S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8530
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act, in relation to the residence
of the part-time judge of the city court of Lackawanna; and repealing
certain sections of such law relating thereto
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 138 of the laws of 2018,
is REPEALED.
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) 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:
(1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at least
five years as of the date [he or she] SUCH ATTORNEY commences the duties
of office, and be a resident of the city in which [he or she] SUCH
ATTORNEY 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, THE PART-TIME JUDGE OF THE LACKAWANNA CITY COURT MAY
RESIDE ANYWHERE IN ERIE COUNTY and one judge of the Cohoes city court
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11829-01-5
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