{"id":212169,"date":"2026-06-06T03:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212169\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T03:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:35:40","slug":"bill-passed-to-make-erie-county-its-own-nys-judicial-district-for-the-second-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212169\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill passed to make Erie County its own NYS judicial district for the second straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WIVB;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WIVB\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Fri, June 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/ca\/aol_wivb_articles_706\/3de1314191118c457343b947c5da1f90.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) \u2014 Lawmakers passed a bill for the second time Friday that would potentially make Erie County its own judicial district.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was initially introduced but not passed into law last year by Assemblyman Jon Rivera, who said it would provide better representation for rural counties.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents called the proposal a power grab by majority Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kathy Hochul neither signed nor vetoed the initial bill, an action known as a &#8220;pocket veto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the bill would also break out Monroe County and Onondaga County as their own judicial districts.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Local News<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Ross is a digital producer who joined WIVB in May 2026. Read more of her work <a data-ylk=\"slk:at this link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\/author\/rachel-ross\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to News 4 Buffalo.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wivb.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to News 4 Buffalo.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, June 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) \u2014 Lawmakers passed a bill for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,142,138,137,93032,93030,93034,93031,93035,93033],"class_list":["post-212169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-initial-bill","tag-judicial-district","tag-judicial-districts","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-majority-democrats","tag-onondaga-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}