2023 New York Laws › JUD - Judiciary › Article 7-A - Judicial Administration › 212 - Functions of the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

§  212.  Functions  of  the  chief administrator of the courts. 1. The
chief administrator of the courts, on behalf of the chief  judge,  shall
supervise  the administration and operation of the unified court system.
In the exercise of such responsibility, the  chief  administrator  shall
have  such  powers  and  duties  as may be delegated to him by the chief
judge and, in addition, the following functions, powers and duties which
shall be exercised as the chief judge may provide and in accordance with
such  standards  and  administrative  policies  as  may  be  promulgated
pursuant to section twenty-eight of article six of the constitution:
(a)  Prepare  the  itemized estimates of the annual financial needs of
the unified court system, in accordance  with  section  one  of  article
seven  of  the  constitution.  Such  itemized estimates, approved by the
court of appeals and certified by the chief judge, shall be  transmitted
to  the  governor  not later than the first day of December in each year
for inclusion in the budget without revision.  The  chief  administrator
shall  forthwith  transmit  copies  of  such  itemized  estimates to the
chairmen of the senate finance and judiciary committees and the assembly
ways and means and judiciary committees.
(b) Establish an administrative office for the courts and appoint  and
remove  such  deputies, assistants, counsel and employees as he may deem
necessary and fix their salaries within the appropriation made available
therefor.
(c) Establish the hours, terms and parts of court, assign  judges  and
justices to them, and make necessary rules therefor.
(d)  Designate  deputy  chief administrators and administrative judges
for any or all of the courts of the unified  court  system,  except  the
appellate divisions and the court of appeals.
(e)  Act  as  "chief  executive  officer"  and exercise the functions,
powers and duties of a "public employer" under the provisions of article
fourteen of the civil service law.
(f) Make recommendations to the legislature and the governor for  laws
and  programs to improve the administration of justice and the operation
of the unified court system; and, with respect to any bill proposing law
which is likely to have a substantial and direct effect upon the unified
court system, prepare a judicial impact statement upon  written  request
of  the  chairman of the standing committee of the senate or assembly to
which the bill has  been  referred  or  upon  his  own  initiative.  The
statement  shall  be submitted as soon as practicable to the chairman of
the appropriate committee  and  contain,  to  the  extent  feasible  and
relevant,  the  chief  administrator's  projections of the impact of the
proposed law on the functioning of the courts and  related  agencies  of
the  unified court system, including: (i) administration; (ii) caseload;
(iii) personnel; (iv) procedure;  (v)  revenues;  (vi)  expenses;  (vii)
physical facilities; and (viii) such additional considerations as may be
requested   by   the  committee  chairman,  or  included  by  the  chief
administrator.
(g) Receive and consider proposed amendments to the civil practice law
and rules and the  criminal  procedure  law,  and  conduct  studies  and
recommend changes therein.
(h)  Hold hearings and conduct investigations. The chief administrator
may issue a subpoena requiring a person to  attend  before  him  and  be
examined  under  oath  with reference to any aspect of the unified court
system, and require the production of books  or  papers  with  reference
thereto.
(i) Adopt, amend and rescind all rules and orders necessary to execute
the functions of his office.
(j)  Collect,  compile  and  publish  statistics  and  other data with
respect to the unified court system and submit annually,  on  or  before

the fifteenth day of March, to the legislature and the governor a report
of  his  activities and the state of the unified court system during the
preceding year.
(k)  Require  all personnel of the unified court system, county clerks
and law enforcement officers to furnish any information and  statistical
data as will enable him to execute the functions of his office.
(l)  Request  and receive from any court or agency of the state or any
political subdivision thereof such assistance, information and  data  as
will enable him to execute the functions of his office.
(m) Undertake research, studies and analyses of the administration and
operation of the unified court system including, but not limited to, the
organization,   budget,  jurisdiction,  procedure,  and  administrative,
clerical, fiscal and personnel practices thereof.
(n) Accept as agent of the state any grant or gift for the purpose  of
executing the functions of his or her office; provided, however, where a
grant or gift is of money, the chief administrator shall dispose of same
as provided in section eleven of the state finance law.
(o)  Contract  for  goods  and services on behalf of the unified court
system.
