New York A 6134: Establishes the fourteenth judicial district

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A06134 Summary:

BILL NOA06134 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01944

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SPONSORBrabenec

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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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Establishes the fourteenth judicial district which shall consist of the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland.

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BILL NOA06134 

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02/26/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6134

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to creating a fourteenth
 judicial district

 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 and fourteenth judicial
 8 districts; the third department shall consist of the counties embraced
 9 within the third, fourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth
 10 department shall consist of the counties embraced within the fifth,
 11 seventh and eighth judicial districts.
 12 § 2. The opening paragraph and the ninth undesignated paragraph of
 13 section 140 of the judiciary law, the opening paragraph as amended by
 14 chapter 690 of the laws of 2007 and the ninth undesignated paragraph as
 15 amended by chapter 10 of the laws of 1948, are amended and a new four-
 16 teenth undesignated paragraph is added to read as follows:
 17 The state is hereby divided into [thirteen] fourteen judicial
 18 districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the sixth
 19 article of the constitution, which districts shall be arranged as
 20 follows:
 21 The ninth judicial district shall consist of the [counties] county of
 22 Westchester[, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland];
 23 The fourteenth judicial district shall consist of the counties of
 24 Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland. The creation of such fourteenth
 25 district shall not affect or impair the rights, privileges or compen-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03502-01-5

 A. 6134 2

 1 sation of any officer or employee of the supreme court in office on the
 2 first day of January, two thousand twenty-six in the ninth judicial
 3 district as theretofore constituted; each such officer or employee
 4 employed in the counties of Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, and Rockland on
 5 such date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the fourteenth
 6 judicial district and each such officer or employee employed in the
 7 county of Westchester on such date shall thereafter be an officer or
 8 employee for the ninth judicial district.
 9 § 3. Section 140-a of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 749 of
 10 the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 140-a. Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district.
 12 The number of justices of the supreme court in each judicial district
 13 shall be as follows:
 14 1. First district, thirty-eight;
 15 2. Second district, fifty-three;
 16 3. Third district, seventeen;
 17 4. Fourth district, fourteen;
 18 5. Fifth district, nineteen;
 19 6. Sixth district, eleven;
 20 7. Seventh district, twenty;
 21 8. Eighth district, twenty-eight;
 22 9. Ninth district, [thirty-four] eighteen;
 23 10. Tenth district, fifty-one;
 24 11. Eleventh district, forty-four;
 25 12. Twelfth district, twenty-nine;
 26 13. Thirteenth district, nine;
 27 14. Fourteenth district, eleven.
 28 No person may serve in the office of justice of the supreme court
 29 unless [he or she] such person has been admitted to practice