  opening  paragraph of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1 of
subdivision (e) of section 2104  of  the  uniform  city  court  act,  as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  by the mayor of the city for which the court on which he or  she  will
serve  has  been established: [part-time] city court judge of Binghamton
WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  FOUR-
TEEN  WAS  PART-TIME,  city court judges of Cohoes, part-time city court
judge of Dunkirk, part-time city court judge of Fulton, city court judge
of Geneva who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city
court judge of Geneva, city court judge of Hornell  who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly  was  that of acting city court judge of Hornell,
city court judge of Hudson who serves in the office  that  formerly  was
that  of acting city court judge of Hudson, [part-time] city court judge

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of Kingston WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT  ON  MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND FOURTEEN WAS PART-TIME, part-time city court judge of Lackawan-
na,  city  court  judge  of  Little  Falls who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting CITY court judge of Little Falls, [part-time
city  court  judge  of  Lockport,] city court judge of Mechanicville who
serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city  court  judge
of  Mechanicville, [part-time] city court judge of Middletown WHO SERVES
IN THE OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANU-
ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, part-time city court  judge  of  Mount
Vernon, [part-time] city court judge of New Rochelle [and full-time city
court  judge  of  such  city who serves in the office created during the
calendar year commencing January first, two thousand one] WHO SERVES  IN
THE  OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE OF SUCH  CITY  WHO
SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WAS AN
APPOINTIVE  OFFICE  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, part-time city court
judge of North Tonawanda, part-time  city  court  judge  of  Ogdensburg,
PART-TIME  city  court  judge  of  Oneida [who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting city court judge of Oneida], PART-TIME  city
court  judge of Oneonta [who serves in the office that formerly was that
of acting city court judge of Oneonta], part-time city  court  judge  of
Oswego,  city  court judges of Poughkeepsie, city court judge of Rensse-
laer who serves in the office that formerly  was  that  of  acting  city
court  judge  of  Rensselaer,  [part-time]  city court judge of Saratoga
Springs WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED  DURING  THE  CALENDAR
YEAR  COMMENCING  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, part-time city
court judge of Tonawanda and city court judge of Watervliet  who  serves
in  the  office  that  formerly  was  that of acting city court judge of
Watervliet.  Provided, however, the following special  provisions  shall
be applicable in the city of Poughkeepsie:
  S  5. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city  of  New
York.  [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-
SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN, THE annual salary of  each  judge
of  a city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows (where
this section provides different salaries for judicial positions  on  the
same  court  having the same title, the greater salary shall be paid the
person holding the position paid the greater salary  on  the  day  imme-
diately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):

City                Title

Albany              City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Albany             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Amsterdam           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Amsterdam           City Court Judge                   27,200
Auburn              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Auburn              City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Batavia             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Batavia             City Court Judge                   27,200
Beacon              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Beacon              City Court Judge                   27,200
Binghamton          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Binghamton         City Court Judge                   54,400]
Buffalo             Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100

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Buffalo             City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Canandaigua         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Canandaigua         City Court Judge                   27,200
Cohoes              City Court Judge                   54,400
Corning             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Corning             City Court Judge                   27,200
Cortland            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Cortland            City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Dunkirk             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Dunkirk             City Court Judge                   27,200
Elmira              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge                   27,200
Geneva              City Court Judge                   54,400
Geneva              City Court Judge                   27,200
Glen Cove           City Court Judge                   54,400
Gloversville        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Gloversville        City Court Judge                   27,200
Glens Falls         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Glens Falls         City Court Judge                   27,200
Hornell             City Court Judge                   54,400
Hornell             City Court Judge                   27,200
Hudson              City Court Judge                   54,400
Hudson              City Court Judge                   27,200
Ithaca              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Ithaca             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Jamestown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Jamestown          City Court Judge                   54,400]
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   54,400
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   27,200
Kingston            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Kingston           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Lackawanna          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Lackawanna          City Court Judge                   54,400
Lockport            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Lockport           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Long Beach          City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Little Falls        City Court Judge                   27,200
Mechanicville       City Court Judge                   27,200
Middletown          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Middletown         City Court Judge                   54,400]
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge                   54,400
Newburgh            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Niagara Falls       Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Niagara Falls       City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Norwich             City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Norwich             City Court Judge                   27,200
New Rochelle        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
[New Rochelle       City Court Judge                   54,400]
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge                   54,400
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge                   27,200
Olean               City Court Judge (FT)              108,800

