New YorkYates County assistant prosecutors and defenders could live in Monroe County
If the bill becomes law, Yates County would allow assistant prosecutors, except the first assistant, and assistant public defenders to live in Monroe County.
What it does
Assistant prosecutors and assistant public defenders working for Yates County would be allowed to live in Monroe County. The rule would exclude the first assistant district attorney.
Argument forAllowing Monroe County residents to hold these jobs could help Yates County recruit lawyers who do not want to move.
Argument againstAllowing these lawyers to live in Monroe County could mean they have fewer day-to-day ties to the Yates County communities they serve.
More detail
Yates County would permit assistant prosecutors and assistant public defenders to live in Monroe County. The allowed homes are in Yates County, a neighboring New York county, Chemung County, or Monroe County. The prosecutor rule excludes the first assistant district attorney. Assistant public defenders must be admitted to practice law in New York. The residency provisions would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 23SIGNED CHAP.362Became Law
- Oct 16DELIVERED TO GOVERNORTo Governor
- Jun 5RETURNED TO SENATE
- Vote recorded Assembly Vote. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5PASSED ASSEMBLYPassed 2nd Chamber
- Jun 5ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.624
- Jun 5SUBSTITUTED FOR A11395
- Jun 1REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANSMinor
- Vote recorded Rules Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Floor Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 1DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- Jun 1PASSED SENATEPassed 1st Chamber
- Jun 1ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1518
- Jun 1COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULESMinor
- May 18REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONSIntroduced
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