Vacancies
§ 126. Vacancies. When a vacancy occurs, otherwise than by expiration of term on the last day of any year, in the office of judge of the family court in a county within the city of New York, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the mayor of the city of New York for the unexpired term.
A mid-term NYC vacancy (other than year-end term expiration) is filled by mayoral appointment for the unexpired term. (No § 125.)
# PART 3 — Judges Not Within the City of New York (§§ 131–138)
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.