Bill > A01398

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would modify the rules for determining the number of Supreme Court justices in New York judicial districts. Specifically, the legislation would change the population threshold for increasing the number of justices from one justice per fifty thousand people to one justice per thirty thousand people (or a fraction over twenty-two thousand five hundred). Currently, the state constitution limits the number of justices in each judicial district based on population, and this bill would allow the legislature to add more justices when a district's population grows. The amendment would give the legislature more flexibility in expanding judicial capacity in districts experiencing population increases. The proposed change would require referral to the first regular legislative session after the next general election of assembly members and must be published for three months prior to that election, in accordance with constitutional procedures for amending the state constitution.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1398