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Olean               City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneida              City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Oneida              City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneonta             City Court Judge(FT)               [54,400] 108,800
Oneonta             City Court Judge                   27,200
Oswego              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Oswego              City Court Judge                   27,200
Peekskill           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Peekskill           City Court Judge                   54,400
Poughkeepsie        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge                   27,200
Port Jervis         City Court Judge                   54,400
[Port Jervis        City Court Judge                   27,200]
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   54,400
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   27,200
Rochester           Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Rochester           City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Rome                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Rome               City Court Judge                   54,400]
Rye                 City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Rye                 City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Salamanca           City Court Judge                   54,400
SALAMANCA           CITY COURT JUDGE                   27,200
Saratoga Springs    City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Saratoga Springs   City Court Judge                   54,400]
Schenectady         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Sherrill            City Court Judge                   27,200
Syracuse            Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Syracuse            City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Tonawanda           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Tonawanda           City Court Judge                   54,400
Troy                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Troy                City Court Judge                   81,600
Utica               Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Utica               City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Watertown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Watertown          City Court Judge                   27,200]
Watervliet          City Court Judge                   54,400
[Watervliet         City Court Judge                   27,200]
White Plains        City Court Judge (FT)              116,800
[White Plains       City Court Judge                   54,400]
Yonkers             Chief Judge (FT)                   119,500
Yonkers             City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
  S  6.  Transition.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, for
purposes of this act:
  (a) On the effective date of this section:
  (i) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished  and
replaced  by  a  full-time  judgeship: the part-time city court judge of
Albany, the part-time city court judge of Binghamton, the part-time city
court judge of Ithaca, the part-time city court judge of Jamestown,  the
part-time  city  court judge of Kingston, the part-time city court judge
of Lockport, the part-time city judge of Middletown, the part-time  city
court  judge  of New Rochelle, the part-time city court judge of Norwich
whose office is paid the greater compensation on such  date,  the  part-
time city court judge of Oneida whose office is paid the greater compen-

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sation  on  such  date,  the part-time city court judge of Oneonta whose
office is paid the greater compensation on such date, the part-time city
court judge of Rome, the part-time city court judge of Saratoga Springs,
the part-time city court judge of Watertown and the part-time city court
judge  of  White  Plains.   Each person in a judgeship abolished by this
subdivision shall continue in service in the  full-time  judgeship  that
replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder for the remainder of the
term of office to which he or she was selected in such abolished  judge-
ship  except  that  the person who continues in service in the full-time
judgeship that replaces the abolished judgeship in  the  city  court  of
Lockport  shall  do  so  until  the  thirty-first  day  of December next
succeeding the date on which such term of office would otherwise expire;
and
  (ii) the office of the elected part-time city court judge of Salamanca
shall receive the increase in compensation provided in section 221-i  of
the judiciary law as amended by section five of this act.
  (b)  The  new  offices  of full-time city court judge in the cities of
Buffalo, Newburgh, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy  and  Yonkers,
respectively,  shall  first  be  filled  by election at the next general
election at which they can be filled for a full term to commence January
first next thereafter.  Upon the first occurrence of a  vacancy  in  the
office  of  full-time  city  court  judge  of the city court of Lockport
established by paragraph (i) of subdivision (a)  of  this  section,  the
office  shall  be filled by election for a term commencing the first day
of January next succeeding the election.
  S 7. (a) In the event that the compensation to be paid a  judge  of  a
city  court, as prescribed by this act or any other provision of law, is
lower than the compensation being paid such judge immediately  prior  to
the  effective date of this section, such judge shall, for as long as he
or she holds the office in which he or she is serving on such  effective
date,  receive  such  higher compensation (plus any increases thereto as
shall thereafter be provided by law).
  (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this  act,  this  act  shall  not
extend  or  diminish  any term of judicial office commenced prior to the
effective date of this section.
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that no
changes in the number or compensation of judges, as provided in sections
two and five of this act, may take effect in a city in which a full-time
judgeship  replaces  a  part-time  judgeship  pursuant to this act until
authorized under section six of this act.

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2013-A6552A - Details

Law Section:: Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §2104, UCCA; amd §221-i, Judy L

2013-A6552A - Summary

Relates to judges of city courts; proposes modifications in many city court judgeships including, in some instances, conversion of part-time positions to full-time status.

