Add Part-Time Judge Watertown

Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:

(d) The number of judges of the city court in each city shall be as provided herein. Full-time judgeships are specifically so designated, all others are part-time:

Par. Name of city

1 Albany, five full-time;

2 Amsterdam, one full-time and one part-time;

3 Auburn, one full-time and one part-time;

4 Batavia, one full-time and one part-time;

5 Beacon, one full-time and one part-time;

6 Binghamton, three full-time;

7 Buffalo, fourteen full-time;

8 Canandaigua, one full-time and one part-time;

9 Cohoes, two;

10 Corning, one full-time and one part-time;

11 Cortland, one full-time and one part-time;

12 Dunkirk, one full-time and one part-time;

13 Elmira, two full-time;

14 Fulton, one full-time and one part-time;

15 Geneva, three;

16 Glen Cove, two;

17 Glens Falls, one full-time and one part-time;

18 Gloversville, one full-time and one part-time;

19 Hornell, two;

20 Hudson, two;

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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22 Jamestown, two full-time;

23 Johnstown, two;

24 Kingston, two full-time;

25 Lackawanna, one full-time and one part-time;

26 Little Falls, two;

27 Lockport, two full-time;

28 Long Beach, two full-time;

29 Mechanicville, two;

30 Middletown, two full-time;

31 Mount Vernon, three full-time and one part-time;

32 Newburgh, three full-time;

33 New Rochelle, three full-time;

34 Niagara Falls, four full-time;

35 North Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;

36 Norwich, one full-time and one part-time;

37 Ogdensburg, one full-time and one part-time;

38 Olean, one full-time and one part-time;

39 Oneida, one full-time and one part-time;

40 Oneonta, two;

41 Oswego, one full-time and one part-time;

42 Peekskill, one full-time and one part-time;

43 Plattsburgh, one full-time and one part-time;

44 Port Jervis, two;

45 Poughkeepsie, two full-time;

46 Rensselaer, two;

47 Rochester, ten full-time;

48 Rome, two full-time;

49 Rye, one full-time and one part-time;

50 Salamanca, two;

51 Saratoga Springs, two full-time;

52 Schenectady, four full-time;

53 Sherrill, one;

54 Syracuse, nine full-time;

55 Tonawanda, one full-time and one part-time;

56 Troy, two full-time and one part-time;

57 Utica, three full-time;

58 Watertown, [two] one full-time and one

part-time;

59 Watervliet, two;

60 White Plains, four full-time;

61 Yonkers, seven full-time.

§ 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (e) of section 2104 of the uniform city court act, as amended by chapter 455 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

(i) by the mayor of the city for which the court on which he or she will serve has been established, with the advice and consent of the city council: part-time city court judge of Beacon, part-time city court judge of Corning, part-time city court judge of Cortland, part-time city court judge of Gloversville, city court judge of Glen Cove who serves in the office that on June first, two thousand one was an appointive office pursuant to this subparagraph, city court judge of Jamestown who serves in the office that was created during the calendar year commencing January first, two thousand thirteen, part-time city court judge of Olean, city court judges of Plattsburgh, city court judge of Port Jervis who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Port Jervis, city court judges of Rye [and], the city court judge of

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Salamanca who serves in the office that formerly was that of acting city court judge of Salamanca, and the part-time city court judge of Watertown who serves in the office that was full-time on March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one.

§ 3. Section 221-i of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:

§ 221-i. Salary of judges of the city courts outside the city of New York. Except as otherwise provided by chapter five hundred sixty-seven of the laws of two thousand ten, the annual salary of each judge of a city court outside the city of New York shall be as follows (where this section provides different salaries for judicial positions on the same court having the same title, the greater salary shall be paid the person holding the position paid the greater salary on the day immediately preceding the day on which such salaries took effect):

City Title

Albany City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Amsterdam City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Amsterdam City Court Judge 27,200 Auburn City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Auburn City Court Judge 54,400 Batavia City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Batavia City Court Judge 27,200 Beacon City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Beacon City Court Judge 27,200 Binghamton City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Buffalo Chief Judge (FT) 115,100 Buffalo City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Canandaigua City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Canandaigua City Court Judge 27,200 Cohoes City Court Judge 54,400 Corning City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Corning City Court Judge 27,200 Cortland City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Cortland City Court Judge 54,400 Dunkirk City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Dunkirk City Court Judge 27,200 Elmira City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Fulton City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Fulton City Court Judge 27,200 Geneva City Court Judge 54,400 Geneva City Court Judge 27,200 Glen Cove City Court Judge 54,400 Gloversville City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Gloversville City Court Judge 27,200 Glens Falls City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Glens Falls City Court Judge 27,200 Hornell City Court Judge 54,400 Hornell City Court Judge 27,200 Hudson City Court Judge 54,400 Hudson City Court Judge 27,200 Ithaca City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Jamestown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Johnstown City Court Judge 54,400 Johnstown City Court Judge 27,200

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Kingston City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Lackawanna City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Lackawanna City Court Judge 54,400 Lockport City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Long Beach City Court Judge (FT) 118,300 Little Falls City Court Judge 27,200 Mechanicville City Court Judge 27,200 Middletown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Mount Vernon City Court Judge (FT) 118,300 Mount Vernon City Court Judge 54,400 Newburgh City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Niagara Falls Chief Judge (FT) 115,100 Niagara Falls City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Norwich City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Norwich City Court Judge 27,200 New Rochelle City Court Judge (FT) 118,300 North Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 North Tonawanda City Court Judge 54,400 Ogdensburg City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Ogdensburg City Court Judge 27,200 Olean City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Olean City Court Judge 27,200 Oneida City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Oneida City Court Judge 27,200 Oneonta City Court Judge 54,400 Oneonta City Court Judge 27,200 Oswego City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Oswego City Court Judge 27,200 Peekskill City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Peekskill City Court Judge 54,400 Poughkeepsie City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Plattsburgh City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Plattsburgh City Court Judge 27,200 Port Jervis City Court Judge 54,400 Rensselaer City Court Judge 54,400 Rensselaer City Court Judge 27,200 Rochester Chief Judge (FT) 115,100 Rochester City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Rome City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Rye City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Rye City Court Judge 54,400 Salamanca City Court Judge 54,400 Salamanca City Court Judge 27,200 Saratoga Springs City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Schenectady City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Sherrill City Court Judge 27,200 Syracuse Chief Judge (FT) 115,100 Syracuse City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Tonawanda City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Tonawanda City Court Judge 54,400 Troy City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Troy City Court Judge 81,600 Utica Chief Judge (FT) 115,100 Utica City Court Judge (FT) 113,900 Watertown City Court Judge (FT) 108,800 Watertown City Court Judge 27,200

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Watervliet City Court Judge 54,400 White Plains City Court Judge (FT) 116,800 Yonkers Chief Judge (FT) 119,500 Yonkers City Court Judge (FT) 118,300

§ 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this act, on the effective date of this section, in Watertown, an acting full-time judgeship shall be abolished and replaced with a part-time judgeship. Any person serving in a judgeship abolished by this section shall continue in service in the part-time judgeship that replaces such abolished judgeship hereunder for the remainder of the term of office to which he or she was selected as acting city court judge.

§ 5. (a) In the event that the compensation to be paid a judge of a city court, as prescribed by this act or any other provision of law, is lower than the compensation being paid such judge immediately prior to the effective date of this section, such judge shall, for as long as he or she holds the office in which he or she is serving on such effective date, receive such higher compensation (plus any increases thereto as shall thereafter be provided by law).

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, this act shall not extend or diminish any term of judicial office commenced prior to the effective date of this section.

§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.