Title JUD, Judiciary

§ 16. Judge prohibited from practicing law in his court. A judge shall\nnot practice or act as an attorney or counsellor in a court of which he\nis, or is entitled to act as a member, or in an action, claim, matter,\nmotion or proceeding originating in that court.\n

§ 160. Appointment of temporary stenographer where official\nstenographer fails to attend term. If an official stenographer shall\nnot be in attendance at a trial term of the supreme court, or a special\nterm of the supreme court where issues of fact are triable, the justice\npr…

§ 161. Amount spent for services of temporary stenographer to be\ndeducted from salary of official stenographer. If the official\nstenographer of the judicial district in which such term shall be held\nshall have been duly assigned to attend such term, and it does not\nappear to…

§ 162. Justice of supreme court to certify amount of expenses of\nstenographer attending term. The amount to which the stenographers of\nthe supreme court are entitled for expenses, as prescribed in section\nthree hundred thirteen of this chapter, must be certified by the judge\…

§ 163. Justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial\ndistricts to certify to the department of taxation and finance amount of\nsalaries and expenses of stenographers. Each of the justices of the\nsupreme court assigned to hold special terms in the third and fourth\njud…

§ 164. Emergency stenographers in criminal cases. Where the prompt\ndisposition of charges against a person accused of the commission of a\ncrime is deemed necessary, or the ends of justice require, the justice\npresiding at a term of the supreme court where issues of fact are\n…

§ 165. Power of supreme court justices in Nassau county to appoint law\nstenographers and typists. The justice or justices of the supreme court\nresiding in Nassau county, or a majority of them, may appoint and at\npleasure remove and prescribe the duties of twenty law stenograp…

§ 165-a. Power of supreme court justices in Dutchess county to appoint\nlaw stenographers and typists. The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Dutchess county, or a majority of them, may appoint\nand at pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a confidential…

§ 165-b. Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint\nlaw stenographers and typists. The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Rockland county, or a majority of them, may appoint\nand at pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a confidential…

§ 165-c. Power of supreme court justices in Putnam county to appoint\nlaw stenographers and typists. The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Putnam county, or a majority of them, may appoint and\nat pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a confidential law…

§ 165-d. Power of supreme court justices in Orange county to appoint\nlaw stenographers and typists. The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt residing in Orange county, or a majority of them, may appoint and\nat pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a confidential law…

§ 165-e. Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to\nappoint secretarial assistants. The justices of the supreme court\nresiding in Westchester county, or a majority of them, may appoint and\nat pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of six secretarial\nassistant…

§ 166. Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to\nappoint attendants for supreme court. Each of the justices of the\nsupreme court in the first judicial district shall appoint and at\npleasure remove four attendants upon the court. Each of said attendants\nma…

§ 167. Powers of supreme court justices in the third judicial district\nresiding in Albany and Rensselaer counties to appoint confidential court\nattendants. Each of the justices of the supreme court in the third\njudicial district residing in Albany and Rensselaer counties may …

* § 168. Power of supreme court justices in Kings, Queens, Richmond,\nNassau and Suffolk counties to appoint court officers. The justices of\nthe supreme court for the second judicial district residing in Kings\ncounty, or a majority of them; the justice or justices of the supre…

* § 168. Classification of certain attendants. A confidential\nattendant to a justice of supreme court who has held such position for\nnot less than ten years shall, upon the death or retirement of such\njustice, be classified as a court attendant under the provisions of the\nci…

§ 169. Continuation in office of certain attendants and clerks. A\nconfidential attendant or clerk to a justice of the supreme court shall,\nupon the death or retirement of such justice, continue in office until\nan appointment of a confidential attendant or clerk shall be made …

§ 17. Judge prohibited from practicing in cause which has been before\nhim. A judge or surrogate or former judge or surrogate shall not act as\nattorney or counsellor in any action, claim, matter, motion or\nproceeding, which has been before him in his official character.\n

§ 170. Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint\ncourt officer or attendant. The justice or justices of the supreme\ncourt, residing in Rockland county, may appoint, and at pleasure remove,\na court officer or attendant, to attend at the judge's chambers in …

§ 171. Powers of supreme court justices residing in Erie county to\nappoint court officers to attend terms. In addition to the constables,\nor deputy sheriffs, notified by the sheriff to attend a term of court\npursuant to section four hundred and three of this chapter, the just…

§ 172. Power of supreme court justices residing in Kings and Queens\ncounties to appoint interpreters. A majority of the justices of the\nsupreme court for the second judicial district, residing in the county\nof Kings and a majority of the justices of the supreme court for the\…

§ 173. Power of supreme court justices residing in Erie county\ntogether with county judge of Erie county to appoint criers. The\njustices of the supreme court residing in Erie county together with the\ncounty judge of Erie county, or a majority of them, shall appoint, and\nmay …

§ 173-a. Power of supreme court justices in Erie county to appoint a\nsecretary and junior secretaries to such justices. The justices of the\nsupreme court residing in Erie county, or a majority of them, may\nappoint and at pleasure remove and prescribe the duties of a secretary…

§ 173-b. Power of supreme court justices of the eight judicial\ndistrict to appoint a confidential law assistant to such justices. The\njustices of the supreme court of the eighth judicial district, or a\nmajority of them, may appoint and at pleasure remove and prescribe the\ndu…

§ 173-c. Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial\ndistrict to appoint stenographers. Each of the resident trial justices\nof the supreme court in the eighth judicial district, except those\nresiding in Erie county, may appoint and at pleasure remove and\nprescri…