2013-A6552A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6552--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE, WEINSTEIN, BRINDISI, BRONSON, BUCHWALD,
  SKARTADOS, STECK, WEPRIN, LUPARDO -- (at  request  of  the  Office  of
  Court  Administration)  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Judiciary -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and  Means
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and  the  judiciary  law,  in
  relation to judges of city courts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  (b)  of  section  2104  of  the
uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2006,
is amended to read as follows:
  (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least
five years as of the date he or she commences the duties of office,  and
be  a  resident  of the city in which he or she is elected or appointed,
except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside anywhere in
either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court judge  who  serves  in
the  office  that  formerly  was that of acting judge of the Oneida city
court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of the Peekskill
city court may reside anywhere in Westchester  county,  the  city  court
judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of
the  Port  Jervis  city  court may reside anywhere in either Sullivan or
Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may reside anywhere
in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in the  office  that
formerly  was  that  of acting judge of the Mechanicville city court may
reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of  the  Ogdensburg  city
court  may  reside  anywhere  in  St. Lawrence county, the judges of the
Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer county  and  one
judge  of  the  Cohoes city court AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE WHO SERVES IN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THE OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING JUDGE OF THE WATERVLIET CITY
COURT may reside anywhere in Albany county.
  S 2. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  (d) The number of judges of the city court in each city  shall  be  as
provided  herein.  Full-time  judgeships are specifically so designated,
all others are part-time:
   Par.   Name of city
   1    Albany, [four] FIVE full-time [and one part-time];
   2    Amsterdam, one full-time and one part-time;
   3    Auburn, one full-time and one part-time;
   4    Batavia, one full-time and one part-time;
   5    Beacon, one full-time and one part-time;
   6    Binghamton, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   7    Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time;
   8    Canandaigua, one full-time and one part-time;
   9    Cohoes, two;
   10   Corning, one full-time and one part-time;
   11   Cortland, one full-time and one part-time;
   12   Dunkirk, one full-time and one part-time;
   13   Elmira, two full-time;
   14   Fulton, one full-time and one part-time;
   15   Geneva, three;
   16   Glen Cove, two;
   17   Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;
   18   Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;
   19   Hornell, two;
   20   Hudson, two;
   21   Ithaca, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   22   Jamestown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   23   Johnstown, two;
   24   Kingston, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   25   Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
   26   Little Falls, two;
   27   Lockport, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   28   Long Beach, two full-time;
   29   Mechanicville, two;
   30   Middletown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   31   Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
   32   Newburgh, [two] THREE full-time;
   33   New Rochelle, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   34   Niagara Falls, four full-time;
   35   North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   36   Norwich, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   37   Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;
   38   Olean, one full-time and one part-time;
   39   Oneida, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   40   Oneonta, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   41   Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;
   42   Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;
   43   Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;
   44   Port Jervis, two;
   45   Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
   46   Rensselaer, two;
   47   Rochester, [nine] TEN full-time;

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   48   Rome, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   49   Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
   50   Salamanca, two;
   51   Saratoga Springs, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   52   Schenectady, [three] FOUR full-time;
   53   Sherrill, one;
   54   Syracuse, [eight] NINE full-time;
   55   Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   56   Troy, [one] TWO full-time and one part-time;
   57   Utica, three full-time;
   58   Watertown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   59   Watervliet, two;
   60   White Plains, [three] FOUR full-time [and one part-time];
   61   Yonkers, [six] SEVEN full-time.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of
section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
  (i) by the mayor of the city for which the court on which  he  or  she
will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city
council:  part-time  city  court  judge  of Beacon, part-time city court
judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city
court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in
the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office
pursuant to this subparagraph, [part-time city court  judge  of  Ithaca,
part-time]  city  court judge of Jamestown WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT
WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND THIRTEEN, part-time city court judge of Olean, city court judges of
Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who serves  in  the  office
that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Port Jervis, city
court judges of Rye, city court judge of Salamanca  who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Salamanca
and the [part-time] city court judge of  Watertown  WHO  SERVES  IN  THE
OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN WAS PART-TIME.
  (ii)  by  the city council of the city for which the court on which he
or she will serve has been established: part-time city  court  judge  of
Auburn,  part-time  city  court  judge  of Batavia, part-time city court
judge of Canandaigua, city court judge of Johnstown who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly was that of acting city court judge of Johnstown,
city court judge of Newburgh who serves in  the  office  that  on  March
thirty-first,  two  thousand  one  was  part-time,  city  court judge of
Norwich who serves in the office that [formerly was that of acting  city
court  judge of Norwich] WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, city court  judges  of  Peekskill,
and city court judges of White Plains.
  S  4.  The  opening  paragraph of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1 of
subdivision (e) of section 2104  of  the  uniform  city  court  act,  as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  by the mayor of the city for which the court on which he or  she  will
serve  has been established: [part-time city court judge of Binghamton,]
city court judges of Cohoes, part-time  city  court  judge  of  Dunkirk,
part-time  city  court  judge  of Fulton, city court judge of Geneva who
serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city  court  judge
of  Geneva,  city  court  judge of Hornell who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting city court  judge  of  Hornell,  city  court
judge  of  Hudson  who  serves  in  the office that formerly was that of

