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Title of bill
An act to amend the judiciary law, the family court act and chapter 278 of the laws of 1958, constituting the Suffolk county charter, in relation to increasing the number of certain judgeships in the county of Suffolk
Purpose
To increase the number of certain judgeships in the county of Suffolk.
Summary of provisions
Adds ten additional judgeships in Suffolk County.
Justification
In 2005, the Unified Court System's Judicial Needs Analysis indicated a need for additional judgeships in Suffolk County.
This legislation provides for:
Two Supreme Court Judgeships. In Suffolk County, the average number of cases pending per judge, 575, is almost 30% higher than the outside New York City rate; and the average number of cases over Standards and Goals per judge, 135, is over 50% higher than the per judge average for the courts outside of New York City. One to be elected 2009 and one to be elected in 2010.
Four County Court Judgeships. The number of cases filed per judge in Suffolk County Court is 299, exceeding the statewide disposition average (per judge) of227. The number of pending cases per judge is 52, exceeding the outside New York City average of 38; and the per judge number of cases over Standards and Goals, 9, is almost double that of the average of outside New York City Courts. Two to be elected in 2010 and two to be elected in 2011.
One District Court Judgeship. Suffolk District Court has 3,771 filings per judge, which exceeds the average annual high volume city court disposition rate of 3,633 cases. To be elected in 2009.
Three Family Court Judgeships. The number of cases filed annually in Suffolk County Family Court is over 26,000. Given the statewide average of 2,062 dispositions per judge, Suffolk County Family Court requires three additional judges to handle this caseload. One to be elected in 2010 and two to be elected in 2011.
As indicated, ten additional judgeships can be justified for Suffolk County based on court workloads in Suffolk as compared to the rest of the State.
Legislative history
2005-06, S.8120; 2007-08 S.4298
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect August 1, 2009; provided, that: 1. the additional justice of the supreme court and the additional district court judge, provided for by sections one and seven of this act shall first be elected at the general election to be held in November 2009 and shall first take office January 1, 2010; 2. Section two of this act shall take effect August 1, 2010; 3. The additional justice of the supreme court, the additional county court judges and the additional family court judge provided for by sections two, three and five of this act shall first be elected at the general election to be held in November 2010 and shall first take office January 1, 2011; 4. Sections four and six of this act shall take effect August 1, 2011; 5. The additional county court judges and the additional family court judges provided for by sections four and six of this act shall first be elected at the general election to be held in November 2011 and shall first take office January 1, 2012.
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