Albany offers two visions for Supreme Court expansion
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Judges and legislators across New York agree – the state needs more trial court justices across its courts to address the ever-growing case backlog plaguing the state’s court system.
Read More‘Justice denied’: Survivors of sex abuse behind bars call on city, state to address their lawsuits
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On Wednesday, dozens of survivors of sexual abuse in the city’s jails and state’s prisons called on officials at all levels of government to recognize the hundreds of women and men abused behind bars, expedite the over 2,000 pending lawsuits and generally take the allegations seriously.
Read MoreLawmakers want to raise Supreme Court justice cap, but judges aren’t on board
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Legislators are taking another shot at a constitutional amendment that they hope could lighten caseloads in the state’s busy courts by adding more Supreme Court judges.
Read MoreCourts revamp bail law training for judges
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New York’s judges will now have access to revamped trainings aimed at ensuring the judiciary is up to speed on the state’s bail laws, court officials announced last week.
Read MoreQueens pol’s ‘lobbying loophole’ bill passed by Senate
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The State Senate this week passed a bill created in response to lobbying efforts in support of and against Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial pick for chief judge last year.
Read MorePols pitch bill to eliminate mandatory retirement age for some judges
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Lawmakers last week introduced a bill that would eliminate the mandatory retirement age for a group of judges in New York.
Read MoreLawsuit calls for full Senate vote on LaSalle
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A lawsuit was filed on Thursday demanding that a judge order the State Senate to take a full vote on Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, three weeks after the nominee was rejected by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee in a 10-9 vote.
Read MoreTop judge details the court’s budget needs
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What do court officials have to say about the governor’s recent budget proposal?
Read MoreLawmakers look to close lobbying loophole after money floods LaSalle fight
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Several weeks after the Eagle first reported on an opaque lobbying group’s campaign in support of the governor’s controversial chief judge nominee, two lawmakers announced that they are introducing legislation that would require lobbying efforts around judicial nominations to be reported to the state.
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