Section 182. Number of judges of the county court in each county

The
  number of judges of the county court in each county shall be as follows:
 
   Subd. Name of county                   Subd. Name of county
 
    1. Albany, two;                        28. Nassau, fourteen;
    2. Allegany, two;                      29. Niagara, two;
    3. Broome, two;                        30. Oneida, two;
    4. Cattaraugus, two;                   31. Onondaga, three;
    5. Cayuga, one;                        32. Ontario, two;
    6. Chautauqua, one;                    33. Orange, three;
    7. Chemung, two;                       34. Orleans, one;
    8. Chenango, one;                      35. Oswego, two;
    9. Clinton, one;                       36. Otsego, two;
   10. Columbia, two;                      37. Putnam, two;
   11. Cortland, two;                      38. Rensselaer, two;
   12. Delaware, one;                      39. Rockland, three;
   13. Dutchess, two;                      40. St. Lawrence, one;
   14. Erie, five;                         41. Saratoga, one;
   15. Essex, one;                         42. Schenectady, one;
   16. Franklin, one;                      43. Schoharie, one;
   17. Fulton, two;                        44. Schuyler, one;
   18. Genesee, one;                       45. Seneca, one;
   19. Greene, two;                        46. Steuben, two;
   20. Hamilton, one;                      47. Suffolk, eleven;
   21. Herkimer, one;                      48. Sullivan, two;
   22. Jefferson, one;                     49. Tioga, one;
   23. Lewis, one;                         50. Tompkins, two;
   24. Livingston, two;                    51. Ulster, one;
   25. Madison, two;                       52. Warren, one;
   26. Monroe, six;                        53. Washington, two;
   27. Montgomery, one;                    54. Wayne, three;
                                           55. Westchester, eight;
                                           56. Wyoming, two;
                                           57. Yates, one.
 
    In those counties having more than one judge of the county court,  the
  compensation  of  each  such  judicial officer shall be the same and the
  powers, duties  and  jurisdiction  of  each  of  said  judges  shall  be
  coordinate  and  coequal.  However,  in  the  absence  of  a designation
  pursuant to section 217 of this law, the county judge senior in point of
  service, shall be vested  with  all  administrative  powers  and  duties
  appertaining to that court.
    No  person may serve in the office of judge of the county court unless
  he or she has been admitted to practice law in the state of New York for
  at least five years as of the date he or she  commences  the  duties  of
  office.