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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 22, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Walczyk) --
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 Watertown city court judges
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court
act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013, 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, five full-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, three full-time;
7 Buffalo, 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, two full-time;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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22 Jamestown, two full-time;
23 Johnstown, two;
24 Kingston, two full-time;
25 Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
26 Little Falls, two;
27 Lockport, two full-time;
28 Long Beach, two full-time;
29 Mechanicville, two;
30 Middletown, two full-time;
31 Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
32 Newburgh, three full-time;
33 New Rochelle, three full-time;
34 Niagara Falls, four full-time;
35 North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
36 Norwich, 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, 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;
47 Rochester, ten full-time;
48 Rome, two full-time;
49 Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
50 Salamanca, two;
51 Saratoga Springs, two full-time;
52 Schenectady, four full-time;
53 Sherrill, one;
54 Syracuse, nine full-time;
55 Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
56 Troy, two full-time and one part-time;
57 Utica, three full-time;
58 Watertown, [two] ONE full-time AND ONE
PART-TIME;
59 Watervliet, two;
60 White Plains, four full-time;
61 Yonkers, seven full-time.
§ 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of section
2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 455 of the
laws of 2014, is 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, city court judge of Jamestown 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 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 [and], the city court judge of
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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 WATER-
TOWN WHO SERVES IN THE OFFICE THAT WAS FULL-TIME ON MARCH THIRTY-FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
§ 3. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 548 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city of New
York. 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 immediately
preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):
City Title
Albany City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
Amsterdam City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Amsterdam City Court Judge 27,200
Auburn City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Auburn City Court Judge 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
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 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
Jamestown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Johnstown City Court Judge 54,400
Johnstown City Court Judge 27,200
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Kingston City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Lackawanna City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Lackawanna City Court Judge 54,400
Lockport City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
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
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) 108,800
Norwich City Court Judge 27,200
New Rochelle City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
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
Olean City Court Judge 27,200
Oneida City Court Judge (FT) 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
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
Rye City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Rye City Court Judge 54,400
Salamanca City Court Judge 54,400
Salamanca City Court Judge 27,200
Saratoga Springs City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
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
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Watervliet City Court Judge 54,400
White Plains City Court Judge (FT) 116,800
Yonkers Chief Judge (FT) 119,500
Yonkers City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
§ 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this
act, on the effective date of this section, in Watertown, an acting
full-time judgeship shall be abolished and replaced with a part-time
judgeship. Any person serving in a judgeship abolished by this section
shall continue in service in the part-time judgeship that replaces such
abolished judgeship hereunder for the remainder of the term of office to
which he or she was selected as acting city court judge.
§ 5. (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.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.