Section 102-A. Vacancies and composition of court

1. The civil court of the
  city  of New York shall consist of one hundred thirty-one judges, all of
  whom shall be residents of the city of New York. No person may serve  in
  the  office  of  judge  of  this  court after the effective date of this
  section unless he or she has been admitted to practice law in this state
  for at least ten years as of the date he or she commences the duties  of
  office.
    2. The twenty-five additional judges of the civil court of the city of
  New  York  authorized  on  June  first,  nineteen hundred sixty-eight by
  chapter nine hundred  eighty-seven  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
  sixty-eight  shall be elected in and from the residents of the following
  counties in the indicated numbers: from the county of New  York,  seven;
  from  the  county  of Kings, seven; from the county of Queens, six; from
  the county of Bronx, four; and from the county of  Richmond,  one.  Such
  additional  judges  shall  receive the same compensation as the existing
  judges of the civil court of the city of New York. The eleven additional
  judges of the civil court of the city of New  York  authorized  by  this
  section  shall be chosen by the electors of the counties included within
  the city of New York from districts within such  counties  as  shall  be
  established by law.
    3. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term in the
  office  of  judge  of  the  civil court of the city of New York shall be
  filled by the mayor of the city of New  York  by  an  appointment  which
  shall  continue  until and including the last day of December next after
  the election at which the vacancy shall be filled.
    4. Vacancies in the office of judge of the civil court of the city  of
  New  York  occurring  by  the  expiration of the term on the last day of
  December,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight  of  a  justice  elected  or
  appointed  to  the  city  court of the city of New York or the municipal
  court of the city of New York, who was continued as a judge of the civil
  court pursuant to the provisions of subdivision c of section thirty-five
  of article six of the constitution, or of  their  successors,  shall  be
  filled  for  a full term at the general election to be held in November,
  nineteen hundred seventy-eight. Judges to fill such vacancies  shall  be
  chosen  by  the  electors of the county or district from which the judge
  whose  term  expires  on   December   thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred
  seventy-eight or his predecessor, was elected or appointed.