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If Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the legislation, Cayuga County will be among the counties affected by the change. The county is part of the 7th Judicial District, which also includes Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties.

According to the bill approved by the state Assembly and Senate on June 12, only Monroe County would remain in the 7th district. Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties would join Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and Oswego counties in the newly drawn 5th Judicial District.

Onondaga County, which is in the current 5th district, would get its own 鈥� the new 14th Judicial District.

The bill would also establish the 15th district consisting of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben and Wyoming counties. Several of the counties are in the existing 8th Judicial District, which would become Erie County's district under the bill.

Michael Gianaris, deputy majority leader of the state Senate, argued that the legislation would benefit rural counties, such as Cayuga, because they would gain judges and are underrepresented in the current judicial districts.

"This is good in so many ways," Gianaris, D-Queens, said. "Most importantly, it's good for the people of Western New York who will have a more accurate judiciary that represents the populations of that part of the state."

But Republicans view it as the Democrats gerrymandering the court system. Erie County Republican Chairman Michael Kracker said the bill would put courts "firmly under the control of the Democratic machine."

While debating the legislation, Republican state Sen. Mark Walczyk linked the redistricting measure to potential court fights over election outcomes.

"If you can't win an election, you force it into a court that's favorable for you to make a decision on elections," he said. "And if that's not working out for you, then you redistrict the courts in the state of New York to stack courts and then do it this way. The judiciary is not supposed to operate under these circumstances. We have three co-equal branches in the state of New York."

Hochul has not indicated whether she will sign the bill. If she does, it will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.