STATE OF NEW YORK
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10444
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- (at request of the Unified Court System)
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, the New York city civil court act,
and the uniform city court act, in relation to increasing the salaries
of judges
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 221 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630
2 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 221. Salary of judges of the court of appeals. The annual salaries
4 of the chief judge and associate judges of the court of appeals shall be
5 as follows:
6 Chief Judge [156,000] 271,000
7 Associate Judge [151,200] 262,700
8 § 2. Section 221-a of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
9 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
10 § 221-a. Salary of justices of the appellate divisions of supreme
11 court. The annual salaries of the presiding justices and associate
12 justices of the appellate divisions of the supreme court shall be as
13 follows:
14 Presiding Justice [147,600] 256,400
15 Associate Justice [144,000] 250,100
16 § 3. Section 221-b of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
17 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
18 § 221-b. Salary of justices of the supreme court. The annual salary of
19 a justice of the supreme court shall be as follows:
20 Justice [136,700] 237,300
21 § 4. Section 221-bb of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
22 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 221-bb. Additional compensation of justices of the supreme court;
2 service in appellate term. A justice of the supreme court who shall be
3 designated by the appellate division of the supreme court to serve in an
4 appellate term in the manner provided in section eight of article six of
5 the constitution shall receive, in addition to [his or her] their judi-
6 cial salary as established by law, the sum of [three] five thousand four
7 hundred dollars annually as compensation for [his or her] their services
8 in appellate term. The presiding justice shall receive, in addition to
9 all other compensation, including for their services in the appellate
10 term, the sum of five thousand two hundred dollars annually as compen-
11 sation for their services as a presiding justice.
12 § 5. Section 221-c of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
13 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
14 § 221-c. Salary of judges of the court of claims. The annual salaries
15 of the presiding judge and judges of the court of claims shall be as
16 follows:
17 Presiding Judge [144,000] 250,100
18 Judge [136,700] 237,300
19 § 6. Section 221-d of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
20 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
21 § 221-d. Salary of judges of the county court. The annual salary of
22 each judge of a county court shall be as follows:
23 County
24 Albany [131,400] 228,200
25 Allegany [119,800] 225,600
26 Broome [119,800] 225,600
27 Cattaraugus [119,800] 225,600
28 Cayuga [122,700] 225,600
29 Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
30 Chemung [119,800] 225,600
31 Chenango [119,800] 225,600
32 Clinton [121,200] 225,600
33 Columbia [119,800] 225,600
34 Cortland [119,800] 225,600
35 Delaware [119,800] 225,600
36 Dutchess [125,600] 225,600
37 Erie [125,600] 225,600
38 Essex [119,800] 225,600
39 Franklin [119,800] 225,600
40 Fulton [119,800] 225,600
41 Genesee [119,800] 225,600
42 Greene [119,800] 225,600
43 Hamilton [119,800] 225,600
44 Herkimer [119,800] 225,600
45 Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
46 Lewis [119,800] 225,600
47 Livingston [119,800] 225,600
48 Madison [119,800] 225,600
49 Monroe [125,600] 225,600
50 Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
51 Nassau [136,700] 237,300
52 Niagara [119,800] 225,600
53 Oneida [119,800] 225,600
54 Onondaga [125,600] 225,600
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1 Ontario [119,800] 225,600
2 Orange [125,600] 225,600
3 Orleans [119,800] 225,600
4 Oswego [119,800] 225,600
5 Otsego [119,800] 225,600
6 Putnam [131,400] 228,200
7 Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
8 Rockland [125,600] 225,600
9 St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
10 Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
11 Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
12 Schoharie [119,800] 225,600
13 Schuyler [119,800] 225,600
14 Seneca [119,800] 225,600
15 Steuben [119,800] 225,600
16 Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
17 Sullivan [127,000] 225,600
18 Tioga [119,800] 225,600
19 Tompkins [122,700] 225,600
20 Ulster [131,400] 228,200
21 Warren [119,800] 225,600
22 Washington [119,800] 225,600
23 Wayne [119,800] 225,600
24 Westchester [136,700] 237,300
25 Wyoming [119,800] 225,600
26 Yates [119,800] 225,600
27 § 7. Section 221-e of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
28 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
29 § 221-e. Salary of judges of the family court. The annual salary of
30 each judge of a family court shall be as follows:
31 County
32 Albany [119,800] 225,600
33 Broome [125,600] 225,600
34 Bronx [136,700] 237,300
35 Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
36 Chemung [119,800] 225,600
37 Dutchess [125,600] 225,600
38 Erie [125,600] 225,600
39 Fulton [119,800] 225,600
40 Genesee [119,800] 225,600
41 Herkimer [119,800] 225,600
42 Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
43 Kings [136,700] 237,300
44 Monroe [125,600] 225,600
45 Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
46 Nassau [136,700] 237,300
47 New York [136,700] 237,300
48 Niagara [119,800] 225,600
49 Oneida [125,600] 225,600
50 Onondaga [125,600] 225,600
51 Orange [125,600] 225,600
52 Oswego [119,800] 225,600
53 Queens [136,700] 237,300
