2022 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 16 - Selection of Jurors
503 - County Jury Board.

§  503.  County  jury  board.  (a) There shall be established for each
county a jury board composed as follows:
  1. In counties outside cities having a population of  one  million  or
more, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau,
the  county jury board shall consist of one justice of the supreme court
residing in the county, or if there is no justice  residing  therein,  a
justice  residing  in  the  judicial district embracing the county to be
designated by the appropriate  appellate  division,  who  shall  act  as
chairman;  the  judge of the county court, or if there be more than one,
then the senior county judge; and a member of the county legislature  to
be designated by the county legislature, provided that no such member of
the county legislature shall be designated if he engages in the practice
of law.
  2. In the county of Albany, the county jury board shall consist of the
county  judge, the surrogate and a member of the county legislature, all
to be designated in the manner  provided  in  subdivision  one  of  this
section.  In  the  county  of  Westchester,  the county jury board shall
consist of the administrative judge of the ninth judicial district if he
be a resident of Westchester County, and if  not,  the  senior  resident
justice  of  the  supreme court; the senior county judge; and the county
executive. In the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the county jury  board
shall  consist  of  the  justices  of  the supreme court residing in the
county, the surrogate and the judges of the county court.
  3. In counties within cities having a population  of  one  million  or
more,  the  county  jury board shall consist of the presiding justice of
the appellate division of the judicial department embracing the  county,
or  his  designee  from  among  the  justices  of the supreme court; two
justices of the supreme court residing in the county to be designated by
the appellate division of such department; and the county clerk  of  the
county.
  (b)  The  county  jury  board shall meet at least annually and at such
additional times as may be necessary to carry out the purposes  of  this
article.    The  commissioner  of  jurors  shall act as secretary to the
county jury board.