New York S 8418: Relates to authorizing additional bonds of the New York city transitional finance authority related to the epidemic resulting from spread of the disease known as COVID-19

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S08418 Summary:

BILL NOS08418 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08883

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§70, 140 & 140-a, Judy L

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Provides that in the fourth judicial department, two new districts, fourteen and fifteen are added; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS08418 

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06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1951

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8883

&nbspA08883 AMEND= Rivera

&nbsp06/09/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/12/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/12/2025reported 

&nbsp06/12/2025rules report cal.700

&nbsp06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.700

&nbsp06/12/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/12/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/12/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S8418

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.1951

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/31/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/09/2026pocket veto - veto.165

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8418

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to judicial departments

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

 1 Section 1. Section 70 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 690
 2 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 70. Judicial departments. The state is hereby divided into four
 4 judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties
 5 embraced within the first and twelfth judicial districts; the second
 6 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the second,
 7 ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth judicial districts; the third
 8 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the third,
 9 fourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth department shall consist
 10 of the counties embraced within the fifth, seventh [and], eighth, four-
 11 teenth, and fifteenth judicial districts.
 12 § 2. Section 140 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 10 of the
 13 laws of 1948, the opening paragraph and the second undesignated para-
 14 graph as amended and the thirteenth undesignated paragraph as added by
 15 chapter 690 of the laws of 2007, the first undesignated paragraph as
 16 amended by chapter 1006 of the laws of 1981, the tenth undesignated
 17 paragraph as amended and the eleventh undesignated paragraph as added by
 18 chapter 692 of the laws of 1962, and the twelfth undesignated paragraph
 19 as amended by chapter 38 of the laws of 1982, is amended and two new
 20 undesignated paragraphs fourteen and fifteen are added to read as
 21 follows:
 22 § 140. Division of state into judicial districts. The state is hereby
 23 divided into [thirteen] fifteen judicial districts, pursuant to the
 24 provisions of the first section of the sixth article of the constitu-
 25 tion, which districts shall be arranged as follows:
 26 The first judicial district shall consist of the county of New York;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13372-02-5

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 1 The second judicial district shall consist of the county of Kings;
 2 The third judicial district shall consist of the counties of Columbia,
 3 Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer;
 4 The fourth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Warren,
 5 Saratoga, Washington, Essex, Franklin, Saint Lawrence, Clinton, Montgom-
 6 ery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady;
 7 The fifth judicial district shall consist of the counties of [Ononda-
 8 ga,] Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson [and], Lewis, Cayuga, Ontario,
 9 Seneca, Wayne and Yates;
 10 The sixth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Otsego,
 11 Delaware, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland
 12 and Schuyler;
 13