Beginning May 25, 2020, litigants will finally be able to commence new actions. The acceptance of electronic filing for new non-essential matters represents the clearing of the the penultimate hurdle for the court system's remote operations. In effect, trials and hearings are the only civil court operations still on hold....
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Thursday, April 09, 2020
As expected, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks has issued a new administrative order detailing the first stage of court operations for nonessential matters. A full copy of the order can be read HERE.
Judges will commit themselves to deciding fully submitted motions in pending cases.
Judges will examine...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020
07
Apr
New York State courts are reopening.
On April 7, 2020 Judge Marks issued a memorandum to all trial court justices and judges outlining his plan for reopening the trial courts to non-essential matters beginning on Monday April 13, 2020. A full copy of the memorandum can be found HERE.
Judge Marks' April 7, 2020 memorandum...
Monday, March 23, 2020
23
Mar
The Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts has issued an order forbidding the filing of all non-essential papers in county clerks and court clerks. This order is statewide and will have far-reaching consequences.
The Order, a copy of which can be found HERE, states:
Pursuant to the authority vested in me, in light...
23
Mar
Governor Cuomo has consolidated the patchwork of local foreclosure and eviction laws bubbling up in the wake of the COVID-19 quarantines - and it's a big one.
Executive Order 202.8 states:
There shall be no enforcement of either an an eviction of any tenant, residential or commercial, or a foreclosure of any residential...
Saturday, March 21, 2020
21
Mar
On March 21, 2020, the Governor issued NYS Executive Order 202.9, which provides, in pertinent part, as follows:
Subdivision two of Section 39 of the Banking Law is hereby modified to provide that it shall be deemed an unsafe and unsound business practice if, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, any bank which is...
