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This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would modify the existing provisions regarding the number of justices in the New York Supreme Court. Specifically, the bill would remove the current population-based restriction that limits the number of Supreme Court justices in a judicial district to one justice per 50,000 people (or fraction over 30,000). Under the proposed amendment, the state legislature would have broader discretion to increase or decrease the number of Supreme Court justices in any judicial district, with only one remaining constraint: the number of justices in a district cannot be reduced below the number authorized on the effective date of the article. The proposed amendment would be submitted to voters for approval at the general election in 2026, and if passed, would give the legislature more flexibility in managing the size of the Supreme Court across different judicial districts without being strictly bound by population metrics.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3849