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§ 221-bb. Additional compensation of justices of the supreme court;
service in appellate term. A justice of the supreme court who shall be
designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to serve in an
appellate term in the manner provided in section eight of article six of
the constitution shall receive, in addition to [his or her] THEIR judi-
cial salary as established by law, the sum of [three] FIVE thousand FOUR
HUNDRED dollars annually as compensation for [his or her] THEIR services
in appellate term. THE PRESIDING JUSTICE SHALL RECEIVE, IN ADDITION TO
ALL OTHER COMPENSATION, INCLUDING FOR THEIR SERVICES IN THE APPELLATE
TERM, THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY AS COMPEN-
SATION FOR THEIR SERVICES AS A PRESIDING JUSTICE.
§ 5. Section 221-c of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-c. Salary of judges of the court of claims. The annual salaries
of the presiding judge and judges of the court of claims shall be as
follows:
Presiding Judge [144,000] 250,100
Judge [136,700] 237,300
§ 6. Section 221-d of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-d. Salary of judges of the county court. The annual salary of
each judge of a county court shall be as follows:
County
Albany [131,400] 228,200
Allegany [119,800] 225,600
Broome [119,800] 225,600
Cattaraugus [119,800] 225,600
Cayuga [122,700] 225,600
Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
Chemung [119,800] 225,600
Chenango [119,800] 225,600
Clinton [121,200] 225,600
Columbia [119,800] 225,600
Cortland [119,800] 225,600
Delaware [119,800] 225,600
Dutchess [125,600] 225,600
Erie [125,600] 225,600
Essex [119,800] 225,600
Franklin [119,800] 225,600
Fulton [119,800] 225,600
Genesee [119,800] 225,600
Greene [119,800] 225,600
Hamilton [119,800] 225,600
Herkimer [119,800] 225,600
Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
Lewis [119,800] 225,600
Livingston [119,800] 225,600
Madison [119,800] 225,600
Monroe [125,600] 225,600
Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
Nassau [136,700] 237,300
Niagara [119,800] 225,600
Oneida [119,800] 225,600
Onondaga [125,600] 225,600
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Ontario [119,800] 225,600
Orange [125,600] 225,600
Orleans [119,800] 225,600
Oswego [119,800] 225,600
Otsego [119,800] 225,600
Putnam [131,400] 228,200
Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
Rockland [125,600] 225,600
St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
Schoharie [119,800] 225,600
Schuyler [119,800] 225,600
Seneca [119,800] 225,600
Steuben [119,800] 225,600
Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
Sullivan [127,000] 225,600
Tioga [119,800] 225,600
Tompkins [122,700] 225,600
Ulster [131,400] 228,200
Warren [119,800] 225,600
Washington [119,800] 225,600
Wayne [119,800] 225,600
Westchester [136,700] 237,300
Wyoming [119,800] 225,600
Yates [119,800] 225,600
§ 7. Section 221-e of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-e. Salary of judges of the family court. The annual salary of
each judge of a family court shall be as follows:
County
Albany [119,800] 225,600
Broome [125,600] 225,600
Bronx [136,700] 237,300
Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
Chemung [119,800] 225,600
Dutchess [125,600] 225,600
Erie [125,600] 225,600
Fulton [119,800] 225,600
Genesee [119,800] 225,600
Herkimer [119,800] 225,600
Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
Kings [136,700] 237,300
Monroe [125,600] 225,600
Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
Nassau [136,700] 237,300
New York [136,700] 237,300
Niagara [119,800] 225,600
Oneida [125,600] 225,600
Onondaga [125,600] 225,600
Orange [125,600] 225,600
Oswego [119,800] 225,600
Queens [136,700] 237,300
Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
Richmond [136,700] 237,300
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Rockland [125,600] 225,600
St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
Sullivan [127,000] 225,600
Ulster [127,000] 225,600
Warren [119,800] 225,600
Westchester [136,700] 237,300
§ 8. Section 221-f of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 290 of
the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-f. Salary of judges of the surrogate's court. The annual salary
of each judge of a surrogate's court shall be as follows:
County
Albany [119,800] 225,600
Broome [119,800] 225,600
Bronx [136,700] 237,300
Cayuga [119,800] 225,600
Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
Clinton [121,200] 225,600
Dutchess [135,800] 235,900
Erie [129,900] 225,700
Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
Kings [136,700] 237,300
Monroe [135,800] 235,900
Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
Nassau [136,700] 237,300
New York [136,700] 237,300
Oneida [119,800] 225,600
Onondaga [135,800] 235,900
Ontario [119,800] 225,600
Orange [125,600] 225,600
Oswego [119,800] 225,600
Queens [136,700] 237,300
Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
Richmond [136,700] 237,300
Rockland [125,600] 225,600
St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
Steuben [119,800] 225,600
Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
Ulster [119,800] 225,600
Westchester [136,700] 237,300
§ 9. Section 221-g of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 221-g. Salary of judges of the civil court of the city of New York
and the criminal court of the city of New York. The annual salaries of
judges of the civil court of the city of New York and of the criminal
court of the city of New York shall be as follows:
Judge of the Civil Court [125,600] 220,800
Judge of the Criminal Court [125,600] 220,800
§ 10. Section 221-h of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
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§ 221-h. Salary of judges of the district court. The annual salaries
of the presidents of the boards of judges and judges of the district
court in Nassau and Suffolk counties shall be as follows:
District Court in
Nassau County
President of the
Board of Judges [126,900] 220,800
Judge [122,700] 220,800
District Court in
Suffolk County
President of the
Board of Judges [126,900] 220,800
Judge [122,700] 220,800
§ 11. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 330 of
the laws of 2020, 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] 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 imme-
diately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect)]:
City Title
Albany City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Amsterdam City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Amsterdam City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Auburn City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Auburn City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Batavia City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Batavia City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Beacon City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Beacon City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Binghamton City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Buffalo Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
Buffalo City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Canandaigua City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Canandaigua City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Cohoes City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Corning City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Corning City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Cortland City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Cortland City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Dunkirk City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Dunkirk City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Elmira City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Fulton City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Fulton City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Geneva City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Geneva City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Glen Cove City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
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GLENS FALLS CITY COURT JUDGE (FT) 220,800
GLENS FALLS CITY COURT JUDGE (PT) 55,200
Gloversville City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Gloversville City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
[Glens Falls City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
Glens Falls City Court Judge 27,200]
