Section 140. Division of state into judicial districts

The state is hereby
  divided into thirteen judicial districts, pursuant to the provisions  of
  the  first  section  of  the  sixth  article  of the constitution, which
  districts shall be arranged as follows:
    The first judicial district shall consist of the county of New York;
    The second judicial district shall consist of the county of Kings;
    The third judicial district shall consist of the counties of Columbia,
  Sullivan, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schoharie and Rensselaer;
    The fourth judicial district shall consist of the counties of  Warren,
  Saratoga,   Washington,   Essex,   Franklin,  Saint  Lawrence,  Clinton,
  Montgomery, Hamilton, Fulton and Schenectady;
    The fifth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Onondaga,
  Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer, Jefferson and Lewis;
    The sixth judicial district shall consist of the counties  of  Otsego,
  Delaware,  Madison, Chenango, Broome, Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, Cortland
  and Schuyler;
    The seventh  judicial  district  shall  consist  of  the  counties  of
  Livingston, Wayne, Seneca, Yates, Ontario, Steuben, Monroe and Cayuga;
    The  eighth  judicial  district shall consist of the counties of Erie,
  Chautauqua,  Cattaraugus,  Orleans,  Niagara,  Genesee,   Allegany   and
  Wyoming;
    The   ninth  judicial  district  shall  consist  of  the  counties  of
  Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland;
    The tenth judicial district shall consist of the  counties  of  Nassau
  and Suffolk.
    The  eleventh judicial district shall consist of the county of Queens.
  The creation of such eleventh district shall not affect  or  impair  the
  rights,  privileges  or  compensation  of any officer or employee of the
  supreme court in office on the first day of September, nineteen  hundred
  and sixty-two in the tenth judicial district as theretofore constituted;
  each  such  officer or employee employed in the county of Queens on such
  date shall thereafter  be  an  officer  or  employee  for  the  eleventh
  judicial  district  and  each  such  officer or employee employed in the
  counties of Nassau and Suffolk on  such  date  shall  thereafter  be  an
  officer or employee for the tenth judicial district.
    The  twelfth  judicial  district shall consist of the county of Bronx.
  The creation of such twelfth district shall not  affect  or  impair  the
  rights,  privileges  or  compensation  of any officer or employee of the
  supreme court in office on the first day of  January,  nineteen  hundred
  eighty-three  in the first judicial district as theretofore constituted;
  each such officer or employee employed in the county of  Bronx  on  such
  date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the twelfth judicial
  district and each such officer or employee employed in the county of New
  York  on  such  date  shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the
  first judicial district.
    The thirteenth judicial  district  shall  consist  of  the  county  of
  Richmond.  The  creation of such thirteenth district shall not affect or
  impair the rights, privileges or compensation of any officer or employee
  of the supreme court in office on the first day of January, two thousand
  eight in the second judicial district as theretofore  constituted;  each
  such officer or employee employed in the county of Richmond on such date
  shall  thereafter  be an officer or employee for the thirteenth judicial
  district and each such officer or employee employed  in  the  county  of
  Kings  on  such  date shall thereafter be an officer or employee for the
  second judicial district.