‘Culture of Toxicity’ — Commission finds pervasive racism among NY court officers
An independent commission tasked with reviewing institutional racism in the New York...
Judicial Friends releases report on institutional racism in court system
An influential group of Black New York judges has released a 161...
VLP attorney advocates for unrepresented people in consumer debt cases
A self-represented litigant from Brooklyn had a consumer debt case in...
Top New York judges say it’s up to lawmakers to set eviction policy after Oct. 1
The New York court system does not plan to extend a statewide...
Chief Judge DiFiore: We have an obligation to restore trial by jury
The court system is on the verge of restarting jury trials in...
Justice Lawrence Marks testifies about court reopening at Senate judiciary hearing
The New York state court system is still conducting as much business...
Grand juries return to New York City’s courts for first time since pandemic
In her weekly address to the legal community, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore...
Legal Aid expects 14,000 in NYC to face eviction as moratorium expires Wednesday
Less than a week after the $600-per-week federal unemployment protection...
Chief Judge DiFiore: Court system never stopped functioning, ‘not for one minute’
Shootings are up in New York City, and for the past few...