§ 2104. Organization of city courts.\n (a) The number of judges for each city court outside the city of New\nYork, their jurisdiction and terms of office, and the methods of their\nselection and of filling vacancies in their offices shall be as provided\nin this section.\n (b) Each judge of a city court, including acting city court judges,\nshall:\n * (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at\nleast five years as of the date he or she commences the duties of\noffice, and be a resident of the city in which he or she is elected or\nappointed, except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside\nanywhere in either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court judge who\nserves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the\nOneida city court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of\nthe Peekskill city court may reside anywhere in Westchester county, the\ncity court judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of\nacting judge of the Port Jervis city court may reside anywhere in either\nSullivan or Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may\nreside anywhere in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in\nthe office that formerly was that of acting judge of the Mechanicville\ncity court may reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of the\nOgdensburg city court may reside anywhere in St. Lawrence county, the\njudges of the Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer\ncounty, the part-time judge of the Lackawanna city court may reside\nanywhere in Erie county provided his or her term of office commenced\nduring the two thousand eighteen calendar year and one judge of the\nCohoes city court and the city court judge who serves in the office that\nformerly was that of acting judge of the Watervliet city court may\nreside anywhere in Albany county.\n * NB Effective until the day the term of office of the first part-time\njudge of the Lackawanna city court to be appointed during the 2018\ncalendar year expires or on the day such judge otherwise vacates his or\nher office, whichever occurs first\n * (1) be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state for at\nleast five years as of the date he or she commences the duties of\noffice, and be a resident of the city in which he or she is elected or\nappointed, except that the judges of the Sherrill city court may reside\nanywhere in either Oneida or Madison counties, the city court judge who\nserves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the\nOneida city court may reside anywhere in Madison county, the judges of\nthe Peekskill city court may reside anywhere in Westchester county, the\ncity court judge who serves in the office that formerly was that of\nacting judge of the Port Jervis city court may reside anywhere in either\nSullivan or Orange counties, the judges of the Hudson city court may\nreside anywhere in Columbia county, the city court judge who serves in\nthe office that formerly was that of acting judge of the Mechanicville\ncity court may reside anywhere in Saratoga county, the judges of the\nOgdensburg city court may reside anywhere in St. Lawrence county, the\njudges of the Rensselaer city court may reside anywhere in Rensselaer\ncounty and one judge of the Cohoes city court and the city court judge\nwho serves in the office that formerly was that of acting judge of the\nWatervliet city court may reside anywhere in Albany county.\n * NB Effective the day the term of office of the first part-time judge\nof the Lackawanna city court to be appointed during the 2018 calendar\nyear expires or on the day such judge otherwise vacates his or her\noffice, whichever occurs first\n (2) exercise all jurisdiction possessed by the court on which he or\nshe serves.\n (3) serve a term of six years, except that full-time judges each shall\nserve a term of ten years.\n (c) A full-time judge of a city court shall not engage in the practice\nof law, act as an arbitrato
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