Office of Court Administration News

New Queens Family Court Supervising Judge Named (November 20, 2025)

8th Judicial District’s Committee on Women in the Courts to Honor Legacy of Beloved Political and Community Activist Cora P. Maloney (November 19, 2025)

Central NY’s 5th Judicial District, Onondaga County Executive to Host 25th Annual Adoption Day at Syracuse’s Oncenter (November 18, 2025)

Central NY’s Fifth Judicial District Joins Justice Partners to Unveil Five Modernized Courtrooms (November 13, 2025)

Troy City Court Launches Specialized Part to Address Individuals with Mental Illness (November 10, 2025)

Ulster County Launches Veterans Treatment Court (November 7, 2025)

AKC-Certified Therapy Dog to Join Buffalo Veterans Treatment Court (November 6, 2025)

Expansion of Mandatory Electronic Filing in the Erie County – Supreme Court (October 31, 2025)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces Two Appellate Term, Second Department Appointments (October 29, 2025)

Attorneys, Others to be Honored for Volunteer Efforts on Behalf of New Yorkers in Need (October 28, 2025)

Chief Administrative Judge Announces New Legal Fellowships Honoring Two Judicial Trailblazers (October 24, 2025)

Court Officer Recruits to Take Oath of Office at Brooklyn Graduation (October 21, 2025)

Harlem Street Co-Naming to Honor Civil Rights Leader, Attorney, and Diplomat Franklin H. Williams (October 20, 2025)

Judicial Conversation Series Program Features Program With New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Hon. Jenny Rivera and Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Hon. Leona Theron (October 17, 2025)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Unveils Policy for AI Use Across All New York State Court System Functions and Devices (October 10, 2025)

Erie County Family Court to Re-launch Children’s Art Project (October 10, 2025)

New York State Courts Celebrate Court Interpreters’ Vital Work (September 26, 2025)

New York Courts to Commemorate 9/11 Anniversary (September 10, 2025)

Appellate Division, Fourth Department’s Mental Hygiene Legal Service to Celebrate 60 Years of Service (September 9, 2025)

Pilot Digital Courtroom to Be Unveiled at Staten Island Courthouse (September 5, 2025)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces Appellate Term, First and Second Department Appointments (September 2, 2025)

New York State Courts to Highlight Court Career Opportunities, Court Services and More at The Great State Fair 2025 (August 18, 2025)

Seeking Applications for Buffalo City Housing Court’s Advisory Council (July 16, 2025)

Westchester County Surrogate’s Court to Celebrate Grand Opening of Help Center for Unrepresented Litigants (July 16, 2025)

New Bench Card Aims to Promote Inclusion in New York State Courts (July 1, 2025)

Court Officer Recruits to Take Oath of Office at Albany Graduation (June 9, 2025)

NY Commission on Access to Justice Outlines Measures to Expand Outreach of Legal Services (June 4, 2025)

Judicial Task Force on Mental Illness Issues First Report, With Initial Steps for Reform (June 3, 2025)

Law Day 2025 (April 30, 2025)

New Administrative Judge Named in the Capital Region’s Third Judicial District (April 24, 2025)

UCS Advisory Group Reports on Progress Made, Next Steps to Advance Courtroom Innovations, Enhance Access to Justice (April 14, 2025)

Central New York’s Fifth Judicial District to Unveil Help Center to Assist Area’s Unrepresented Litigants (April 14, 2025)

Chief Judge Wilson Appoints Working Group to Implement Full Re-Opening of Harlem Community Justice Center (April 9, 2025)

Hon. Amy C. Martoche Named Administrative Judge of Western New York’s Eighth Judicial District (April 3, 2025)

Court of Claims Judge Seth Marnin Appointed Co-Chair of Unified Court System’s Permanent Commission on Access to Justice (March 18, 2025)

Court System’s 2024 Annual Report Now Available (March 18, 2025)

Housing Court Judges Named in Brooklyn and the Bronx (March 12, 2025)

Court of Appeals to Hold Session in Binghamton (March 10, 2025)

Bronx Native Named Supervising Judge of the County’s Criminal Court t (February 28, 2025)

New Statewide Coordinating Judge for Problem-Solving Courts Named (February 25, 2025)

New OCA Division Created to Best Serve Court System’s Grants, Contracts and Procurement Management Needs (February 13, 2025)

Chief Judge Wilson to Present 2025 State of the Judiciary (February 7, 2025)

New Program to Simplify Divorce Process for Many New Yorkers (January 31, 2025)

