Assembly BillIntroduced
A 2663: Provides that a judge of a city court outside the city of New York may only serve until the last day of December next after such person shall be seventy-six years of age; makes exceptions for judges already elected or appointed to office.
What A 2663 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the Judiciary Law in New York, focusing on age limitations for judges. No person can hold the office of judge, justice, or surrogate of any court, except for certain exceptions, unless they are at least 70 years old. For judges of city courts outside New York City, the age limit is 76 years old. The bill allows judges who were already in office before the effective date to continue serving during their current term. The changes take effect immediately.
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to judiciary (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to judiciary |
| Apr. 03, 2025 | amend (t) and recommit to judiciary |
| Apr. 03, 2025 | print number 2663a |
| Jan. 21, 2025 | referred to judiciary |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 21, 2025 · 291 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2663 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, HYNDMAN, DeSTEFANO, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to raising the age limi- tation for judges to seventy-six years of age The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 23 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 649 of 2 the laws of 1945, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 23. Age limitation on term of judicial office. No person shall hold 4 the office of judge, justice or surrogate of any court, whether of 5 record or not of record, except a justice of the peace of a town or 6 police justice of a village, longer than until and including the last 7 day of December next after [he] such person shall be [seventy] seventy- 8 six years of age, except that a judge or justice in office or elected or 9 appointed to office at the effective date of this section, as to whom no 10 provision limiting [his] such person's right to hold office to the close 11 of the year following [his] such person attaining the age of [seventy] 12 seventy-six years was applicable prior to the effective date of this 13 section, may continue in office during the term for which [he] such 14 person was elected or appointed. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01167-01-5
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