Queens Supreme Court in Jamaica, Queens. Photo: Rick KopsteinNew York Legislature Authorizes 4 More Justices in NYC, Upstate
The change was included in an omnibus bill approved by lawmakers overnight during the final hours of this year's legislative session, which ended Friday.
June 21, 2019 at 03:55 PM
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State lawmakers in New York approved legislation early Friday that will add three state Supreme Court justices to the bench in New York City and one justice to the Tompkins County Court.
The change was included in an omnibus bill approved by lawmakers overnight during the final hours of this year's legislative session, which ended Friday.
The change will add one state Supreme Court justice in three of the city's boroughs:
- Queens Supreme Court, which will now have 41 justices.
- Bronx Supreme Court which will now have 27 justices.
- Richmond County Supreme Court, or Staten Island, which will now have five justices.
The Tompkins County Court will now have three justices.
The changes were originally included in a stand-alone bill from State Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, and Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, a Democrat who represents Tompkins County in its entirety.
The legislation is intended to help address the ever-growing amount of litigation in those areas, according to a memorandum included with the original bill. The measure was included, verbatim, in the omnibus bill approved by lawmakers.
“Currently there are insufficient numbers of judges to handle the growing case load in certain parts of the State,” the memo read. “This bill would help to alleviate this problem, make the Unified Court System more efficient and thereby better serve the interests of the citizens of this State.”
A spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration said it was happy to see lawmakers approve the change.
“We are always pleased when the state legislature is able to avail us with additional resources as we continue our focus on court efficiencies and case backlogs,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the OCA.
The new judges will first be elected later this year, according to the bill, meaning no special election will be called to fill the additional seats in the meantime. Justices of the State Supreme Court were paid $208,000 annually as of last year; Tompkins County Court justices are paid $122,700, according to the state Judiciary Law.
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