N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 149
Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them

1.

The governor may, when, in his opinion the public interest requires, appoint one or more extraordinary special or trial terms of the supreme court. He must designate the time and place of holding the same, and name the justice who shall hold or preside at such term, and he must give notice of the appointment in such manner as, in his judgment, the public interest requires. The governor may terminate the assignment of the justice named by him to hold a term appointed pursuant to this section, and may name another justice in his place to hold the same term. In such event, the grand jury drawn to attend such term shall continue to serve thereat until discharged in the manner prescribed by law. A justice named to preside at an extraordinary term appointed under this section shall have power to order the drawing of a grand jury or grand juries in place of or in addition to the grand jury originally drawn for such term. Such other grand jury or grand juries shall be summoned in the manner prescribed for grand juries in general and shall be subject to all the provisions of law applicable to a grand jury summoned pursuant to sections five hundred thirty-one, six hundred nine and six hundred eighty-four of this chapter.

2.

A motion involving a matter pending before such extraordinary special or trial term shall be made returnable at such term, except that, in the exercise of discretion, a justice of the appellate division of the supreme court in the department in which such extraordinary special or trial term is being held may grant permission for such motion to be heard at a term of such appellate division.

Source: Section 149 — Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/JUD/149 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 18, 2025).

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Division of state into judicial districts 140‑A
Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district 140‑B
General jurisdiction of supreme court 141
Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county 147
Holding special and trial terms 147‑A
Powers of justice of supreme court 148
Trial term may be held in parts 149
Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them 150
Printing calendars in certain counties 151
Publishing calendars in Monroe county 152
Publishing calendars in Erie county 153
Records kept by special deputy clerks shall be part of records of supreme court 154
Duty of supreme court justices in first judicial district to enforce rules made by appellate division of first department 155
Supreme court seal 156
Appointment of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county 158
Appointment of calendar clerk for Westchester county in the ninth judicial district 158‑A
Appointment of calendar clerk for Dutchess county in the ninth judicial district 158‑B
Appointment of calendar clerk for Schenectady county in the fourth judicial district 158‑C
Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other necessary assistants 160
Appointment of temporary stenographer where official stenographer fails to attend term 161
Amount spent for services of temporary stenographer to be deducted from salary of official stenographer 162
Justice of supreme court to certify amount of expenses of stenographer attending term 163
Justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts to certify to the department of taxation and finance amount of salaries ... 164
Emergency stenographers in criminal cases 165
Power of supreme court justices in Nassau county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165‑A
Power of supreme court justices in Dutchess county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165‑B
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165‑C
Power of supreme court justices in Putnam county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165‑D
Power of supreme court justices in Orange county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165‑E
Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to appoint secretarial assistants 166
Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to appoint attendants for supreme court 167
Powers of supreme court justices in the third judicial district residing in Albany and Rensselaer counties to appoint confidential court ... 168
Power of supreme court justices in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties to appoint court officers 168*2
Classification of certain attendants 169
Continuation in office of certain attendants and clerks 170
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint court officer or attendant 171
Powers of supreme court justices residing in Erie county to appoint court officers to attend terms 172
Power of supreme court justices residing in Kings and Queens counties to appoint interpreters 173
Power of supreme court justices residing in Erie county together with county judge of Erie county to appoint criers 173‑A
Power of supreme court justices in Erie county to appoint a secretary and junior secretaries to such justices 173‑B
Power of supreme court justices of the eight judicial district to appoint a confidential law assistant to such justices 173‑C
Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial district to appoint stenographers 174
Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county
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Accessed:
Jan. 18, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 149’s source at nysenate​.gov

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