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acting city court judge of Hudson, [part-time] city court judge of King-
ston WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
FOURTEEN  WAS  PART-TIME, part-time city court judge of Lackawanna, city
court  judge  of Little Falls who serves in the office that formerly was
that of acting CITY court judge of Little Falls, [part-time  city  court
judge  of Lockport,] city court judge of Mechanicville who serves in the
office that formerly was that of acting city court  judge  of  Mechanic-
ville,  [part-time]  city  court  judge  of Middletown WHO SERVES IN THE
OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR  COMMENCING  JANUARY
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  part-time  city  court  judge of Mount
Vernon, [part-time] city court judge of New Rochelle [and full-time city
court judge of such city who serves in the  office  created  during  the
calendar  year commencing January first, two thousand one] WHO SERVES IN
THE OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING  JANUARY
FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND THIRTEEN AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE OF SUCH CITY WHO
SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WAS AN
APPOINTIVE OFFICE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH,  part-time  city  court
judge  of  North  Tonawanda,  part-time  city court judge of Ogdensburg,
PART-TIME city court judge of Oneida [who  serves  in  the  office  that
formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Oneida], PART-TIME city
court judge of Oneonta [who serves in the office that formerly was  that
of  acting  city  court judge of Oneonta], part-time city court judge of
Oswego, city court judges of Poughkeepsie, city court judge  of  Rensse-
laer  who  serves  in  the  office that formerly was that of acting city
court judge of Rensselaer, [part-time]  city  court  judge  of  Saratoga
Springs  WHO  SERVES  IN THE OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR
YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  part-time  city
court  judge  of Tonawanda and city court judge of Watervliet who serves
in the office that formerly was that  of  acting  city  court  judge  of
Watervliet.    Provided, however, the following special provisions shall
be applicable in the city of Poughkeepsie:
  S 5. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 493  of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S  221-i.  Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city of New
York. [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED  SIXTY-
SEVEN  OF  THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN, THE annual salary of each judge
of a city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows  (where
this  section  provides different salaries for judicial positions on the
same court having the same title, the greater salary shall be  paid  the
person  holding  the  position  paid the greater salary on the day imme-
diately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):

City                Title

Albany              City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Albany             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Amsterdam           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Amsterdam           City Court Judge                   27,200
Auburn              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Auburn              City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Batavia             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Batavia             City Court Judge                   27,200
Beacon              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Beacon              City Court Judge                   27,200
Binghamton          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Binghamton         City Court Judge                   54,400]

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Buffalo             Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Buffalo             City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Canandaigua         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Canandaigua         City Court Judge                   27,200
Cohoes              City Court Judge                   54,400
Corning             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Corning             City Court Judge                   27,200
Cortland            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Cortland            City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Dunkirk             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Dunkirk             City Court Judge                   27,200
Elmira              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge                   27,200
Geneva              City Court Judge                   54,400
Geneva              City Court Judge                   27,200
Glen Cove           City Court Judge                   54,400
Gloversville        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Gloversville        City Court Judge                   27,200
Glens Falls         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Glens Falls         City Court Judge                   27,200
Hornell             City Court Judge                   54,400
Hornell             City Court Judge                   27,200
Hudson              City Court Judge                   54,400
Hudson              City Court Judge                   27,200
Ithaca              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Ithaca             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Jamestown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Jamestown          City Court Judge                   54,400]
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   54,400
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   27,200
Kingston            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Kingston           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Lackawanna          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Lackawanna          City Court Judge                   54,400
Lockport            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Lockport           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Long Beach          City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Little Falls        City Court Judge                   27,200
Mechanicville       City Court Judge                   27,200
Middletown          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Middletown         City Court Judge                   54,400]
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge                   54,400
Newburgh            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Niagara Falls       Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Niagara Falls       City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Norwich             City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Norwich             City Court Judge                   27,200
New Rochelle        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
[New Rochelle       City Court Judge                   54,400]
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge                   54,400
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge                   27,200
Olean               City Court Judge (FT)              108,800

