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The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction, with most criminal matters handled in County Court. [1]
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State. [2] The state is geographically divided into four judicial departments of the Appellate Division. [3] The full title of each is, using the "Fourth Department" as an example, the "Supreme Court of the State of New York ...
The court has jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal appeals from the trial courts located in 10 counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester in the Hudson Valley, Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island, and Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island) in New York City. These counties comprise 8% of New York State's land ...
Jonathan Bandler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News. July 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM. A Bronx woman whose drunken crash in Yonkers last year led to the death of a good Samaritan who stopped to help ...
In 1998, DiFiore was elected a judge of the Westchester County Court. [3] [5] She served in that position from 1999 to 2002. [6] From 2003 to 2005, DiFiore was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (the state trial court in New York). [5] [6] In November 2005, DiFiore was elected Westchester County district attorney, succeeding Pirro. [5]
Susan Cacace, a former Westchester County judge, announces she is running for Westchester County District Attorney, outside Westchester County Courthouse Dec. 13, 2023 in White Plains.
Arnold Fernandez, left, with his lawyer Jeffrey Chartier in Westchester County Court on Aug. 21, 2024, before he was sentenced to 15-years to life in prison for the Jan. 29, 2023, shooting death ...
Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Amy Rowley was a deaf student, whose school refused to provide a sign ...