[[image:Nyc-supremecourt-60centerst.jpg|thumb|300px|right|New York County Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street, from across Foley Square]] The Supreme Court of the State of New York is one of several New York trial courts in which cases originate. The court sits in each of New York State's 62 county, although some of the smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties. All but the most populous counties are grouped into ''judicial districts'' from which the justices are elected, unwritten agreements allotting the justice seats among the counties of the district. (See List of New York counties.) In New York, unlike most other U.S. state, the Supreme Court is not the highest court of the state - which is instead called the Court of Appeals of New York; this nomenclature sometimes causes confusion. To add to the confusion, the court's New York County, New York location is distributed across several buildings in Manhattan. The civil branch is at several buildings near Foley Square: the main New York County Courthouse building at 60 Centre Street (see photo), and three others at 80 Centre Street (across Worth Street), 111 Centre Street, and 71 Thomas Street. The criminal branch is at 100 Centre Street, shared with the Manhattan New York City Criminal Court, the Office of the District Attorney and other agencies, and at 111 Centre Street, shared with the New York County New York City Civil Court. This is also true of the Supreme Court in Kings County, New York and in Richmond County, New York. In Richmond County several "Parts" of the Supreme Court are located in the former U.S. Navy Home Port (each Part is usually where one Supreme Court judge sits). The State Supreme Court handles large civil cases throughout New York State, and also handles felony criminal cases within the five counties that make up New York, New York. Outside New York City, the County Courts, New York State handle felony criminal cases. Smaller civil cases and less serious criminal cases are handled in other courts: the New York City Civil Court and New York City Criminal Court in New York City; County Courts, New York State and District Courts, New York State in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York on Long Island; and County Courts, New York State, City, Town and Village Courts in the rest of the state. Certain specialized matters are handled by other courts; for example, probate matters are heard in New York Surrogate's Court, juvenile delinquency and child custody matters in New York Family Court, and tort and contract claims against the state for monetary damages in the New York Court of Claims. Although the New York Supreme Court in theory has unlimited general original jurisdiction over civil litigation, in practice it does not normally hear cases with lower monetary claims that are within the powers of a New York state trial court of limited jurisdiction such as County Court or N.Y.C. Civil Court. The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction over three areas: matrimonial actions (such as for divorce or annulment), declaratory judgments, and so-called Article 78 actions, which are challenges to administrative decisions by state agencies. Appeal from Supreme Court decisions go to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, which is New York's intermediate appellate court divided into four appellate departments, decisions of these intermediate appellate courts are only stare decisis in each appellate department. New York's highest appellate court is the New York Court of Appeals; appeals are taken from the four departments to the Court of Appeals; decisions from the Court of Appeals are binding throughout the state. New York Supreme Court justices are elected to 14-year terms. In practice, most of the power of selecting judges belongs to local political party organizations. Regardless of the term for which they are elected,justices retire at the end of the year in which they reach the age of seventy years, a replacement being chosen to a fresh 14-year term that November with effect from the start of the following year. ==External links== * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ New York Unified Court System] * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/supctmanh/ New York Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Branch] * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/1stdistrictcriminal/ New York Supreme Court, New York County, Criminal Branch] New York state courts
Thanks for fixing my NYC-centrism (my father used to work in the city courts, so that's what I know best). User:Vicki Rosenzweig 02:09 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) NYC is what I know best too, but I try hard not to offend the people from the rest of the state. User:Cjmnyc 17:16 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- Possible suggestions for new content: * Structural reform proposals for the New York State trial courts (or does that go in a new page for New York Unified Court System?); * The history of the court; * The longrunning but supposedly "temporary" system of unelected "acting Supreme Court justices"; * Add a page for the Appellate Division; * Add a cross reference to something about the relationship between federal and state courts. Anyone? User:Cjmnyc 17:16 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) ----
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[[image:Nyc-supremecourt-60centerst.jpg|thumb|300px|right|New York County Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street, from across Foley Square]] The Supreme Court of the State of New York is one of several New York trial courts in which cases originate. The court sits in each of New York State's 62 county, although some of the smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties. All but the most populous counties are grouped into ''judicial districts'' from which the justices are elected, unwritten agreements allotting the justice seats among the counties of the district. (See List of New York counties.) In New York, unlike most other U.S. state, the Supreme Court is not the highest court of the state - which is instead called the Court of Appeals of New York; this nomenclature sometimes causes confusion. To add to the confusion, the court's New York County, New York location is distributed across several buildings in Manhattan. The civil branch is at several buildings near Foley Square: the main New York County Courthouse building at 60 Centre Street (see photo), and three others at 80 Centre Street (across Worth Street), 111 Centre Street, and 71 Thomas Street. The criminal branch is at 100 Centre Street, shared with the Manhattan New York City Criminal Court, the Office of the District Attorney and other agencies, and at 111 Centre Street, shared with the New York County New York City Civil Court. This is also true of the Supreme Court in Kings County, New York and in Richmond County, New York. In Richmond County several "Parts" of the Supreme Court are located in the former U.S. Navy Home Port (each Part is usually where one Supreme Court judge sits). The State Supreme Court handles large civil cases throughout New York State, and also handles felony criminal cases within the five counties that make up New York, New York. Outside New York City, the County Courts, New York State handle felony criminal cases. Smaller civil cases and less serious criminal cases are handled in other courts: the New York City Civil Court and New York City Criminal Court in New York City; County Courts, New York State and District Courts, New York State in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York on Long Island; and County Courts, New York State, City, Town and Village Courts in the rest of the state. Certain specialized matters are handled by other courts; for example, probate matters are heard in New York Surrogate's Court, juvenile delinquency and child custody matters in New York Family Court, and tort and contract claims against the state for monetary damages in the New York Court of Claims. Although the New York Supreme Court in theory has unlimited general original jurisdiction over civil litigation, in practice it does not normally hear cases with lower monetary claims that are within the powers of a New York state trial court of limited jurisdiction such as County Court or N.Y.C. Civil Court. The Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction over three areas: matrimonial actions (such as for divorce or annulment), declaratory judgments, and so-called Article 78 actions, which are challenges to administrative decisions by state agencies. Appeal from Supreme Court decisions go to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, which is New York's intermediate appellate court divided into four appellate departments, decisions of these intermediate appellate courts are only stare decisis in each appellate department. New York's highest appellate court is the New York Court of Appeals; appeals are taken from the four departments to the Court of Appeals; decisions from the Court of Appeals are binding throughout the state. New York Supreme Court justices are elected to 14-year terms. In practice, most of the power of selecting judges belongs to local political party organizations. Regardless of the term for which they are elected,justices retire at the end of the year in which they reach the age of seventy years, a replacement being chosen to a fresh 14-year term that November with effect from the start of the following year. ==External links== * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ New York Unified Court System] * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/supctmanh/ New York Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Branch] * [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/1stdistrictcriminal/ New York Supreme Court, New York County, Criminal Branch] New York state courts
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Thanks for fixing my NYC-centrism (my father used to work in the city courts, so that's what I know best). User:Vicki Rosenzweig 02:09 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) NYC is what I know best too, but I try hard not to offend the people from the rest of the state. User:Cjmnyc 17:16 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) ---- Possible suggestions for new content: * Structural reform proposals for the New York State trial courts (or does that go in a new page for New York Unified Court System?); * The history of the court; * The longrunning but supposedly "temporary" system of unelected "acting Supreme Court justices"; * Add a page for the Appellate Division; * Add a cross reference to something about the relationship between federal and state courts. Anyone? User:Cjmnyc 17:16 12 Jul 2003 (UTC) ----
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