New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and lawmakers have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to reform and simplify the state’s court system.
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Read More »March 7, 2022 Comments Off on Constitutional change to state court system proposed
New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and lawmakers have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to reform and simplify the state’s court system.
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Read More »February 17, 2022 Comments Off on New York chief judge delivers annual address
In the annual State of the Judiciary speech Wednesday, New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFore talked about pandemic-related challenges still facing the court system, the progress made in the past year, and the challenge of eliminating barriers to equal ...
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Read More »March 3, 2021 Comments Off on Some in-person trials to start March 22
In her weekly message on the status of the court system during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced Monday that in-person operations, including some jury trials, are expected to resume at the end of the ...
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Read More »January 26, 2021 Comments Off on Virtual courts remain productive
New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said that, during the holiday-shortened week of Jan. 18, the state’s virtual courts conferenced and heard 19,633 matters; settled or disposed of 5,070 of those matters; and issued over 1,530 written decisions on ...
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Read More »January 12, 2021 Comments Off on Grand juries in place across the state
Despite the resurgence of COVID-19, the New York state court system is better off than it was last spring, New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said in her latest update on how the courts are handling the pandemic. The ...
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Read More »September 10, 2020 Comments Off on Minority judges offer solutions to bias in courts
The Judicial Friends Association Inc. has submitted a report to the New York State Court’s Commission on Equal Justice in the Courts with recommendations for addressing racism and systemic bias in the judicial system. The report was submitted to Secretary ...
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Read More »July 14, 2020 Comments Off on Courts outside NYC in Phase 4
As of Friday, July 10, all courts in New York state outside New York City have entered into Phase 4 of the COVID-19 pandemic reopening plan. “Grand Jurors are reporting for service and being empanelled in every judicial district outside ...
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Read More »June 9, 2020 Comments Off on All N.Y. courts open to some extent
On Wednesday, all courts in New York state will be in either Phase 1 or 2 of the gradual restoration of in-person operations as the measures imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19 wind down. “We are confident that our ...
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Read More »June 2, 2020 Comments Off on Upstate courts starting to reopen
Courts in the Seventh Judicial District will move into Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore has announced. Courts in the Fifth and Sixth Judicial District ...
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Read More »May 26, 2020 Comments Off on Upstate courts back open
In-person court operations are expected to resume for most of New York State by later this week, with the exception of the New York City region. The state’s court system had been operating virtually since mid-March to slow the spread ...
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Read More »May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Courts begin transition to ‘new normal’
New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore released a 10-minute video message Monday to mark the re-opening of some parts of the state court system that has been operating on a limited basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today is ...
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Read More »February 25, 2020 Comments Off on Chief judge to deliver annual address
New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore will deliver the 2020 State of the Judiciary address at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The speech will be streamed live onine at: http://nycourts.gov/ctapps/soj.htm The speech will be delivered from the New York State Court ...
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