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The county shall be divided into judicial districts as follows: The county as a whole shall constitute the first judicial district in which one district court judge shall be elected. The town of Hempstead shall be the second judicial district, the town of North Hempstead the third judicial district and the town of Oyster Bay the fourth judicial district. There shall be fourteen district court judges elected in the second district, five in the third district and six in the fourth district. For the purpose of electing such judges and for the purpose of determining the boundaries of such districts, any city heretofore or hereafter created from the territory of any town shall be considered to be part of that town.
The compensation of the judges of the district court authorized on the effective date of this act shall be the same as the existing judges of the district court.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Uniform District Court Act - UDC § 2405. Districts and number of judges therein - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/uniform-district-court-act/udc-sect-2405/
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