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Olean               City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneida              City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Oneida              City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneonta             City Court Judge(FT)               [54,400] 108,800
Oneonta             City Court Judge                   27,200
Oswego              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Oswego              City Court Judge                   27,200
Peekskill           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Peekskill           City Court Judge                   54,400
Poughkeepsie        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge                   27,200
Port Jervis         City Court Judge                   54,400
[Port Jervis        City Court Judge                   27,200]
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   54,400
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   27,200
Rochester           Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Rochester           City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Rome                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Rome               City Court Judge                   54,400]
Rye                 City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Rye                 City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Salamanca           City Court Judge                   54,400
SALAMANCA           CITY COURT JUDGE                   27,200
Saratoga Springs    City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Saratoga Springs   City Court Judge                   54,400]
Schenectady         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Sherrill            City Court Judge                   27,200
Syracuse            Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Syracuse            City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Tonawanda           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Tonawanda           City Court Judge                   54,400
Troy                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Troy                City Court Judge                   81,600
Utica               Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Utica               City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Watertown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Watertown          City Court Judge                   27,200]
Watervliet          City Court Judge                   54,400
[Watervliet         City Court Judge                   27,200]
White Plains        City Court Judge (FT)              116,800
[White Plains       City Court Judge                   54,400]
Yonkers             Chief Judge (FT)                   119,500
Yonkers             City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
  S  6.  Transition.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, for
purposes of this act:
  (a) On the effective date of this section:
  (i) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished  and
replaced  by  a  full-time  judgeship: the part-time city court judge of
Albany, the part-time city court judge of Binghamton, the part-time city
court judge of Ithaca, the part-time city court judge of Jamestown,  the
part-time  city  court judge of Kingston, the part-time city court judge
of Lockport, the part-time city judge of Middletown, the part-time  city
court  judge  of New Rochelle, the part-time city court judge of Norwich
whose office is paid the greater compensation on such  date,  the  part-
time city court judge of Oneida whose office is paid the greater compen-

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sation  on  such  date,  the part-time city court judge of Oneonta whose
office is paid the greater compensation on such date, the part-time city
court judge of Rome, the part-time city court judge of Saratoga Springs,
the part-time city court judge of Watertown and the part-time city court
judge  of  White  Plains.   Each person in a judgeship abolished by this
subdivision shall continue in service in the  full-time  judgeship  that
replaces  such  abolished  judgeship  hereunder for the remainder of the
term of office to which he or she was selected in such abolished  judge-
ship  except  that  the persons who continue in service in the full-time
judgeships that replace the abolished judgeships in the city  courts  of
Binghamton  and  Lockport,  respectively,  shall do so until the thirty-
first day of December next succeeding the date on  which  such  term  of
office would otherwise expire; and
  (ii) the office of the elected part-time city court judge of Salamanca
shall  receive the increase in compensation provided in section 221-i of
the judiciary law as amended by section five of this act.
  (b) The new offices of full-time city court judge  in  the  cities  of
Buffalo,  Newburgh,  Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy and Yonkers,
respectively, shall first be filled by  election  at  the  next  general
election at which they can be filled for a full term to commence January
first  next thereafter.  For each of the offices of full-time city court
judge established in the cities of Binghamton and Lockport by  paragraph
(i)  of  subdivision (a) of this section, upon the first occurrence of a
vacancy in such office following the effective  date  of  this  section,
such  office shall be filled by election for a term commencing the first
day of January next succeeding the election.
  S 7. (a) In the event that the compensation to be paid a  judge  of  a
city  court, as prescribed by this act or any other provision of law, is
lower than the compensation being paid such judge immediately  prior  to
the  effective date of this section, such judge shall, for as long as he
or she holds the office in which he or she is serving on such  effective
date,  receive  such  higher compensation (plus any increases thereto as
shall thereafter be provided by law).
  (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this  act,  this  act  shall  not
extend  or  diminish  any term of judicial office commenced prior to the
effective date of this section.
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that no
changes in the number or compensation of judges, as provided in sections
two and five of this act, may take effect in a city in which a full-time
judgeship  replaces  a  part-time  judgeship  pursuant to this act until
authorized under section six of this act.

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2013-A6552B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §2104, UCCA; amd §221-i, Judy L

2013-A6552B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to judges of city courts; proposes modifications in many city court judgeships including, in some instances, conversion of part-time positions to full-time status.

