New York Assembly Bill A07221 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7221 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to article 6 of the constitution, in relation to the selection of judges to Family Court within the City of New York 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision a of 2 section 15 of article 6 of the constitution be amended to read as 3 follows: 4 a. The legislature shall by law establish a single court of city-wide 5 civil jurisdiction and a single court of city-wide criminal jurisdiction 6 in and for the city of New York and the legislature may, upon the 7 request of the mayor and the local legislative body of the city of New 8 York, merge the two courts into one city-wide court of both civil and 9 criminal jurisdiction. The said city-wide courts shall consist of such 10 number of judges as may be provided by law. The judges of the court of 11 city-wide civil jurisdiction shall be residents of such city and shall 12 be chosen for terms of ten years by the electors of the counties 13 included within the city of New York from districts within such counties 14 established by law. The judges of the court of city-wide criminal juris- 15 diction shall be residents of such city and shall be appointed for terms 16 of ten years by the mayor of the city of New York. The judges of family 17 court shall be residents of such city and shall be chosen for terms of 18 ten years by the electors of the counties included within the 19 city of New York from districts within such counties established by law. 20 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 21 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 22 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 23 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 24 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89111-01-5