Concerns Over Budget Cuts to State Court System Amid Massive Case Backlog (Gotham Gazette)

Gotham Gazette, November 13, 2020

Concerns Over Budget Cuts to State Court System Amid Massive Case Backlog

Michael Regan, Chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Council on Judicial Administration, said the impending loss of the 46 judges will further hinder the courts’ ability to process the case backlog created by the pandemic. As of August, the state courts were facing a backlog of nearly 200,000 pre-pandemic cases.

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