page_title: New York City courts
section_title: Supreme Court
hierarchical_section_title: New York City courts / Courts / Supreme Court
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of the front of the Bronx County Hall of Justice on East 161st Street, with window pane exterior.
context_page_description: The New York City court system consists of the several citywide and state courts.
context_section_description: The Supreme Court of the State of New York is radically different from similarly named courts in nearly all other states. It is the trial court of general jurisdiction, not the highest court in the state.  In New York City, there are five venues for Supreme Court, one in each of New York City's five counties, which hear felony cases and major civil cases. Lesser criminal and civil cases are heard in the Criminal Court and Civil Court, respectively.
caption: The Bronx County Hall of Justice in the Bronx
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