54 Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
55 Richmond [136,700] 237,300
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1 Rockland [125,600] 225,600
2 St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
3 Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
4 Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
5 Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
6 Sullivan [127,000] 225,600
7 Ulster [127,000] 225,600
8 Warren [119,800] 225,600
9 Westchester [136,700] 237,300
10 § 8. Section 221-f of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 290 of
11 the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
12 § 221-f. Salary of judges of the surrogate's court. The annual salary
13 of each judge of a surrogate's court shall be as follows:
14 County
15 Albany [119,800] 225,600
16 Broome [119,800] 225,600
17 Bronx [136,700] 237,300
18 Cayuga [119,800] 225,600
19 Chautauqua [119,800] 225,600
20 Clinton [121,200] 225,600
21 Dutchess [135,800] 235,900
22 Erie [129,900] 225,700
23 Jefferson [119,800] 225,600
24 Kings [136,700] 237,300
25 Monroe [135,800] 235,900
26 Montgomery [119,800] 225,600
27 Nassau [136,700] 237,300
28 New York [136,700] 237,300
29 Oneida [119,800] 225,600
30 Onondaga [135,800] 235,900
31 Ontario [119,800] 225,600
32 Orange [125,600] 225,600
33 Oswego [119,800] 225,600
34 Queens [136,700] 237,300
35 Rensselaer [119,800] 225,600
36 Richmond [136,700] 237,300
37 Rockland [125,600] 225,600
38 St. Lawrence [119,800] 225,600
39 Saratoga [119,800] 225,600
40 Schenectady [119,800] 225,600
41 Steuben [119,800] 225,600
42 Suffolk [136,700] 237,300
43 Ulster [119,800] 225,600
44 Westchester [136,700] 237,300
45 § 9. Section 221-g of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
46 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
47 § 221-g. Salary of judges of the civil court of the city of New York
48 and the criminal court of the city of New York. The annual salaries of
49 judges of the civil court of the city of New York and of the criminal
50 court of the city of New York shall be as follows:
51 Judge of the Civil Court [125,600] 220,800
52 Judge of the Criminal Court [125,600] 220,800
53 § 10. Section 221-h of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of
54 the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
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1 § 221-h. Salary of judges of the district court. The annual salaries
2 of the presidents of the boards of judges and judges of the district
3 court in Nassau and Suffolk counties shall be as follows:
4 District Court in
5 Nassau County
6 President of the
7 Board of Judges [126,900] 220,800
8 Judge [122,700] 220,800
9 District Court in
10 Suffolk County
11 President of the
12 Board of Judges [126,900] 220,800
13 Judge [122,700] 220,800
14 § 11. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 330 of
15 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
16 § 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city of New
17 York. [Except as otherwise provided by chapter five hundred sixty-seven
18 of the laws of two thousand ten, the] The annual salary of each judge of
19 a city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows [(where
20 this section provides different salaries for judicial positions on the
21 same court having the same title, the greater salary shall be paid the
22 person holding the position paid the greater salary on the day imme-
23 diately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect)]:
24 City Title
25 Albany City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
26 Amsterdam City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
27 Amsterdam City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
28 Auburn City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
29 Auburn City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
30 Batavia City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
31 Batavia City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
32 Beacon City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
33 Beacon City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
34 Binghamton City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
35 Buffalo Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
36 Buffalo City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
37 Canandaigua City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
38 Canandaigua City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
39 Cohoes City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
40 Corning City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
41 Corning City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
42 Cortland City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
43 Cortland City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
44 Dunkirk City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
45 Dunkirk City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
46 Elmira City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
47 Fulton City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
48 Fulton City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
49 Geneva City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
50 Geneva City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
51 Glen Cove City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
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1 Glens FallsCity Court Judge (FT)220,800
2 Glens FallsCity Court Judge (PT)55,200
3 Gloversville City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
4 Gloversville City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
5 [Glens Falls City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
6 Glens Falls City Court Judge 27,200]
7 Hornell City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
8 Hornell City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