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                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6552--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE, WEINSTEIN, BRINDISI, BRONSON, BUCHWALD,
  SKARTADOS, STECK, WEPRIN, LUPARDO -- (at  request  of  the  Office  of
  Court  Administration)  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Judiciary -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and  Means
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said  commit-
  tee  with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
  said committee

AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and  the  judiciary  law,  in
  relation to judges of city courts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision  (b)  of  section  2104  of  the
uniform  city  court act, as amended by chapter 493 of the laws of 2006,
is amended to read as follows:
  (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least
five years as of the date he or she commences the duties of office,  and
be  a  resident  of the city in which he or she is elected or appointed,
except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside anywhere in
either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court judge  who  serves  in
the  office  that  formerly  was that of acting judge of the Oneida city
court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of the Peekskill
city court may reside anywhere in Westchester  county,  the  city  court
judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of
the  Port  Jervis  city  court may reside anywhere in either Sullivan or
Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may reside anywhere
in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in the  office  that
formerly  was  that  of acting judge of the Mechanicville city court may
reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of  the  Ogdensburg  city
court  may  reside  anywhere  in  St. Lawrence county, the judges of the
Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer county  and  one

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                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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judge  of  the  Cohoes city court AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE WHO SERVES IN
THE OFFICE THAT FORMERLY WAS THAT OF ACTING JUDGE OF THE WATERVLIET CITY
COURT may reside anywhere in Albany county.
  S 2. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  (d) The number of judges of the city court in each city  shall  be  as
provided  herein.  Full-time  judgeships are specifically so designated,
all others are part-time:
   Par.   Name of city
   1    Albany, [four] FIVE full-time [and one part-time];
   2    Amsterdam, one full-time and one part-time;
   3    Auburn, one full-time and one part-time;
   4    Batavia, one full-time and one part-time;
   5    Beacon, one full-time and one part-time;
   6    Binghamton, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   7    Buffalo, [thirteen] FOURTEEN full-time;
   8    Canandaigua, one full-time and one part-time;
   9    Cohoes, two;
   10   Corning, one full-time and one part-time;
   11   Cortland, one full-time and one part-time;
   12   Dunkirk, one full-time and one part-time;
   13   Elmira, two full-time;
   14   Fulton, one full-time and one part-time;
   15   Geneva, three;
   16   Glen Cove, two;
   17   Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;
   18   Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;
   19   Hornell, two;
   20   Hudson, two;
   21   Ithaca, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   22   Jamestown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   23   Johnstown, two;
   24   Kingston, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   25   Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
   26   Little Falls, two;
   27   Lockport, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   28   Long Beach, two full-time;
   29   Mechanicville, two;
   30   Middletown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   31   Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
   32   Newburgh, [two] THREE full-time;
   33   New Rochelle, [two] THREE full-time [and one part-time];
   34   Niagara Falls, four full-time;
   35   North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   36   Norwich, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   37   Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;
   38   Olean, one full-time and one part-time;
   39   Oneida, [two] ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME;
   40   Oneonta, two;
   41   Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;
   42   Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;
   43   Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;
   44   Port Jervis, two;
   45   Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
   46   Rensselaer, two;

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   47   Rochester, [nine] TEN full-time;
   48   Rome, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   49   Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
   50   Salamanca, two;
   51   Saratoga Springs, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   52   Schenectady, [three] FOUR full-time;
   53   Sherrill, one;
   54   Syracuse, [eight] NINE full-time;
   55   Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
   56   Troy, [one] TWO full-time and one part-time;
   57   Utica, three full-time;
   58   Watertown, [one] TWO full-time [and one part-time];
   59   Watervliet, two;
   60   White Plains, [three] FOUR full-time [and one part-time];
   61   Yonkers, [six] SEVEN full-time.
  S  3.  Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of
section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
  (i) by the mayor of the city for which the court on which  he  or  she
will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city
council:  part-time  city  court  judge  of Beacon, part-time city court
judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city
court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in
the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office
pursuant to this subparagraph, [part-time city court  judge  of  Ithaca,
part-time]  city  court judge of Jamestown WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT
WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND THIRTEEN, part-time city court judge of Olean, city court judges of
Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who serves  in  the  office
that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Port Jervis, city
court judges of Rye, city court judge of Salamanca  who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Salamanca
and the [part-time] city court judge of  Watertown  WHO  SERVES  IN  THE
OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN WAS PART-TIME.
  (ii)  by  the city council of the city for which the court on which he
or she will serve has been established: part-time city  court  judge  of
Auburn,  part-time  city  court  judge  of Batavia, part-time city court
judge of Canandaigua, city court judge of Johnstown who  serves  in  the
office  that  formerly was that of acting city court judge of Johnstown,
city court judge of Newburgh who serves in  the  office  that  on  March
thirty-first,  two  thousand  one  was  part-time,  city  court judge of
Norwich who serves in the office that [formerly was that of acting  city
court  judge of Norwich] WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, city court  judges  of  Peekskill,
and city court judges of White Plains.
  S  4.  The  opening  paragraph of subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1 of
subdivision (e) of section 2104  of  the  uniform  city  court  act,  as
amended  by  chapter  493  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  by the mayor of the city for which the court on which he or  she  will
serve  has been established: [part-time city court judge of Binghamton,]
city court judges of Cohoes, part-time  city  court  judge  of  Dunkirk,
part-time  city  court  judge  of Fulton, city court judge of Geneva who
serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city  court  judge
of  Geneva,  city  court  judge of Hornell who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting city court  judge  of  Hornell,  city  court

