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Senate Bill S10331

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the advice and consent of the city council for the appointment of judges by the Mayor of the city of New York

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2025-S10331 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 6 §§13 & 15, Constn

2025-S10331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the advice and consent of the city council when the New York City mayor is appointing judges for family court and city-wide criminal courts.

2025-S10331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10331
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing amendments to sections 13 and 15 of article 6 of the constitu-
   tion,  in  relation  to  requiring  the advice and consent of the city
   council for the appointment of judges by the Mayor of the city of  New
   York
 
   Section  1.  Resolved  (if  the  Assembly concur), That paragraph a of
 section 13 of article 6 of  the  constitution  be  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   a. The family court of the state of New York is hereby established. It
 shall  consist  of at least one judge in each county outside the city of
 New York and such number of additional judges for such counties  as  may
 be provided by law. Within the city of New York it shall consist of such
 number  of  judges  as  may be provided by law. The judges of the family
 court within the city of New York shall be residents of  such  city  and
 shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York, WITH THE ADVICE
 AND  CONSENT  OF THE CITY COUNCIL, for terms of ten years. The judges of
 the family court outside the city of New York, shall be  chosen  by  the
 electors of the counties wherein they reside for terms of ten years.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That paragraph a of section 15
 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   a.  The legislature shall by law establish a single court of city-wide
 civil jurisdiction and a single court of city-wide criminal jurisdiction
 in and for the city of New  York  and  the  legislature  may,  upon  the
 request  of  the mayor and the local legislative body of the city of New
 York, merge the two courts into one city-wide court of  both  civil  and
 criminal  jurisdiction.  The said city-wide courts shall consist of such
 number of judges as may be provided by law. The judges of the  court  of
 city-wide  civil  jurisdiction shall be residents of such city and shall
 be chosen for terms of  ten  years  by  the  electors  of  the  counties
 included within the city of New York from districts within such counties
 established by law. The judges of the court of city-wide criminal juris-
 diction shall be residents of such city and shall be appointed for terms
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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