S10142 • 2025

Relates to service by former housing court judges of the New York city civil court as judicial hearing officers

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Sponsor: Erik Bottcher
Last action: 2026-04-30
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to service by former housing court judges of the New York city civil court as judicial hearing officers

Relates to service by former housing court judges of the New York city civil court as judicial hearing officers Provides that any person who has served as a state-paid judge or justice of a court of the unified court system or as a housing judge of the housing portion of the civil court of the city of New York, but who no longer holds any of such offices, may apply to be designated as a judicial hearing officer.

What This Bill Does

Relates to service by former housing court judges of the New York city civil court as judicial hearing officers Provides that any person who has served as a state-paid judge or justice of a court of the unified court system or as a housing judge of the housing portion of the civil court of the city of New York, but who no longer holds any of such offices, may apply to be designated as a judicial hearing officer.

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Bill History

2026-04-30 Senate
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Official Summary Text

Relates to service by former housing court judges of the New York city civil court as judicial hearing officers
Provides that any person who has served as a state-paid judge or justice of a court of the unified court system or as a housing judge of the housing portion of the civil court of the city of New York, but who no longer holds any of such offices, may apply to be designated as a judicial hearing officer.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10142

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 30, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in  relation  to  service  by  former
          housing  court  judges  of  the  New York city civil court as judicial
          hearing officers

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  850 of the judiciary law, as
     2  amended by chapter 21 of the  laws  of  1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  Subject to the provisions of subdivision three of this section and
     5  to rules of the chief administrator of the courts, any  person  who  has
     6  served  as  a  STATE-PAID judge or justice of a court [of record] of the
     7  unified court system or [of a city court which is not a court of record]
     8  AS A HOUSING JUDGE OF THE HOUSING PART OF THE CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF
     9  NEW YORK, but who no longer holds [judicial office] ANY OF SUCH OFFICES,
    10  may, upon [his] application, be designated by the chief administrator as
    11  a judicial hearing officer upon a determination by the chief administra-
    12  tor (a) that the former judge has the mental and  physical  capacity  to
    13  perform  the  duties  of  such office, and (b) that the services of that
    14  former judge are necessary to expedite the business of the courts.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11847-01-5