Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A1796

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a third judgeship in the city court of the city of Newburgh, to adjudicate quality of life violations and landlord/tenant disputes

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2013-A1796 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2276
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Uniform City Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2104, UCCA
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A10686, S7700

2013-A1796 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a third judgeship in the city court of the city of Newburgh, to adjudicate quality of life violations and landlord/tenant disputes.

2013-A1796 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1796

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to  establishing
  an  additional  office  of  city judge in the city of Newburgh, in the
  county of Orange

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  32  of  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:
     32   Newburgh, [two] THREE full-time;
  S 2. The new office of city court judge in the city of Newburgh estab-
lished pursuant to this act shall:
  (a)  first be filled by election at the next general election at which
it can be filled for a full term to commence January first  next  there-
after; and
  (b)  hear  and adjudicate causes of action relating to quality of life
violations including, but  not  limited  to,  housing,  building,  fire,
zoning,   health,  waste  collection,  sidewalk,  agricultural  and  air
pollution infractions; and landlord/tenant disputes.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that  no  change
in  the  number of judges, as provided in section one of this act, shall
take effect until authorized pursuant to subdivision (a) of section  two
of this act.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00357-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.