Courthouses in Queens and throughout the city will likely soon see a much-needed increase in their court officer ranks after the state’s court system says it just recently graduated its largest and most diverse group of officer candidates ever.
Read MoreThe number of detainees who have had to wait three years or longer on Rikers Island while their cases sluggishly make their way through the court system has increased by nearly 180 percent in the last half decade, according to a new report.
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.
Read MoreWhile Department of Correction officials say that their ability to get detainees to their court appearances has markedly improved over the past year, others say the corrections agency isn’t being forthcoming about its practices.
Read MoreA bill that would boost the number of Family Court judges in New York City began to advance through the State Senate this week.
Read MoreJoseph Zayas, who spent two decades of his legal career in Queens, was officially named chief administrative judge of New York’s court system on Thursday.
Read More“It's a small step and it's good for the people who no longer have to answer the particular parts of the inquiry that they decided to remove, but [OCA] doesn't get brownie points for making a question halfway legal.”
Read MoreActing Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro delivered his State of the Judiciary address this week. It’s unlikely he was expecting to give the speech only a few months ago – it would have been given by Hector LaSalle, had he not been recently rejected by the State Senate. On Tuesday, LaSalle received a long standing ovation and words of praise from Cannataro.
Read MoreAn 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 MoreJanet DiFiore, the top judge in New York and the face of the state’s entire court system, announced her resignation on Monday.
Read MoreEveryone is coming back to the courts. Well, mostly everyone. Learn more about the rules and procedures of the court’s reopening here.
Read More“The reality is that the Office of Court Administration does not really understand that the people in the county want to have judges that reflect their population.”
Read More“They have now turned away and said, ‘Thanks for nothing.’”
Read MoreThe new top judge will be selected in the coming weeks.
Read MoreSurvivors of sexual abuse are coming forward.
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