STATE OF NEW YORK
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8302
IN SENATE
May 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and the judiciary law, in
relation to Watertown city court judges
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court
2 act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
3 as 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;
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;
23 16 Glen Cove, two;
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;
27 20 Hudson, two;
28 21 Ithaca, two full-time;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 22 Jamestown, two full-time;
2 23 Johnstown, two;
3 24 Kingston, two full-time;
4 25 Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;
5 26 Little Falls, two;
6 27 Lockport, two full-time;
7 28 Long Beach, two full-time;
8 29 Mechanicville, two;
9 30 Middletown, two full-time;
10 31 Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;
11 32 Newburgh, three full-time;
12 33 New Rochelle, three full-time;
13 34 Niagara Falls, four full-time;
14 35 North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
15 36 Norwich, one full-time and one part-time;
16 37 Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;
17 38 Olean, one full-time and one part-time;
18 39 Oneida, one full-time and one part-time;
19 40 Oneonta, two;
20 41 Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;
21 42 Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;
22 43 Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;
23 44 Port Jervis, two;
24 45 Poughkeepsie, two full-time;
25 46 Rensselaer, two;
26 47 Rochester, ten full-time;
27 48 Rome, two full-time;
28 49 Rye, one full-time and one part-time;
29 50 Salamanca, two;
30 51 Saratoga Springs, two full-time;
31 52 Schenectady, four full-time;
32 53 Sherrill, one;
33 54 Syracuse, nine full-time;
34 55 Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;
35 56 Troy, two full-time and one part-time;
36 57 Utica, three full-time;
37 58 Watertown, [two] one full-time and one
38 part-time;
39 59 Watervliet, two;
40 60 White Plains, four full-time;
41 61 Yonkers, seven full-time.
42 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of section
43 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 455 of the
44 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
45 (i) by the mayor of the city for which the court on which he or she
46 will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city
47 council: part-time city court judge of Beacon, part-time city court
48 judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city
49 court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in
50 the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office
51 pursuant to this subparagraph, city court judge of Jamestown who serves
52 in the office that was created during the calendar year commencing Janu-
53 ary first, two thousand thirteen, part-time city court judge of Olean,
54 city court judges of Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who
55 serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city court judge
56 of Port Jervis, city court judges of Rye [and], the city court judge of
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1 Salamanca who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city
2 court judge of Salamanca, and the part-time city court judge of Water-
3 town who serves in the office that was full-time on March thirty-first,
4 two thousand twenty-one.
5 § 3. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 548 of
6 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
7 § 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city of New
8 York. Except as otherwise provided by chapter five hundred sixty-seven
9 of the laws of two thousand ten, the annual salary of each judge of a
10 city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows (where this
11 section provides different salaries for judicial positions on the same
12 court having the same title, the greater salary shall be paid the person
13 holding the position paid the greater salary on the day immediately
14 preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):
15 City Title
16 Albany City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
17 Amsterdam City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
18 Amsterdam City Court Judge 27,200
19 Auburn City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
20 Auburn City Court Judge 54,400
21 Batavia City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
22 Batavia City Court Judge 27,200
23 Beacon City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
24 Beacon City Court Judge 27,200
25 Binghamton City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
26 Buffalo Chief Judge (FT) 115,100
27 Buffalo City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
28 Canandaigua City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
29 Canandaigua City Court Judge 27,200
30 Cohoes City Court Judge 54,400
31 Corning City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
32 Corning City Court Judge 27,200
33 Cortland City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
34 Cortland City Court Judge 54,400
35 Dunkirk City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
36 Dunkirk City Court Judge 27,200
37 Elmira City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
38 Fulton City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
39 Fulton City Court Judge 27,200
40 Geneva City Court Judge 54,400
41 Geneva City Court Judge 27,200
42 Glen Cove City Court Judge 54,400
43 Gloversville City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
44 Gloversville City Court Judge 27,200
45 Glens Falls City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
46 Glens Falls City Court Judge 27,200
47 Hornell City Court Judge 54,400
48 Hornell City Court Judge 27,200
49 Hudson City Court Judge 54,400
50 Hudson City Court Judge 27,200
51 Ithaca City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
52 Jamestown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
53 Johnstown City Court Judge 54,400
54 Johnstown City Court Judge 27,200
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1 Kingston City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
2 Lackawanna City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
3 Lackawanna City Court Judge 54,400
4 Lockport City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
5 Long Beach City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
6 Little Falls City Court Judge 27,200
7 Mechanicville City Court Judge 27,200
8 Middletown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
9 Mount Vernon City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
10 Mount Vernon City Court Judge 54,400
11 Newburgh City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
12 Niagara Falls Chief Judge (FT) 115,100
13 Niagara Falls City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
14 Norwich City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
15 Norwich City Court Judge 27,200
16 New Rochelle City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
17 North Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
18 North Tonawanda City Court Judge 54,400
19 Ogdensburg City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
20 Ogdensburg City Court Judge 27,200
21 Olean City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
22 Olean City Court Judge 27,200
23 Oneida City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
24 Oneida City Court Judge 27,200
25 Oneonta City Court Judge 54,400
26 Oneonta City Court Judge 27,200
27 Oswego City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
28 Oswego City Court Judge 27,200
29 Peekskill City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
30 Peekskill City Court Judge 54,400
31 Poughkeepsie City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
32 Plattsburgh City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
33 Plattsburgh City Court Judge 27,200
34 Port Jervis City Court Judge 54,400
35 Rensselaer City Court Judge 54,400
36 Rensselaer City Court Judge 27,200
37 Rochester Chief Judge (FT) 115,100
38 Rochester City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
39 Rome City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
40 Rye City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
41 Rye City Court Judge 54,400
42 Salamanca City Court Judge 54,400
43 Salamanca City Court Judge 27,200
44 Saratoga Springs City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
45 Schenectady City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
46 Sherrill City Court Judge 27,200
47 Syracuse Chief Judge (FT) 115,100
48 Syracuse City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
49 Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
50 Tonawanda City Court Judge 54,400
51 Troy City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
52 Troy City Court Judge 81,600
53 Utica Chief Judge (FT) 115,100
54 Utica City Court Judge (FT) 113,900
55 Watertown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800
56 WatertownCity Court Judge27,200
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1 Watervliet City Court Judge 54,400
2 White Plains City Court Judge (FT) 116,800
3 Yonkers Chief Judge (FT) 119,500
4 Yonkers City Court Judge (FT) 118,300
5 § 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this
6 act, on the effective date of this section, in Watertown, an acting
7 full-time judgeship shall be abolished and replaced with a part-time
8 judgeship. Any person serving in a judgeship abolished by this section
9 shall continue in service in the part-time judgeship that replaces such
10 abolished judgeship hereunder for the remainder of the term of office to
11 which he or she was selected as acting city court judge.
12 § 5. (a) In the event that the compensation to be paid a judge of a
13 city court, as prescribed by this act or any other provision of law, is
14 lower than the compensation being paid such judge immediately prior to
15 the effective date of this section, such judge shall, for as long as he
16 or she holds the office in which he or she is serving on such effective
17 date, receive such higher compensation (plus any increases thereto as
18 shall thereafter be provided by law).
19 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, this act shall not
20 extend or diminish any term of judicial office commenced prior to the
21 effective date of this section.
22 § 6. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
23 the date on which it shall have become a law.
