New York A 7163: Restructures the selection process for judges of the housing part of the civil court of the City of New York; repealer

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A07163 Summary:

BILL NOA07163 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn

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Rpld §110 subs (f) - (i), amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act; amd §6-168, El L; amd §25, Judy L

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Restructures the selection process for judges of the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; relates to designating petitions for candidates for the office of judge of the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; makes conforming changes; abolishes the advisory council for the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York; repeals provisions relating to the selection and appointment of housing court judges.

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BILL NOA07163 

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03/21/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7163

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to
 restructuring the selection process for judges of the housing part of
 the civil court of the city of New York; to amend the election law, in
 relation to designating petitions for candidates for the office of
 judge of the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York;
 to amend the judiciary law, in relation to making conforming changes;
 to abolish the advisory council for the housing part of the civil
 court of the city of New York; and to repeal subdivisions (f), (g),
 (h) and (i) of section 110 of the New York city civil court act relat-
 ing to the selection and appointment of housing court judges

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds the following:
 2 a. The serious issues relating to many residents of the city of New
 3 York remaining in their homes and the maintenance of minimum habitable
 4 conditions in their residential buildings remain some of the most urgent
 5 and important that have to be addressed by all interested groups includ-
 6 ing the tenants, the property owners and operators, the state and city
 7 of New York.
 8 b. The housing part of the civil court of the city of New York was
 9 originally established to enhance the administration of the various
 10 laws, rules and regulations governing housing in New York city and
 11 provide a fair and independent forum to resolve disputes between the
 12 interested and often competing groups. It has not fulfilled all of the
 13 expectations of its creators.
 14 c. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act, particularly
 15 subdivision (f), has created a convoluted, opaque and potentially unrep-
 16 resentative method to select the officers currently presiding in the
 17 housing part of the civil court of the city of New York. It is a method

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11058-01-5

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 1 that is not utilized to elect or appoint any other judge or justice of
 2 any New York state court of record within the city of New York. The
 3 current process, as previously enacted by the legislature, vests that
 4 authority in the office of court administration and not in the voters of
 5 the city or their elected representatives.
 6 d. In order to ensure that all the litigants in this important forum
 7 can obtain a satisfactory and legally compliant resolution in a judicial
 8 proceeding, it is essential to provide that the arbiter of these
 9 disputes is selected in a manner that provides them with the stature,
 10 authority and respect that will promote justice, enhance diversity and
 11 inspire greater public confidence. The legislature proposes the enact-
 12 ment of a statutory framework creating a new structure that would elect
 13 51 housing judges in the same manner as a judge of the civil court of
 14 the city of New York.
 15 § 2. Subdivisions (f), (g), (h) and (i) of section 110 of the