Hornell City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Hornell City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Hudson City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Hudson City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Ithaca City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Jamestown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Johnstown City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Johnstown City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Kingston City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Lackawanna City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Lackawanna City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Lockport City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Long Beach City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
Little Falls City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Mechanicville City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Middletown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Mount Vernon City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
Mount Vernon City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Newburgh City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
NEW ROCHELLE CITY COURT JUDGE (FT) 220,800
Niagara Falls Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
Niagara Falls City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
NORTH TONAWANDA CITY COURT JUDGE (FT) 220,800
NORTH TONAWANDA CITY COURT JUDGE (PT) 110,400
Norwich City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Norwich City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
[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] 220,800
Ogdensburg City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Olean City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Olean City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Oneida City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Oneida City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Oneonta City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Oneonta City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Oswego City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Oswego City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Peekskill City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Peekskill City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
[Poughkeepsie City Court Judge (FT) 108,800]
Plattsburgh City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Plattsburgh City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Port Jervis City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
POUGHKEEPSIE CITY COURT JUDGE (FT) 220,800
Rensselaer City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Rensselaer City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Rochester Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
Rochester City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
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Rome City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Rye City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Rye City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Salamanca City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Salamanca City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Saratoga Springs City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Schenectady City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Sherrill City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Syracuse Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
Syracuse City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Tonawanda City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
Troy City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Troy City Court Judge (PT) [81,600] 165,600
Utica Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
Utica City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
Watertown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
Watertown City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
Watervliet City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
White Plains City Court Judge (FT) [116,800] 220,800
Yonkers Chief Judge (FT) [119,500] 220,800
Yonkers City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
§ 12. Section 223 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of the
laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 223. Compensation of deputy chief administrators of the courts and
deputy or assistant administrative judges. (a) A judge who is designated
the deputy chief administrator of the courts for the city of New York,
and a judge who is designated the deputy chief administrator of the
courts outside the city of New York shall each receive an annual salary
equal to the annual salary paid to an associate justice of the appellate
division of the supreme court.
(b) A judge who is designated a deputy or assistant administrative
judge within the city of New York and a judge who is designated an
administrative judge for a judicial district or county outside the city
of New York shall receive, in addition to [his or her] SUCH JUDGE'S
judicial salary, the sum of [four] EIGHT thousand [eight] SIX hundred
dollars annually as compensation for [his or her] SUCH JUDGE'S services
as an administrative judge[; except that the presiding judge of an
appellate term shall receive, in addition to all other compensation, the
sum of three thousand dollars annually as compensation for his or her
services as an administrative judge].
§ 13. Subdivision (f) of section 110 of the New York city civil court
act, as amended by chapter 725 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
as follows:
(f) The housing judges shall be appointed by the administrative judge
from a list of persons selected annually as qualified by training,
interest, experience, judicial temperament, ability to handle a caseload
involving self-represented litigants and knowledge of federal, state and
local housing laws and programs by the advisory council for the housing
part. The list of persons who have been approved by such advisory coun-
cil, whether or not appointed to such judicial position, shall be deemed
public information and be published in the city record immediately after
such list is submitted to the administrative judge. The annual salary
of a housing judge shall be [one] TWO hundred [fifteen] TWENTY thousand
[four] EIGHT hundred dollars.
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§ 14. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act,
as amended by chapter 330 of the laws of 2020, 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 PART-TIME;
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 PART-TIME;
16 Glen Cove, two PART-TIME;
17 Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;
18 Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;
19 Hornell, two PART-TIME;
20 Hudson, two PART-TIME;
21 Ithaca, two full-time;
22 Jamestown, two full-time;
23 Johnstown, two PART-TIME;
24 Kingston, two full-time;
25 Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
26 Little Falls, two PART-TIME;
27 Lockport, two full-time;
28 Long Beach, two full-time;
29 Mechanicville, two PART-TIME;
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 PART-TIME;
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 PART-TIME;
45 Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
46 Rensselaer, two PART-TIME;
47 Rochester, ten full-time;
48 Rome, two full-time;
49 Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
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50 Salamanca, two PART-TIME;
51 Saratoga Springs, two full-time;
52 Schenectady, four full-time;
53 Sherrill, one PART-TIME;
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, one full-time and one part-time;
59 Watervliet, two PART-TIME;
60 White Plains, four full-time;
61 Yonkers, seven full-time.
§ 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed to supplant or overrule
any recommendation made by the commission operating pursuant to part E
of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015. This act is intended to codify the
recommendations made by such commission and to update the laws relevant
to judicial salaries in advance of the commission making recommendations
in 2028. In the event of a conflict between an existing recommendation
of that commission and this act, such recommendation shall govern such
conflict. Any conflict shall be construed narrowly to give effect to
the recommendations of the commission, followed by the specific language
of this act.
§ 16. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.