STATE OF NEW YORK
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3849
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, GOUNARDES, KAVANAGH -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing amendments to article 6 of the constitution, in relation to
the number of supreme court justices in any judicial district
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That subdivision d of
2 section 6 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as
3 follows:
4 d. The supreme court is continued. It shall consist of the number of
5 justices of the supreme court including the justices designated to the
6 appellate divisions of the supreme court, judges of the county court of
7 the counties of Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond and judges of the
8 court of general sessions of the county of New York authorized by law on
9 the thirty-first day of August next after the approval and ratification
10 of this amendment by the people, all of whom shall be justices of the
11 supreme court for the remainder of their terms. The legislature may
12 increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial
13 district[, except that the number in any district shall not be increased
14 to exceed one justice for fifty thousand, or fraction over thirty thou-
15 sand, of the population thereof as shown by the last federal census or
16 state enumeration]. The legislature may decrease the number of justices
17 of the supreme court in any judicial district, except that the number in
18 any district shall not be less than the number of justices of the
19 supreme court authorized by law on the effective date of this article.
20 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
21 be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be
22 held in the year 2026 in accordance with the provisions of the election
23 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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