Chief Judge Names Commercial Division Advisory Council Co-Chair (January 27, 2025)

Housing Court Advisory Council Appointments Announced (January 24, 2025)

Day of Service Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy to Be Held at Jamaica, Queens Courthouse (January 10, 2025)

New Supervising Judges Named in New York City (January 6, 2025)

Cattaraugus County Opens Veterans Treatment Court (January 3, 2025)

Court System’s Office for Justice Initiatives, Historical Society of NY Courts Announce Law Day 2025 Art Contest (December 10, 2024)

New Administrative Judges Named in New York (December 9, 2024)

Fifth Judicial District, Onondaga County Executive to Host 24th Annual Adoption Day Event at Syracuse’s Oncenter (November 20, 2024)

Presiding Justice Announces Recipients of the Fourteenth Annual Milton Mollen Commitment to Excellence Award (November 18, 2024)

Western New York’s 8th Judicial District Announces Native American Heritage Celebration (November 12, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces New Biennial Attorney Registration Reporting Requirement (November 12, 2024)

OCA Announces Implementation of New Hope Card Program to Enhance Safety of Domestic Violence Survivors (November 4, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Announces Series of PSAs Encouraging Participation in Jury Service (November 1, 2024)

8th Judicial District, Juvenile Justice Coalition to Present Youth Empowerment Program with the Buffalo Bills (October 30, 2024)

Courtroom to Be Named for Syracuse’s First Black Judge, Trailblazer Langston C. McKinney (October 29, 2024)

Attorneys, Other Volunteers to be Honored for Their Efforts on Behalf of New Yorkers in Need (October 21, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Announces Successful Implementation of Court System’s Paid Parental Leave Policy (October 18, 2024)

New Administrative Judge Named to State Supreme Court-Civil Term in Manhattan (October 17, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces Measure to Fill Critical Quasi-Judicial Posts in New York City Family Court (October 17, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces Criminal Case Management Innovations (October 10, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Appoints Co-Chair to the Permanent Commission on Access to Justice (October 3, 2024)

New Administrative Judge Named in Queens County (October 2, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces Appellate Term, Second Department Appointments (October 1, 2024)

New York State Court System Seeks Applicants for Spanish Interpreters (September 26, 2024)

Midtown Community Justice Center Continues to Expand Its Operations (September 25, 2024)

Monroe County Hall of Justice to Host Job and College Fair (September 23, 2024)

New York State Courts Launch Constitution Day Essay Contest to Promote Civic Engagement (September 17, 2024)

New York Courts to Commemorative 9/11 Anniversary (September 10, 2024)

New York State Court System Launches “Explorers” Community Service Program for Teens (September 6, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announces New Appointments to the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics (September 5, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Names Special Counsel for Appointments and UCS Advisory Groups (September 4, 2024)

Hon. Adam Silvera Named Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts (Augusts 27, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Names NYS Courts’ First-Ever Historian(August 26, 2024)

Judicial Co-Chair Named to Chief Administrative Judge’s Advisory Committee on Civil Practice (August 19, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Appoints Housing Court Judges in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens (August 15 2024)

Hon. Richard Sise Receives Gubernatorial Appointment to Lead NY’s Court of Claims (June 24, 2024)

Office for Justice Initiatives’ 2024 Law Day Report Now Available (May 31, 2024)

Rockland County Enhances Treatment Court for Justice-Involved Individuals (May 28, 2024)

Presiding Justice LaSalle Announces Second Annual Hon. Randall T. Eng Award Program (May 24, 2024)

New York State Courts’ First Statewide Civic Engagement Coordinator Named (May 8, 2024)

New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts Renamed for Pioneering Justice Betty Weinberg Ellerin (April 23, 2024)

Hon. Biju J. Koshy Named Richmond County Criminal Court’s Supervising (April 18, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas Names Advisory Panel to Study the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the New York State Courts (April 11, 2024)

New York State Courts Announce Student Internships (April 10, 2024)

Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson Appoints Co-Chairs to Courts’ ADR Advisory Committee, Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas Announces New ADR Rules (April 5, 2024)

New York State Courts Announce Expansion of Judicial Trainings in 2024, With Emphasis on Bail and Securing Orders (April 4, 2024)

Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson Names Judicial Co-Chair to the Attorney Emeritus Program’s Advisory Council (March 22, 2024)

Court System Launches Online Case Activity Dashboard (March 21, 2024)

Former NY Court of Appeals Senior Associate Judge Carmen Ciparick to Speak at Suffolk County Courts’(March 20, 2024)

