In a stark admission on Wednesday, the commission formed to map out the closure of Rikers Island said that the current 2027 deadline to shutter the deadly jail complex has become impossible for the city to meet.
Read MoreA pilot program from the state’s court system meant to reduce the ballooning population on Rikers Island has seen early successes, officials claim.
Read MoreThe city paid out over $205 million in police and prosecutorial misconduct settlements last year, marking a seven-year high, according to a new analysis released by the Legal Aid Society.
Read MoreDebate over New York’s evidence-sharing laws dominated a budget hearing on the state’s criminal and civil legal system held by the state legislature last week.
Read MoreChief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas and First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Norman St. George this week elevated six members of the bench to supervising judge appointments in New York City’s Criminal, Civil and Housing Courts, including two in Queens.
Read MoreTop officials in New York’s court system called on Albany to boost their budget next year by $268.2 million, bringing their total budget to $3 billion.
Read MoreWith the city’s legally-mandated deadline to close Rikers Island now less than three years away, top court officials this week said that they plan to make a number of reforms in the city’s criminal courts in an effort to lower the jail’s population, which, as of now, is nearly twice as large as what can be held in Rikers’ replacements.
Read MoreQueens’ top criminal court judge was promoted by the governor on Wednesday to serve on the appellate bench.
Read MoreLast week, eight Queens residents graduated from the borough’s treatment courts. The courts are designed to divert people away from traditional criminal prosecution and toward services that could help them turn their life around. They may soon be expanding.
Read MoreNew 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 MoreIn order to make up for low court reporter staffing numbers in courthouses across New York State, the Office of Court Administration launched a new court reporter trainee position this week, which is celebrated as National Court Reporters Week.
Read MoreGeorge Bell, a man from Queens who spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, is now the recipient of the largest settlement payout for a wrongful conviction in New York City history.
Read MoreThe independent commission charged with determining salaries for the state’s lawmakers, governor, agency heads and judiciary unanimously agreed to a draft proposal Monday that would see the pay of some of the state’s judges increase by over 10 percent.
Read MoreTop court officials throughout the state gathered in Albany last week to hear from attorneys, judges and everyday New Yorkers about the state of civil legal services in New York. Chief Judge Rowan Wilson led the panel, featuring Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, Presiding Justices Hector LaSalle, Dianne Renwick and Gerald Whalen, Appellate Division Justice Christine Clark and New York State Bar Association President Richard Lewis, tasked with assessing the needs of the civil legal services industry in the state.
Read MoreFormer 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.
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