Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.
New York City Housing Court
| Local Courts |
|---|
|
| Trial courts and judges |
| Elections by state |
| Judicial selection by state |
| View courts by state: |
The New York City Housing Court resides in New York and is a division of the civil court of New York City.
Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
Jurisdiction
The New York City Housing Court handles landlord and tenant claims within the city of New York.[1]
Judges
Elections
New York is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in New York, click here.
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- New York local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- New York judicial elections, 2015
- New York judicial elections, 2014
- New York judicial elections, 2013
- New York judicial elections, 2012
- New York judicial elections, 2011
- New York judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Partisan elections
Judges of the New York City Civil Court are each elected to 10-year terms in partisan contested elections, with one exception. Judges of the New York City Housing Court are appointed by the Chief Administrative Judge and serve five-year terms. To serve on this court, a judge must be a state and city resident, at least 18 years old and practice in the state for 10 years. This court has a mandatory retirement age of 70 years old.[2]
Judicial elections in New York
- See also: New York judicial elections
New York is one of five states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
Primary election
Closed primary elections are held to allow members of political parties to select their respective candidates. The candidate who wins the Democratic primary, for example, will go on to be the Democratic nominee in the general election. Independent candidates may also run in the general election, bypassing the primary.[3] If a candidate cross-files, he or she could run in the general election as a Democratic Party candidate, as well as a candidate for one or more other parties.
According to statute, candidates for the supreme courts are chosen indirectly through delegates. Voters elect convention delegates in the primary election, and the delegates choose the supreme court candidates who will be on the general election ballot.[4][5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Housing Court Overview," accessed March 12, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlimited - ↑ NYC Board of Elections, "Guide to NYC Elections," accessed December 27, 2016
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Judicial Selection in the States: New York," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "2014 Election Law," accessed May 23, 2014
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
