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NY A01398
Bill
Status
1/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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AI Summary
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Amends Article 6 of the New York State Constitution to change the population threshold for Supreme Court justices from one justice per 50,000 people to one justice per 30,000 people
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Lowers the fractional population threshold that allows an additional justice from over 30,000 to over 22,500 people
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Requires the amendment to be passed by two successive legislatures and approved by voters in a referendum, as mandated by the state constitution
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Maintains the existing floor preventing the legislature from reducing justices below the number authorized when the article took effect
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Applies to all judicial districts statewide, potentially allowing a significant increase in the number of Supreme Court justices
Legislative Description
Permits the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district up to one justice for every thirty thousand people in the district.
Last Action
opinion referred to judiciary
1/30/2026