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Senate Bill S7467

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of judges in family court

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2025-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6492

2025-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of family court judges in the city of New York to seventy-two; provides for two additional family court judges for each of Westchester and Rockland counties and an additional family court judge for each of Erie and Niagara counties.

2025-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7467
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  WEBER  --  read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
   ary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the number of judg-
   es in family court
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 121 of the family court act, as amended by  chapter
 204 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   §  121. Number of judges. The family court within the city of New York
 shall consist of [sixty-seven] SEVENTY-TWO  judges[,  effective  January
 first,  two  thousand  twenty-five].  There shall be at least one family
 court judge resident in each county of the city of New York.
   § 2. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision (y) to read as follows:
   (Y)  THERE  SHALL  BE  TWO  ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGES FOR EACH OF
 WESTCHESTER AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES AND AN ADDITIONAL FAMILY  COURT  JUDGE
 FOR  EACH  OF  ERIE  AND NIAGARA COUNTIES. THE COMPENSATION OF EACH SUCH
 ADDITIONAL FAMILY COURT JUDGE SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COMPENSATION PAID
 TO EACH EXISTING FAMILY COURT JUDGE IN THE COUNTY FOR WHICH IT IS ESTAB-
 LISHED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  positions  created  by  section  two of this act shall be filled by
 election at the November 4, 2025 election, for a term to commence on the
 first day of January, 2026, as if such vacancy occurred on the effective
 date of this act.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08363-01-5

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