Authorizes the legislature to increase the number of justices of the supreme court in any judicial district.
This bill proposes amendments to the New York State Constitution to allow the legislature to adjust the number of justices in the supreme court for any judicial district. The legislature can increase the number of justices, but it cannot exceed one justice for every fifty thousand people, or fraction over thirty thousand, based on the latest federal census or state enumeration. The bill also allows the legislature to decrease the number of justices, but it cannot be less than the number authorized by law on the effective date of this amendment.
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