9 Hudson City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
10 Hudson City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
11 Ithaca City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
12 Jamestown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
13 Johnstown City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
14 Johnstown City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
15 Kingston City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
16 Lackawanna City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
17 Lackawanna City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
18 Lockport City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
19 Long Beach City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
20 Little Falls City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
21 Mechanicville City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
22 Middletown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
23 Mount Vernon City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
24 Mount Vernon City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
25 Newburgh City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
26 New RochelleCity Court Judge (FT)220,800
27 Niagara Falls Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
28 Niagara Falls City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
29 North TonawandaCity Court Judge (FT)220,800
30 North TonawandaCity Court Judge (PT) 110,400
31 Norwich City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
32 Norwich City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
33 [New Rochelle City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
34 North Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
35 North Tonawanda City Court Judge 54,400]
36 Ogdensburg City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
37 Ogdensburg City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
38 Olean City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
39 Olean City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
40 Oneida City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
41 Oneida City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
42 Oneonta City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
43 Oneonta City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
44 Oswego City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
45 Oswego City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
46 Peekskill City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
47 Peekskill City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
48 [Poughkeepsie City Court Judge (FT) 108,800]
49 Plattsburgh City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
50 Plattsburgh City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
51 Port Jervis City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
52 PoughkeepsieCity Court Judge (FT)220,800
53 Rensselaer City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
54 Rensselaer City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
55 Rochester Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
56 Rochester City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
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1 Rome City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
2 Rye City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
3 Rye City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
4 Salamanca City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
5 Salamanca City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
6 Saratoga Springs City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
7 Schenectady City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
8 Sherrill City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
9 Syracuse Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
10 Syracuse City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
11 Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
12 Tonawanda City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
13 Troy City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
14 Troy City Court Judge (PT) [81,600] 165,600
15 Utica Chief Judge (FT) [115,100] 220,800
16 Utica City Court Judge (FT) [113,900] 220,800
17 Watertown City Court Judge (FT) [108,800] 220,800
18 Watertown City Court Judge (PT) [27,200] 55,200
19 Watervliet City Court Judge (PT) [54,400] 110,400
20 White Plains City Court Judge (FT) [116,800] 220,800
21 Yonkers Chief Judge (FT) [119,500] 220,800
22 Yonkers City Court Judge (FT) [118,300] 220,800
23 § 12. Section 223 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 630 of the
24 laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
25 § 223. Compensation of deputy chief administrators of the courts and
26 deputy or assistant administrative judges. (a) A judge who is designated
27 the deputy chief administrator of the courts for the city of New York,
28 and a judge who is designated the deputy chief administrator of the
29 courts outside the city of New York shall each receive an annual salary
30 equal to the annual salary paid to an associate justice of the appellate
31 division of the supreme court.
32 (b) A judge who is designated a deputy or assistant administrative
33 judge within the city of New York and a judge who is designated an
34 administrative judge for a judicial district or county outside the city
35 of New York shall receive, in addition to [his or her] such judge's
36 judicial salary, the sum of [four] eight thousand [eight] six hundred
37 dollars annually as compensation for [his or her] such judge's services
38 as an administrative judge[; except that the presiding judge of an
39 appellate term shall receive, in addition to all other compensation, the
40 sum of three thousand dollars annually as compensation for his or her
41 services as an administrative judge].