(p) Promote cooperation and coordination  between  the  unified  court
system and other agencies of the state or its political subdivisions.
(q)  Create  advisory committees to assist him in the execution of the
functions of his office.
(r) Establish educational programs, seminars and  institutes  for  the
judicial and nonjudicial personnel of the unified court system.
(s)  Delegate to any deputy, assistant, court or administrative judge,
administrative functions, powers and duties possessed by him.
(t) Do all other things necessary and  convenient  to  carry  out  his
functions, powers and duties.
(u)  Review  and  approve  plans,  specifications,  designs  and  cost
estimates for the  design,  acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction,
rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing or equipping of court facilities
pursuant  to  a capital plan approved in accordance with section sixteen
hundred eighty-c of the public authorities law; provided, however,  that
in  the event that such plans, specifications, designs or cost estimates
effect a substantial change in an approved  capital  plan,  such  plans,
specifications,  designs or cost estimates must be approved by the court
facilities capital review  board  in  accordance  with  section  sixteen
hundred eighty-c of the public authorities law.
(v)  Insure  that appropriate public notice is given of the provisions
of section 215.22 of the penal law.
(w) Adopt, after  consultation  with  the  office  of  indigent  legal
services,  the  appropriate local magistrates association, institutional
providers of criminal defense services and other members of the criminal
defense  bar,  local  government  officials,  including   the   district
attorney,  and  with  the  approval  of  the administrative board of the
courts, a plan for the establishment, in accordance with  paragraph  (c)
of  this  subdivision,  of  off-hours  arraignment parts in select local
criminal courts of a county to be held in  such  courts  on  a  rotating
basis  for the conduct of arraignments and other preliminary proceedings
incidental thereto, and for arrest warrant returns  in  criminal  cases,
where  the  use of such parts will facilitate the availability of public
defenders  or  assigned  counsel  for  defendants  in  need   of   legal
representation  at  such  proceedings.  To  the  extent practicable, and
notwithstanding that any such plan shall designate off-hours arraignment
parts in fewer than all of the local criminal courts of a  county,  each
plan  authorized  by  this  paragraph  shall  provide  for  the periodic
assignment of all of the  judges  and  justices  of  all  of  the  local

criminal  courts  in  the  affected  county to the off-hours arraignment
parts designated therein. The chief administrator shall give appropriate
public notice of each off-hours arraignment part  established  hereunder
and each judicial assignment made thereto.
(x)  Not  permit  the  unified court system to sell any data regarding
judicial proceedings related to residential tenancy, rent or eviction to
any third party. Such prohibition includes  data  collected,  stored  or
utilized  by any third-party vendors who have contracts with the unified
court system.
(y) Collect, compile, and publish  statistics  and  other  demographic
data  provided in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and
submit annually, on or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  March,  to  the
legislature and the governor a report of his or her findings.
(i) The chief administrator shall annually request that each judge and
justice of the state-paid courts of the unified court system disclose to
the  office  of  court  administration  information  as  to  his  or her
race/ethnicity,  sex,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,   veteran
status,  and  disability status. Compliance with this request by a judge
or justice shall be entirely voluntary; and any information disclosed to
the office of court administration may only be released publicly in  the
form  of aggregated statistical data that does not identify a justice or
judge.
(ii) The report required by  this  paragraph  shall  include  separate
charts  showing  the  race/ethnicity,  sex,  sexual  orientation, gender
identity, disability status and veteran status of:
(A) all responding judges and justices of the  unified  court  system,
including  sub-charts  for  all  elected  judges  and  justices  and all
appointed judges and justices by appointing authority;
(B) all responding judges of the court of appeals;
(C) all responding  justices  of  the  appellate  division,  including
sub-charts for appellate division justices in each appellate department;
(D) all responding justices of the supreme court, including sub-charts
for supreme court justices elected in each judicial district;
(E) all responding judges of the court of claims;
(F) all responding justices of the surrogate's court;
(G) all responding judges of the county courts;
(H) all responding judges of the district courts, including sub-charts
for each district court;
(I)  all  responding  judges of the family court, including sub-charts
for family court judges appointed in New  York  city  and  family  court
judges elected outside New York city;
(J) all responding judges of the New York city civil court;
(K) all responding judges of the New York city criminal court;
(L) all responding judges of the city courts, including sub-charts for
city  court  judges  who  are  appointed  and  city court judges who are
elected; and
(M) all responding judges of the New York city housing court.
