21 Nov 2019
Public Hearing: Court Consolidation
Legislative Office BuildingVan Buren Hearing Room A, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12247 188 State Street, Van Buren Hearing Room A, 2nd Flr, Albany, NY, 12247
10:30 AM Archived Video
Joint – Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary
Chair: Senator Brad Hoylman
and Assembly Standing Committee on Judiciary
Chair: Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz
Public Hearing: Court Consolidation
Place: Van Buren Hearing Room A, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12247
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Contact: Burton Phillips (518) 455-2451; Amanda Wagner (518) 455-4313
Media Contact: Avi Small (212) 633-8052; Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888
ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY
Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairs Brad Hoylman and Jeffrey Dinowitz will take testimony to examine the most recent proposal made by the chief judge of the State of New York to consolidate New York’s trial courts. This is the first of two hearings on the issue.
New York’s court system consists of 11 different trial courts. Under the consolidation proposal, the court system would have a two-part structure. One part would be a new Supreme Court consisting of the current Supreme Court, County Court, Family Court, Surrogate’s Court and the Court of Claims. The second part would be a new Municipal Court, consisting of the current district courts on Long Island, the New York City Civil and Criminal Courts, and the city courts outside of New York City. This proposal would not change the structure of town and village courts
