The New York City Bar Association released a report last week assessing the court’s efforts in its Equal Justice Initiatives, detailing recommendations for the state courts to continue working to eliminate racial bias.
Read MoreNYnaturalizations.com, gives public access to around 400,000 naturalization records signed in the courts of Queens and the Bronx between 1794 and 1952. he database is the culmination of a plan that was hatched four and a half years ago and unveiled Thursday at the Queens Public Library on Merrick Boulevard.
Read MoreWith new leadership at the top of the state’s courts, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on the Adams administration to join him in his call for the courts to slow the pace of eviction cases in order to ease the demand on the city’s struggling Right to Counsel program.
Read MoreAs the state court system begins to formulate plans on a statewide restructuring, some of the people most essential to the daily operations are pushing back.
With the end of pandemic eviction moratoriums, the court ramping up caseloads to get back on track and Right to Counsel expanded citywide, legal service providers say they are hard pressed to meet demands — to the point where they are turning away tenants.
Around 150 court employees face the pink slip if they don’t get the jab in the next week and a half, the Office of Court Administration announced this week.
The bill, introduced by Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman, would require that the Office of Court Administration broadcast and archive most trial court proceedings and offer them free of charge to the public and press.
They say the practice is an antiquated remnant that upholds white supremacist ideals.
Read MoreThe New York City Bar Association recently released its 2022 legislative agenda, featuring policies to reform the courts, criminal justice, state government and other aspects of life in New York State.
Read MoreThroughout the five boroughs, there are believed to be around 224,000 housing court cases backlogged, according to an Office of Court Administration spokesperson who noted that they believe that to be an overcount.
Read MoreQueens Supreme Court justice Cheree Buggs is taking on a new role in New York City’s courts.
Read More“I'm less effective when I'm scared.”
Read More“We hope that the governor keeps her promise that she is going to be independent, that she is going to look at all of the issues, and that she realizes that having an independent judiciary should be a priority,”
Read More“When these detainees' right to a speedy resolution of their cases isn't realized, Rikers functions as a de facto prison.”
Read More“We think this proposed increase in jurisdiction is reasonable.”
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