The Assembly and Senate appear to be in agreement about where to put the 20 new Family Court judges authorized in the current state budget, though the Senate wants three more upstate judgeships created beginning in 2016.
The Assembly approved a bill Monday, A9754, that would allocate the new judges using to an analysis by the Office of Court Administration on where the need is greatest (NYLJ, May 16). The legislation would put nine of the judges in New York City and one each in Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk and Westchester counties.
