A popular bill that promised to give New York the means to appoint more desperately needed trial court justices failed to make it out of the legislature last week, leaving its future, as well as the prospect of increasing the number of justices in the state, uncertain.
Read MoreA popular bill that would remove the population limit on new judicial seats appears unlikely to make it through the state legislature this year, but lawmakers say their plan to make a drastic change to the state’s constitution is very much alive.
Read MoreA constitutional amendment that would extend the mandatory retirement age for New York’s judges began making its way through Albany on Wednesday.
Read MoreJudges and legislators across New York agree – the state needs more trial court justices across its courts to address the ever-growing case backlog plaguing the state’s court system.
Read MoreAs a result of a recently passed bill signed into law by the governor, over a dozen senior judges throughout New York State will soon be repaid for a multi-month period in 2022 in which they were temporarily laid off.
Read MoreFifteen senior judges who were let go by top court officials in 2020 only to be rehired around half a year later could receive back pay for the months they were temporarily unemployed under new legislation introduced in the state legislature last week.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected a bill that would make the process to recertify older judges nearly automatic.
Read MoreA bill that would essentially make the recertification of older justices an automatic process has hit the governor’s desk, and will either be passed into law or vetoed by the state’s executive by the end of the year.
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