§ 174. Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county.\nThe supreme court house building in Kings county shall be maintained\nunder the supervision of the justices of the supreme court residing in\nthe county of Kings and their successors in office, who shall appoin…

§ 176. Justices of city court of the city of New York. The justices of\nthe city court of the city of New York shall be elected upon the\nexpiration of the terms of office of the present incumbents or their\nsuccessors at the next ensuing general election. The full term of offic…

§ 177. Commissioner of records of city court of the city of New York;\nappointment; salary; duties. (1) The presiding justice shall appoint a\ncommissioner of records and a deputy commissioner of records who shall\nbe authorized to act generally for and in place of the commissio…

§ 177-a. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that an emergency of grave\ndimensions exists in narcotics law enforcement in cities having a\npopulation of one million or more. The overall law enforcement effort\nhas not been …

§ 177-b. Special narcotics parts; establishment. 1. There shall be\nestablished in cities having a population of one million or more in the\nsupreme court special narcotics parts in such numbers and at such\nlocations as shall be designated by the administrative board of the\nju…

§ 177-c. Special narcotics parts; prosecutorial organization. The\ndistrict attorneys of the counties wholly contained in a city having a\npopulation of one million or more shall formulate and adopt a plan\ndesigned to effect the purposes of this article. The plan shall provide\…

§ 177-d. Special narcotics parts; procedure. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law,\n (i) a narcotics indictment returned in any county within such cities\nmay be prosecuted in the special narcotics part to which it is assigned\npursuant to section one hundred seventy-seve…

§ 179. Surrogates, New York county and Kings county. The surrogate's\ncourts of New York county and Kings county shall each consist of two\nsurrogates.\n

§ 18. Judge prohibited from taking fees for advice in matters before\nhim. A judge or other judicial officer shall not demand or receive a fee\nor other compensation for giving his advice in an action, claim, matter,\nmotion or proceeding pending before him, or which he has reas…

§ 180. Surrogates, New York county; vacancies. When the official term\nof either surrogate of New York county will expire at the close of any\nyear by the effluxion of time or the disability of age, the successor of\neach surrogate shall be chosen at the preceding general electi…

§ 181. Surrogate's court, New York county; expenses. The surrogates of\nNew York county, not later than the first day of February in each year,\nshall submit to the director of the budget of the city of New York an\nestimate of the requirements for current expenses of their offi…

§ 182. Number of judges of the county court in each county. The\nnumber of judges of the county court in each county shall be as follows:\n Subd. Name of county Subd. Name of county\n 1. Albany, two; 28. Nassau, fourteen;\n 2. Allegany, two; 29. Niagara, two;\n 3. Broome, two; 3…

§ 183-a. Compensation of certain district attorneys. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the district attorney of each county having\na population of more than five hundred thousand according to the last\nfederal census, exclusive of the counties of New York, Bronx, Kin…

§ 184. Number of judges of the surrogate's court, county judges to\nserve as judges of surrogate's court. 1. The number of judges of the\nsurrogate's court for each county, whether without or within the city of\nNew York, shall be equal to the number of separate elective offices…

§ 185. Separate office of surrogate in the counties of Chautauqua,\nNassau and Rockland. There is established a separate office of surrogate\nin the counties of Chautauqua, Nassau and Rockland. The election and\nterm of such surrogate shall be in the manner provided by section t…

§ 186. Offices of county judge and surrogate in Fulton county\ncombined. The office of county judge and the office of surrogate in\nFulton county are hereby combined and on and after the effective date of\nthis act all the functions, powers and duties of such surrogate shall be\…

§ 188. Additional duties of surrogate of Clinton county. On and after\nthe effective date of this act, all the functions, powers and duties of\nthe county court in Clinton county shall be exercised and performed by\nthe surrogate of such county in addition to his duties as such …

§ 19. Judge must not be interested in costs. A judge shall not,\ndirectly or indirectly, be interested in the costs of an action, claim,\nmatter, motion or proceeding, brought before him, or in a court of which\nhe is, or is entitled to act as a member, except an action, claim,\…

§ 190. Jurisdiction of county court. The jurisdiction of each county\ncourt, except the county courts of counties within the city of New York,\nextends to the following actions and special proceedings, in addition to\nthe jurisdiction, power and authority conferred upon a county…

§ 190-a. When domestic or foreign corporation or joint-stock\nassociation deemed resident. For the purpose of determining jurisdiction\nunder section one hundred ninety, a domestic corporation or joint-stock\nassociation is deemed a resident of a county in which its principal\np…

§ 190-b. Power of county court and county judge co-extensive with that\nof supreme court and supreme court justice. 1. Where a county court has\njurisdiction of an action or a special proceeding, it possesses the same\njurisdiction, power and authority in and over the same, and …

§ 190-c. Terms of county court. 1. The county judge must, from time\nto time, appoint the times and places for holding terms of his court.\n 2. At least two terms, for the trial of issues of law or of fact, must\nbe appointed to be held in each year.\n 3. Each term may continue …

§ 190-d. Place of holding terms of county court. Each term must be\nheld at the place designated by statute for that purpose; except that\nthe county judge may, from time to time, adjourn a term to any place\nwithin the county, for the hearing and decision of motions and appeals…

§ 190-e. Appointment of term to be filed with county clerk. Each\nappointment, made as prescribed in section one hundred and ninety and\none hundred and ninety-one of this chapter, must be filed in the county\nclerk's office.\n

§ 190-f. Terms of county court in Erie, Onondaga, Monroe, Nassau and\nSuffolk counties may be held in parts. In the county of Erie or in the\ncounties of Onondaga, Monroe, Nassau and Suffolk trial or special terms\nof the county court for any purpose may be held in two or more p…