July 28, 2020
A federal judge in Manhattan tossed a lawsuit seeking to block New York's state court administrators from going forward with a recent return to in-person criminal proceedings in New York City, saying it wasn't the place of the federal judiciary to interfere in a state-level issue.
July 21, 2020
New York's state court administrators told a Manhattan federal court Tuesday not to interfere with the state's recent return to in-person criminal proceedings in New York City and pushed back on public defenders' claims that the move denies vulnerable defendants access to the justice system.
July 17, 2020
A New York federal judge on Friday denied public defender groups' bid to temporarily block in-person New York City criminal court proceedings, but ordered the state Office of Court Administration to explain why he shouldn't stall reopening the courts pending the outcome of the case.
July 14, 2020
The Legal Aid Society and a handful of New York public defender organizations on Tuesday sued the New York State Office of Court Administration, slamming the office's plan to reconvene in-person, nonemergency criminal court hearings in New York City this week as "rushed" and "dangerous."