Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective January 1, 2014, section 102.3(e) of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR § 102.3[e]), relating to reimbursement of lodging expenses for judges and justices, to read as follows:
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§ 102.3. Apartment Rental and Long-Term Rental Arrangements
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(e) where the amount payable as reimbursement during any one month exceeds the monthly rent, the excess amount payable as reimbursement can be used as an offset against the rent for the same premises for another month within the rental period during which the amount payable as reimbursement was not sufficient to meet the monthly rent. No judge or justice will be reimbursed for other than actual and necessary expenses for lodging necessitated by the conduct of judicial business.
AMENDMENT OF RULE
Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and County Court
Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective December 16, 2013, section 202.12-a(b)(1) of the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court, relating to the Request for Judicial Intervention in residential mortgage foreclosure actions, to read as follows:
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(b) Request for judicial intervention.
(l) At the time that proof of service of the summons and complaint is filed with the county clerk, plaintiff shall file with the county clerk a specialized request for judicial intervention (RJI), on a form prescribed by the Chief Administrator of the Courts, applicable to residential mortgage foreclosure actions covered by this section. The RJI shall contain the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address, if available, of the defendant in the action, and the name of the mortgage servicer, and shall request that a settlement conference be scheduled. If the mortgage servicer involved in the case and listed on the RJI is changed at any time following the filing of the RJI, plaintiff shall file with the court and serve on all the parties a notice setting forth the name and contact information of the new or substituted mortgage servicer.
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AMENDMENT OF RULE
Uniform Rules for the Family Court
Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective immediately, section 205.32(c)(1)(i) of the Uniform Rules for the Family Court, to read as follows:
§ 205.32 Support Magistrates
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(c) Selection of support magistrates.
(1) The district administrative judge for the judicial district in which the county or counties where the support magistrate is authorized to serve is located, or the administrative judge for the courts in Nassau County or the administrative judge for the courts in Suffolk County, if the support magistrate is authorized to serve in either of those counties, or the administrative judge for the Family Court within the City of New York, if the support magistrate is to serve in New York City, shall:
(i) publish an announcement inviting applications from the bar in any of the following media: the law journal serving the affected county or counties, [inviting applications from the bar or, if there is no law journal serving such area, in] a newspaper of general circulation, or the Unified Court System’s website; and
(ii) communicate directly with bar associations in the affected county or counties to invite applicants to apply.
