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Senate Bill S10444

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the salaries of judges

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2025-S10444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Judy L, generally; amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act; amd §2104, UCCA

2025-S10444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the salaries of judges, justices, administrators of the courts and administrative judges in various courts.

2025-S10444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10444
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- (at request of the Unified Court System)
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the judiciary law, the New York city civil court act,
   and the uniform city court act, in relation to increasing the salaries
   of judges

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 221 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630
 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 221. Salary of judges of the court of appeals. The  annual  salaries
 of the chief judge and associate judges of the court of appeals shall be
 as follows:
 
 Chief Judge            [156,000] 271,000
 Associate Judge        [151,200] 262,700
   §  2.  Section  221-a of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 221-a. Salary of justices of  the  appellate  divisions  of  supreme
 court.    The  annual  salaries  of the presiding justices and associate
 justices of the appellate divisions of the supreme  court  shall  be  as
 follows:
 
 Presiding Justice      [147,600] 256,400
 Associate Justice      [144,000] 250,100
   §  3.  Section  221-b of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 221-b. Salary of justices of the supreme court. The annual salary of
 a justice of the supreme court shall be as follows:
 
 Justice      [136,700] 237,300
   § 4. Section 221-bb of the judiciary law, as added by chapter  630  of
 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14877-01-6
              

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