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The New York State Fair, also known as the Great New York State Fair, is a 13-day showcase of agriculture, entertainment, education, and technology.With midway rides, concessionaires, exhibits, and concerts, it has become New York's largest annual event and an end-of-summer tradition for hundreds of thousands of families from all corners of the state.
The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.
[4] [5] It is the successor body of the Judicial Council of the State of New York, which was abolished with the repeal of article 2-A of the Judiciary Law in Laws of 1955, ch. 869. [5] That body was formed for the purpose of surveying current practice in the administration of the State's courts, compiling statistics, and suggesting legislation. [3]
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
He flirted with a run for state Attorney General in 2018 before ending his bid. Karen Ostberg , who ran unsuccessfully for state Supreme Court last year, is a Minisink town judge in Orange County ...
In North Carolina, for example, the state judicial conduct commission opened an investigation last summer into state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls for comments she had made about bias in the ...
The Appellate Division primarily hears appeals from the state's superior courts (Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, Court of Claims, the county courts) in civil cases, the Supreme Court in criminal cases, and, in the Third and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
The district covers the five counties just north of New York City — Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange. Democrats enjoy a 2-to-1 advantage among registered voters districtwide.