Brooklyn courts making strides to dispose of cases
Brooklyn has been touted as having the busiest courts in New York City. The December 2012 report distributed by the Office of Court Administration further bolsters this presumption — with more than 54,000 pending civil cases in 2012, Brooklyn’s civil term holds the largest caseload in the state.
Showing the amount of cases filed and disposed throughout the Unified Court System from 2008 through 2012, the December report evidences the efforts of Brooklyn’s judges and personnel as they work to efficiently address caseloads.
In criminal court, Brooklyn has seen the sharpest reduction in its backlog. The desired benchmark for the disposal of felony criminal cases is 180 days. In 2008, Brooklyn had approximately 2,221 pending felony cases for over 180 days. That number sharply fell to 1,660 in 2012.