§ 35. a. The children's courts, the court of general sessions of the\ncounty of New York, the county courts of the counties of Bronx, Kings,\nQueens and Richmond, the city court of the city of New York, the\ndomestic relations court of the city of New York, the municipal court of\nthe city of New York, the court of special sessions of the city of New\nYork and the city magistrates' courts of the city of New York are\nabolished from and after the effective date of this article and\nthereupon the seals, records, papers and documents of or belonging to\nsuch courts shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be deposited in the\noffices of the clerks of the several counties in which these courts now\nexist.\n b. The judges of the county court of the counties of Bronx, Kings,\nQueens and Richmond and the judges of the court of general sessions of\nthe county of New York in office on the effective date of this article\nshall, for the remainder of the terms for which they were elected or\nappointed, be justices of the supreme court in and for the judicial\ndistrict which includes the county in which they resided on that date.\nThe salaries of such justices shall be the same as the salaries of the\nother justices of the supreme court residing in the same judicial\ndistrict and shall be paid in the same manner. All actions and\nproceedings pending in the county court of the counties of Bronx, Kings,\nQueens and Richmond and in the court of general sessions of the county\nof New York on the effective date of this article shall be transferred\nto the supreme court in the county in which the action or proceedings\nwas pending, or otherwise as may be provided by law.\n c. The legislature shall provide by law that the justices of the city\ncourt of the city of New York and the justices of the municipal court of\nthe city of New York in office on the date such courts are abolished\nshall, for the remainder of the term for which each was elected or\nappointed, be judges of the city-wide court of civil jurisdiction of the\ncity of New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article\nand for such district as the legislature may determine.\n d. The legislature shall provide by law that the justices of the court\nof special sessions and the magistrates of the city magistrates' courts\nof the city of New York in office on the date such courts are abolished\nshall, for the remainder of the term for which each was appointed, be\njudges of the city-wide court of criminal jurisdiction of the city of\nNew York established pursuant to section fifteen provided, however, that\neach term shall expire on the last day of the year in which it would\nhave expired except for the provisions of this article.\n e. All actions and proceedings pending in the city court of the city\nof New York and the municipal court in the city of New York on the date\nsuch courts are abolished shall be transferred to the city-wide court of\ncivil jurisdiction of the city of New York established pursuant to\nsection fifteen of this article or as otherwise provided by law.\n f. All actions and proceedings pending in the court of special\nsessions of the city of New York and the city magistrates' courts of the\ncity of New York on the date such courts are abolished shall be\ntransferred to the city-wide court of criminal jurisdiction of the city\nof New York established pursuant to section fifteen of this article or\nas otherwise provided by law.\n g. The special county judges of the counties of Broome, Chautauqua,\nJefferson, Oneida and Rockland and the judges of the children's courts\nin all counties outside the city of New York in office on the effective\ndate of this article shall, for the remainder of the terms for which\nthey were elected or appointed, be judges of the family court in and for\nthe county in which they hold office. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis section, the office of special county judge and the office of\nspecial surrogate is abolished
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