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The First Department of the Appellate Division holds jurisdiction over the Counties of New York and the Bronx.Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims.
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 Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
The First Department was the only appellate department in the state with seven judges, as the Appellate Division's other three departments had five judges. Despite this, the First Department was overwhelmed with cases in the late 1890s: it heard over a thousand cases annually, forcing the department to transfer some cases to Brooklyn and ...
From that point, they’ll have six months to file the appeal itself to the First Judicial Department of New York’s Appellate Division. This means the appeals process likely won’t be underway ...
Prior to joining the bench, he worked as a Law Clerk to Justice Henry Martuscello on the Appellate Division and Justice Nicholas A. Clemente (See: Nicholas Clemente) of the New York Supreme Court, Kings County. He subsequently served on the New York City Civil Court from 1990 to 1993. He was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 1994 to 1999.
Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department: Harold A. Stevens: 1974 Malcolm Wilson, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department: Thomas D. Thacher: 1943–1948 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
In 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Singh to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, which has appellate jurisdiction over the counties of New York (Manhattan) and the Bronx. [8] He was the first South Asian person to become an appellate state court judge in New York. In 2023, he was selected by New York ...
The court currently has 22 judicial seats. [1] As of 2021, the Second Department is the busiest appellate court in the United States and decides 65% of all cases in the Appellate Division. [2] The court issued more than 3,500 rulings in 2017. [3] In 1966, its caseload surpassed that of the First Department, based in Manhattan. [1]