42 § 13. Subdivision (f) of section 110 of the New York city civil court
43 act, as amended by chapter 725 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
44 as follows:
45 (f) The housing judges shall be appointed by the administrative judge
46 from a list of persons selected annually as qualified by training,
47 interest, experience, judicial temperament, ability to handle a caseload
48 involving self-represented litigants and knowledge of federal, state and
49 local housing laws and programs by the advisory council for the housing
50 part. The list of persons who have been approved by such advisory coun-
51 cil, whether or not appointed to such judicial position, shall be deemed
52 public information and be published in the city record immediately after
53 such list is submitted to the administrative judge. The annual salary
54 of a housing judge shall be [one] two hundred [fifteen] twenty thousand
55 [four] eight hundred dollars.
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1 § 14. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act,
2 as amended by chapter 330 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (d) The number of judges of the city court in each city shall be as
5 provided herein. Full-time judgeships are specifically so designated,
6 all others are part-time:
7 Par. Name of city
8 1 Albany, five full-time;
9 2 Amsterdam, one full-time and one part-time;
10 3 Auburn, one full-time and one part-time;
11 4 Batavia, one full-time and one part-time;
12 5 Beacon, one full-time and one part-time;
13 6 Binghamton, three full-time;
14 7 Buffalo, fourteen full-time;
15 8 Canandaigua, one full-time and one part-time;
16 9 Cohoes, two part-time;
17 10 Corning, one full-time and one part-time;
18 11 Cortland, one full-time and one part-time;
19 12 Dunkirk, one full-time and one part-time;
20 13 Elmira, two full-time;
21 14 Fulton, one full-time and one part-time;
22 15 Geneva, three part-time;
23 16 Glen Cove, two part-time;
24 17 Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;
25 18 Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;
26 19 Hornell, two part-time;
27 20 Hudson, two part-time;
28 21 Ithaca, two full-time;
29 22 Jamestown, two full-time;
30 23 Johnstown, two part-time;
31 24 Kingston, two full-time;
32 25 Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
33 26 Little Falls, two part-time;
34 27 Lockport, two full-time;
35 28 Long Beach, two full-time;
36 29 Mechanicville, two part-time;
37 30 Middletown, two full-time;
38 31 Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
39 32 Newburgh, three full-time;
40 33 New Rochelle, three full-time;
41 34 Niagara Falls, four full-time;
42 35 North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
43 36 Norwich, one full-time and one part-time;
44 37 Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;
45 38 Olean, one full-time and one part-time;
46 39 Oneida, one full-time and one part-time;
47 40 Oneonta, two part-time;
48 41 Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;
49 42 Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;
50 43 Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;
51 44 Port Jervis, two part-time;
52 45 Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
53 46 Rensselaer, two part-time;
54 47 Rochester, ten full-time;
55 48 Rome, two full-time;
56 49 Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
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1 50 Salamanca, two part-time;
2 51 Saratoga Springs, two full-time;
3 52 Schenectady, four full-time;
4 53 Sherrill, one part-time;
5 54 Syracuse, nine full-time;
6 55 Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
7 56 Troy, two full-time and one part-time;
8 57 Utica, three full-time;
9 58 Watertown, one full-time and one part-time;
10 59 Watervliet, two part-time;
11 60 White Plains, four full-time;
12 61 Yonkers, seven full-time.
13 § 15. Nothing in this act shall be construed to supplant or overrule
14 any recommendation made by the commission operating pursuant to part E
15 of chapter 60 of the laws of 2015. This act is intended to codify the
16 recommendations made by such commission and to update the laws relevant
17 to judicial salaries in advance of the commission making recommendations
18 in 2028. In the event of a conflict between an existing recommendation
19 of that commission and this act, such recommendation shall govern such
20 conflict. Any conflict shall be construed narrowly to give effect to
21 the recommendations of the commission, followed by the specific language
22 of this act.
23 § 16. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.
