New York A03756 raises the mandatory retirement age for judges to seventy-six, allowing certain judges and justices to serve under a certified.

New York A03756 amends the judiciary law to increase the mandatory retirement age for judges from seventy to seventy-six. Judges and justices in office at the bill's effective date may continue serving until they reach eighty, provided they receive a certified appointment. This appointment requires findings of continued mental and physical capacity and need for their services, and is valid for two years, renewable by the administrative board. The changes take effect concurrently with a constitutional amendment requiring judges and justices to retire at age seventy-six.

New York A03756 raises the mandatory retirement age for judges to seventy-six, allowing certain judges and justices to serve under a certified.

New York A03756 amends the judiciary law to increase the mandatory retirement age for judges from seventy to seventy-six. Judges and justices in office at the bill's effective date may continue serving until they reach eighty, provided they receive a certified appointment. This appointment requires findings of continued mental and physical capacity and need for their services, and is valid for two years, renewable by the administrative board. The changes take effect concurrently with a constitutional amendment requiring judges and justices to retire at age seventy-six.