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The Judiciary of New York (officially the New York State Unified Court System) is the judicial branch of the Government of New York, comprising all the courts of the State of New York (excluding extrajudicial administrative courts). The Court of Appeals, sitting in Albany and consisting of seven judges, is the state's highest court.
New York State Unified Court System; Court of Appeals (highest) Appellate Division (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) Supreme Court (1st level) ... Federal courts located in New York.
Attorneys are admitted to the New York bar by one of the Appellate Division departments rather than by New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, though once admitted to any of the Appellate Division departments, such attorney is admitted to practice and appear before all non-federal courts in the state, including the Court of Appeals.
The New York City Criminal Courts Building in Manhattan. The Criminal Court of the City of New York handles misdemeanors (generally, crimes punishable by fine or imprisonment of up to one year) and lesser offenses, and also conducts arraignments (initial court appearances following arrest) and preliminary hearings in felony cases (generally, more serious offenses punishable by imprisonment of ...
New York judicial districts. The court system is divided into thirteen judicial districts: seven upstate districts each comprising between five and eleven counties, five districts corresponding to the boroughs of New York City, and one district on Long Island. [41]
New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, at 60 Centre Street New York courts are frequently called upon to resolve disputes over whether a limited liability corporation (LLC) should be dissolved.
The Nassau County District Court is divided into four districts, all of which sit in Hempstead, New York. [1] The first district covers criminal cases countywide. [ 5 ] The other three districts cover civil cases, and are organized by town and city: the second covers Hempstead and Long Beach , [ 6 ] the third covers North Hempstead , [ 7 ] and ...
A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office, a judicial watchdog panel ruled. State ...