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judge  of  Hudson  who  serves  in  the office that formerly was that of
acting city court judge of Hudson, [part-time] city court judge of King-
ston WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
FOURTEEN  WAS  PART-TIME, part-time city court judge of Lackawanna, city
court judge of Little Falls who serves in the office that  formerly  was
that  of  acting CITY court judge of Little Falls, [part-time city court
judge of Lockport,] city court judge of Mechanicville who serves in  the
office  that  formerly  was that of acting city court judge of Mechanic-
ville, [part-time] city court judge of  Middletown  WHO  SERVES  IN  THE
OFFICE  THAT  WAS  CREATED  DURING  THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  part-time  city  court  judge  of  Mount
Vernon, [part-time] city court judge of New Rochelle [and full-time city
court  judge  of  such  city who serves in the office created during the
calendar year commencing January first, two thousand one] WHO SERVES  IN
THE  OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN AND THE CITY COURT JUDGE OF SUCH  CITY  WHO
SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WAS AN
APPOINTIVE  OFFICE  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, part-time city court
judge of North Tonawanda, part-time  city  court  judge  of  Ogdensburg,
PART-TIME  city  court  judge  of  Oneida [who serves in the office that
formerly was that of acting city court  judge  of  Oneida],  city  court
judge  of  Oneonta  who  serves  in the office that formerly was that of
acting city court judge of Oneonta, part-time city court judge of  Oswe-
go,  city  court  judges of Poughkeepsie, city court judge of Rensselaer
who serves in the office that formerly was that  of  acting  city  court
judge  of  Rensselaer,  [part-time] city court judge of Saratoga Springs
WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT  WAS  CREATED  DURING  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR
COMMENCING  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, part-time city court
judge of Tonawanda and city court judge of Watervliet who serves in  the
office  that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Watervliet.
Provided, however, the following special provisions shall be  applicable
in the city of Poughkeepsie:
  S  5. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 493 of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city  of  New
York.  [The] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-
SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN, THE annual salary of  each  judge
of  a city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows (where
this section provides different salaries for judicial positions  on  the
same  court  having the same title, the greater salary shall be paid the
person holding the position paid the greater salary  on  the  day  imme-
diately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):

City                Title

Albany              City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Albany             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Amsterdam           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Amsterdam           City Court Judge                   27,200
Auburn              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Auburn              City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Batavia             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Batavia             City Court Judge                   27,200
Beacon              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Beacon              City Court Judge                   27,200
Binghamton          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800

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[Binghamton         City Court Judge                   54,400]
Buffalo             Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Buffalo             City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Canandaigua         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Canandaigua         City Court Judge                   27,200
Cohoes              City Court Judge                   54,400
Corning             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Corning             City Court Judge                   27,200
Cortland            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Cortland            City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Dunkirk             City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Dunkirk             City Court Judge                   27,200
Elmira              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Fulton              City Court Judge                   27,200
Geneva              City Court Judge                   54,400
Geneva              City Court Judge                   27,200
Glen Cove           City Court Judge                   54,400
Gloversville        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Gloversville        City Court Judge                   27,200
Glens Falls         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Glens Falls         City Court Judge                   27,200
Hornell             City Court Judge                   54,400
Hornell             City Court Judge                   27,200
Hudson              City Court Judge                   54,400
Hudson              City Court Judge                   27,200
Ithaca              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Ithaca             City Court Judge                   54,400]
Jamestown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Jamestown          City Court Judge                   54,400]
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   54,400
Johnstown           City Court Judge                   27,200
Kingston            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Kingston           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Lackawanna          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Lackawanna          City Court Judge                   54,400
Lockport            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Lockport           City Court Judge                   54,400]
Long Beach          City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Little Falls        City Court Judge                   27,200
Mechanicville       City Court Judge                   27,200
Middletown          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Middletown         City Court Judge                   54,400]
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
Mount Vernon        City Court Judge                   54,400
Newburgh            City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Niagara Falls       Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Niagara Falls       City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Norwich             City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Norwich             City Court Judge                   27,200
New Rochelle        City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
[New Rochelle       City Court Judge                   54,400]
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
North Tonawanda     City Court Judge                   54,400
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Ogdensburg          City Court Judge                   27,200

