Judicial Security Act makes it into final budget
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A bill that aims to increase safety protections for judges and court staff has officially been included in the state’s tardy budget.
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Good government groups call for state to reform Judicial Conduct Commission
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Over half a dozen good government groups this week issued their support for a bill that would effectively boost the budget and power of the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct, the oversight agency that investigates ethics complaints made against New York’s judges.
Read MoreState court leaders scrap court simplification plan
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Former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s sweeping but controversial plan to restructure, or “simplify,” the state’s court system is no more, the Eagle has learned.
Read MoreNew bill would require state to repay judges who were briefly laid off in 2020
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Fifteen senior judges who were let go by top court officials in 2020 only to be rehired around half a year later could receive back pay for the months they were temporarily unemployed under new legislation introduced in the state legislature last week.
Read MoreJudicial ethics commission to be reformed under new bill
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A new piece of legislation aims to make the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct more transparent and to its expand its powers, allowing it to continue investigations into judges even after they retire or resign.
Read MoreEthics investigation into former chief judge closes – for now
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An ethics investigation into former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore allegedly started by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last year has been temporarily closed as a result of the top judge’s retirement in August.
Read MoreNew York's second-most powerful judge to step down
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Lawrence Marks will step down as chief administrative judge of the New York court system at the end of the month. His retirement will leave the state’s massive court system without permanent leadership in its two most senior judicial positions for at least a month.
Read MoreLawmakers call for ‘diverse’ pool of chief judge candidates
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The call for the Commission on Judicial Nomination to diversify the group of candidates for chief judge it will soon recommend to Gov. Kathy Hochul intensified after a group of nearly two dozen State Senators wrote to the commission this week.
Read MoreNew York's top judge to step down
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Janet DiFiore, the top judge in New York and the face of the state’s entire court system, announced her resignation on Monday.
Read MoreTwo bar associations come out against court changes
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Breaking from the New York City and State Bar Associations, several bar associations representing Latino and Hispanic legal professionals have begun to voice their opposition to court leaders’ plan to reform the state’s decades-old court structure.
Read MoreAssigned counsel attys rally for better pay
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Attorneys representing indigent clients and children in Family Court, including a handful from Queens, rallied in Manhattan and Long Island Thursday to call for a pay raise after not seeing one in nearly two decades.
Read MoreTop court hears testimony in support of legal service funding
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“These rippling disparities impact the experiences of the New Yorkers who engage our civil justice systems.”
Read MoreQueens Family Court sees recertified judges return after two-day training
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“I'm just looking to do the best I can and when the staff is back later this week I'll be able to go at 100 percent.”
Read MoreOCA welcomes back Supreme Court justices
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“I never knew what retirement was until I got a taste of it and it's not as great as it may seem.”
Read MoreCourts open next week – here’s what you need to know
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Everyone is coming back to the courts. Well, mostly everyone. Learn more about the rules and procedures of the court’s reopening here.
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