New York S 10139: Relates to the number of judges in family court

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S10139 Summary:

BILL NOS10139 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSRWEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§121 & 131, Fam Ct Act

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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.

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BILL NOS10139 

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04/30/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10139

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 121 of the family court act, as amended by chapter
 2 204 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 121. Number of judges. The family court within the city of New York
 4 shall consist of [sixty-seven] seventy-two judges[, effective January
 5 first, two thousand twenty-five]. There shall be at least one family
 6 court judge resident in each county of the city of New York.
 7 § 2. Section 131 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
 8 subdivision (y) to read as follows:
 9 (y) There shall be two additional family court judges for each of
 10 Westchester and Rockland counties and an additional family court judge
 11 for each of Erie and Niagara counties. The compensation of each such
 12 additional family court judge shall be the same as the compensation paid
 13 to each existing family court judge in the county for which it is estab-
 14 lished.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 16 the positions created by section two of this act shall be filled by
 17 election at the November 2027 election, for a term to commence on the
 18 first day of January, 2028, as if such vacancy occurred on the effective
 19 date of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08363-02-6

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