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Olean               City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Olean               City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneida              City Court Judge (FT)              [54,400] 108,800
Oneida              City Court Judge                   27,200
Oneonta             City Court Judge                   54,400
Oneonta             City Court Judge                   27,200
Oswego              City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Oswego              City Court Judge                   27,200
Peekskill           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Peekskill           City Court Judge                   54,400
Poughkeepsie        City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Plattsburgh         City Court Judge                   27,200
Port Jervis         City Court Judge                   54,400
[Port Jervis        City Court Judge                   27,200]
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   54,400
Rensselaer          City Court Judge                   27,200
Rochester           Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Rochester           City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Rome                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
[Rome               City Court Judge                   54,400]
Rye                 City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Rye                 City Court Judge                   [27,200] 54,400
Salamanca           City Court Judge                   54,400
SALAMANCA           CITY COURT JUDGE                   27,200
Saratoga Springs    City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Saratoga Springs   City Court Judge                   54,400]
Schenectady         City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Sherrill            City Court Judge                   27,200
Syracuse            Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Syracuse            City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Tonawanda           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
Tonawanda           City Court Judge                   54,400
Troy                City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Troy                City Court Judge                   81,600
Utica               Chief Judge (FT)                   115,100
Utica               City Court Judge (FT)              113,900
Watertown           City Court Judge (FT)              108,800
[Watertown          City Court Judge                   27,200]
Watervliet          City Court Judge                   54,400
[Watervliet         City Court Judge                   27,200]
White Plains        City Court Judge (FT)              116,800
[White Plains       City Court Judge                   54,400]
Yonkers             Chief Judge (FT)                   119,500
Yonkers             City Court Judge (FT)              118,300
  S  6.  Transition.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, for
purposes of this act:
  (a) On the effective date of this section:
  (i) each of the following part-time judgeships shall be abolished  and
replaced  by  a  full-time  judgeship: the part-time city court judge of
Albany, the part-time city court judge of Binghamton, the part-time city
court judge of Ithaca, the part-time city court judge of Jamestown,  the
part-time  city  court judge of Kingston, the part-time city court judge
of Lockport, the part-time city judge of Middletown, the part-time  city
court  judge  of New Rochelle, the part-time city court judge of Norwich
whose office is paid the greater compensation on such  date,  the  part-

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time city court judge of Oneida whose office is paid the greater compen-
sation  on  such date, the part-time city court judge of Rome, the part-
time city court judge of Saratoga  Springs,  the  part-time  city  court
judge  of  Watertown and the part-time city court judge of White Plains.
Each person in a judgeship abolished by this subdivision shall  continue
in  service  in  the  full-time  judgeship  that replaces such abolished
judgeship hereunder for the remainder of the term of office to which  he
or  she was selected in such abolished judgeship except that the persons
who continue in service in the full-time  judgeships  that  replace  the
abolished  judgeships  in  the  city  courts of Binghamton and Lockport,
respectively, shall do so until the thirty-first day  of  December  next
succeeding the date on which such term of office would otherwise expire;
and
  (ii) the office of the elected part-time city court judge of Salamanca
shall  receive the increase in compensation provided in section 221-i of
the judiciary law as amended by section five of this act.
  (b) The new offices of full-time city court judge  in  the  cities  of
Buffalo,  Newburgh,  Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy and Yonkers,
respectively, shall first be filled by  election  at  the  next  general
election at which they can be filled for a full term to commence January
first  next thereafter.  For each of the offices of full-time city court
judge established in the cities of Binghamton and Lockport by  paragraph
(i)  of  subdivision (a) of this section, upon the first occurrence of a
vacancy in such office following the effective  date  of  this  section,
such  office shall be filled by election for a term commencing the first
day of January next succeeding the election.
  S 7. (a) In the event that the compensation to be paid a  judge  of  a
city  court, as prescribed by this act or any other provision of law, is
lower than the compensation being paid such judge immediately  prior  to
the  effective date of this section, such judge shall, for as long as he
or she holds the office in which he or she is serving on such  effective
date,  receive  such  higher compensation (plus any increases thereto as
shall thereafter be provided by law).
  (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this  act,  this  act  shall  not
extend  or  diminish  any term of judicial office commenced prior to the
effective date of this section.
  S 8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that no
changes in the number or compensation of judges, as provided in sections
two and five of this act, may take effect in a city in which a full-time
judgeship  replaces  a  part-time  judgeship  pursuant to this act until
authorized under section six of this act.

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