Assembly Bill A4867

                             
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                                   4867
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SIMON, SHIMSKY -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to  requiring  the  chief
   administrator  of the courts to provide certain reports related to the
   office of court administration

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL COLLECT AND COMPILE DATA ON LEGAL
 TRAINING  PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY, OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, THE OFFICE
 OF COURT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF THE UNIFIED COURT
 SYSTEM, INCLUDING:
   (I) THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND TOPIC OF EACH TRAINING PROGRAM;
   (II) THE JUDGES AND JUSTICES WHO ATTENDED EACH TRAINING PROGRAM; AND
   (III) ANY MATERIALS PRESENTED  AND/OR  DISTRIBUTED  AT  EACH  TRAINING
 PROGRAM, SUCH AS SLIDESHOWS, CASE COMPILATIONS, AND REFERENCE GUIDES.
   (B)  ON  OR  BEFORE  THE  FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR, THE CHIEF
 ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRES-
 IDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY CONTAINING THE DATA
 REQUIRED TO BE COLLECTED AND COMPILED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  ALSO  CONTAIN  LEGAL REFERENCE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED OR OTHERWISE
 MADE AVAILABLE, IN WHATEVER FORM, TO JUDGES AND JUSTICES FOR  DAY-TO-DAY
 PRACTICE, SUCH AS BENCH CARDS AND BENCH BOOKS.
   §  2.  Section  212  of  the  judiciary law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. (A) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT  ON  THE
 PERFORMANCE  OF THE JUDGES AND JUSTICES OF THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM. THE
 CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT SUCH REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND SHALL
 PUBLISH SUCH REPORT ON THE WEBSITE  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08622-01-5
              

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 TRATION, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR. SUCH REPORT
 SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I)  RULES,  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES OF THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINIS-
 TRATION FOR PROMOTING THE TIMELY AND  JUST  RESOLUTION  OF  ACTIONS  AND
 PROCEEDINGS,  INCLUDING  STANDARDS  AND  GOALS FOR MOTION RESOLUTION AND
 CASE DISPOSITION; AND
   (II) FOR EACH JUDGE AND JUSTICE:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF CASES IN WHICH THE STANDARDS AND GOALS DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WERE, AND WERE NOT, MET;
   (B)  THE  NUMBER  OF  MOTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PENDING FOR MORE THAN SIX
 MONTHS AND THE NAME OF EACH CASE IN WHICH SUCH MOTION HAS BEEN PENDING;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF BENCH TRIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR MORE  THAN
 SIX  MONTHS  AND  THE  NAME  OF EACH CASE IN WHICH SUCH TRIALS ARE UNDER
 SUBMISSION;
   (D) THE NUMBER AND NAMES OF CASES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TERMINATED WITHIN
 THREE YEARS OF FILING; AND
   (E) THE NUMBER OF ORDERS AND JUDGMENTS REVERSED, MODIFIED, OR  VACATED
 ON APPEAL, FOR WHATEVER REASON, BY A HIGHER COURT.
   (B)  THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE POSTED IN A SEARCHABLE, SORTABLE,  ALPHANU-
 MERIC  FORM  THAT  CAN BE DIGITALLY TRANSMITTED OR PROCESSED, AND NOT IN
 PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT OR SCANNED COPIES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
   § 3. Section 212 of the judiciary law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  ON  OR  BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND EVERY
 YEAR THEREAFTER ON OR BEFORE  JANUARY  FIRST,  THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR
 SHALL  SUBMIT  AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SECURITY OF THE JUDICIAL AND NON-
 JUDICIAL OFFICERS OF THE UNIFIED COURT   SYSTEM  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
 THE JUDICIARY, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIR OF THE  ASSEM-
 BLY  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  JUDICIARY.  SUCH  REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, FOR THE
 PRECEDING YEAR:
   (I) THE NUMBER OF THREATS DIRECTED AT JUDICIAL AND NON-JUDICIAL  OFFI-
 CERS AND THEIR FAMILIES;
   (II)  THE  NUMBER OF PHYSICAL ASSAULTS AND ATTEMPTED ASSAULTS ON JUDI-
 CIAL AND NON-JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES;
   (III) THE NUMBER OF POLICE REPORTS  FILED  AND  CRIMINAL  PROSECUTIONS
 RELATED TO SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH; AND
   (IV)  THE  NUMBER  OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS, NON-JUDICIAL OFFICERS, FORMER
 JUDICIAL OFFICERS, AND FORMER NON-JUDICIAL OFFICERS COVERED BY  EXTRAOR-
 DINARY  SECURITY  MEASURES  AT  ANY POINT IN THE PRECEDING YEAR, AND THE
 CUMULATIVE COST OF SUCH EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY MEASURES. FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY MEASURES SHALL MEAN SECURITY
 MEASURES OTHER THAN SECURITY PROVIDED AT A COURTHOUSE ON A  DAILY  BASIS
 BY  UNIFORMED  COURT  OFFICERS  OR A LOCAL SHERIFF OR POLICE DEPARTMENT,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AN OFF-HOURS, NON-COURTHOUSE GUARD DETAIL.
   (B) THE FIRST REPORT REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  COVER  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AND JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.