Hybrid Women’s History Month Program to Celebrate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s Legacy (March 15, 2024)

Court System’s 2023 Annual Report Now Available (March 15, 2024)

Court System Adopts New Rule to Ease Judicial Accommodations for People with Disabilities (March 15, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Appoints Co-Chair of the New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts (March 12, 2024)

Unified Court System’s Access to Justice Program, Historical Society of the New York Courts Launch Law Day Art Contest (March 7, 2024)

Judges Zayas and St. George Name Director of OCA’s Newly Formed Division of Alternative Dispute Resolution (March 5, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Appoints Co-Chair to Court Modernization Action Committee (February 21, 2024)

New York State Courts Join Plaza College, Others to Celebrate National Court Reporting and Captioning Week (February 6, 2024)

Chief Administrative Judge Announces Appointment to Appellate Term, Second Department’s 9th and 10th Districts (February 5, 2024)

The Appellate Term, First Department to Hear Oral Arguments in the Bronx (February 2, 2024)

Chief Judge Wilson Appoints Judicial Co-Chairs to The Permanent Commission on Access to Justice (February 1, 2024)

Presiding Justice Announces Recipients of the Thirteenth Annual Milton Mollen Commitment to Excellence Award (January 18, 2024)

New Task Force to Study the Interplay of AI and the Courts (January 11, 2024)

Unified Court System Announces New Components of Its Anti-Bias and Discrimination Training Efforts (December 18, 2023)

Chief Judge Wilson Announces Two Appointments to The New York State Court System’s Ethics Commission (December 15, 2023)

New Administrative Judge Named in the Fourth Judicial District (December 14, 2023)

New Civil Term Administrative Judge Named in the Bronx (December 13, 2023)

Chief Judge Wilson Announces Appointment of Hon. Shirley Troutman as Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission Co-Chair (November 29, 2023)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Makes Historic Appointment to Appellate Term, First Department’s 1st and 12th Districts (November 27, 2023)

Court System Names New Managing Inspector General for Bias Matters (November 21, 2023)

Chief Judge Wilson Names New Co-Chair, Members to Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission (November 15, 2023)

Fifth Judicial District, Onondaga County Executive to Host 23rd Annual Adoption Day Event at Syracuse’s Oncenter (November 13, 2023)

Appellate Division, Second Department, to Present Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (November 13, 2023)

Court System Implements Mandatory Online Registration for All New York State Attorneys (October 31, 2023)

Chief Judge Wilson, Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Announce New Leadership Team for Landmark State Judicial Task Force on Mental Illness (October 26, 2023)

OCA Forms Statewide Division of Court Modernization (October 19, 2023)

Pro Bono Awards Ceremony to Honor Attorneys for Volunteer Efforts on Behalf of New Yorkers in Need (October 18, 2023)

New York State Unified Court System Announces A Newly Structured Communications Department for an Increasingly Diverse Information Age (October 11, 2023)

Second Department to Present Roundtable Discussion In Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (October 10, 2023)

Statewide Coordinating Judge for Family Court Matters Named (October 4, 2023)

Ceremony for Largest-Ever Graduating Class of NYS Court Officers to be Held in Brooklyn (September 26, 2023)

OCA’s Executive Office Restructured to Create New Appointments Unit; Key Posts Announced (September 26, 2023)

Chief Judge Wilson to Address NY’s Justice Gap at Annual Public Hearing (September 14, 2023)

Chief Administrative Judge Zayas Makes Historic Appointment to the Appellate Term, Second Department’s 2nd, 11th and 13th Districts (September 12, 2023)

Chief Administrative Judge Announces New Structure of Court System’s Human Resources and Labor Relations Divisions, Appoints Key Positions to More Effectively Address NYS Courts’ Personnel Needs (September 8, 2023)

New York Courts to Commemorate 9/11 (September 8, 2023)

Supervising Judges Named Upstate and in Long Island (September 6, 2023)

Supervising Judges Named in New York’s Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Judicial Districts (September 6. 2023)

Swearing-in Ceremony for Associate Justices Powers and Mackey to be Held in Early September (August 30, 2023)

Be Alert to Jury Scam in Central New York Region (July 31, 2023)

Director of NY Courts’ Office of Court Facilities Planning Named (July 10, 2023)

Presiding Justice Announces Appointment of the Administrator for Assigned Counsel Plan for the First Department (July 6, 2023)

New Administrative Judge Named to the Fifth Judicial District (June 29, 2023)