(iv) The report required by this paragraph  shall  use  the  following
ethnic  and  racial categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian,
Black or African-American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or  other
Pacific  Islander,  White,  some  other race, and more than one race, as
those categories are defined by the  United  States  Census  Bureau  for
reporting purposes.
(v)  The demographic data reported, disclosed, or released pursuant to
this subdivision shall also indicate the percentage of  respondents  who
declined to respond.
2. The chief administrator shall also:
(a) Designate the justices of the appellate terms of the supreme court
and  the  places where such appellate terms shall be held, in accordance
with the provisions of section eight of article six of the constitution.
(b) Promulgate rules of conduct for judges and justices of the unified
court  system  with  the approval of the court of appeals, in accordance
with  the  provisions  of  section  twenty  of  article   six   of   the
constitution.
(c)  Temporarily  assign  judges  and  justices  of  the unified court
system, in accordance with  the  provisions  of  section  twenty-six  of
article six of the constitution.
(d)  Adopt  rules  and  orders  regulating  practice  in the courts as
authorized by statute with the advice and consent of the  administrative
board of the courts, in accordance with the provisions of section thirty
of article six of the constitution.
(e)  Prepare forms and compile data on family offenses, proceedings or
actions in all courts,  including  but  not  limited  to  the  following
information:
(i) the offense alleged;
(ii)  the  relationship  of  the alleged offender to the petitioner or
complainant;
(iii) the court where the action or proceeding was instituted;
(iv) the disposition; and
(v) in the case of dismissal, the reasons therefor.
In executing this requirement, the chief administrator may adopt rules
requiring appropriate law enforcement or criminal  justice  agencies  to
identify  actions  and  proceedings  involving family offenses and, with
respect to such actions and proceedings, to report,  in  such  form  and
manner  as  the  chief  administrator  shall  prescribe, the information
specified herein.
The chief administrator of the courts shall adopt rules to  facilitate
record  sharing  and other communication among the supreme, criminal and
family  courts,  subject  to  applicable  provisions  of  the   domestic
relations   law,  criminal  procedure  law  and  the  family  court  act
pertaining to the confidentiality, expungement and sealing  of  records,
where  such  courts exercise concurrent jurisdiction over family offense
proceedings or proceedings involving orders of protection.
(f) Have the power to prescribe forms pursuant to section 10.40 of the
criminal procedure law.
(g) Designate by rule one supreme court library within  each  judicial
district  to  serve  as the repository of materials transmitted by state
agencies pursuant to paragraph c of  subdivision  four  of  section  one
hundred two of the executive law.
(h) (i) Formulate, establish and maintain a plan or plans to encourage
and  reward  unusual  and meritorious suggestions and accomplishments by
state employees and suggestions of  retired  state  employees  promoting
efficiency and economy in the performance of any function of the unified
court system.
(ii)  Make  and  render  merit  awards  to or for the benefit of state
employees and retired state  employees  nominated  to  receive  them  in
accordance  with  such  plan  or  plans.  The  chief  administrator  may
determine the nature and extent of such merit awards, which may  include
but  shall  not  be limited to certificates, medals or other appropriate
insignia, or cash awards in such amounts as may be fixed  by  the  chief
administrator.
(iii)  Adopt  and  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  governing  the
operation of any plan or plans established  hereunder,  the  eligibility
and  qualifications  of  state  employees  and  retired  state employees
participating therein, the character  and  quality  of  suggestions  and

accomplishments   submitted  for  consideration,  the  method  of  their
submission and the procedure for their  review,  nominations  for  merit
awards, and the kind, character and value of such awards, and such other
rules  and regulations as may be deemed necessary or appropriate for the
proper administration of any plan or plans established hereunder.
(i) Review the practices and procedures of the  unified  court  system
regarding  fair  treatment  standards  for  crime  victims and implement
recommendations for change, in accordance with the provisions of article
twenty-three of the executive law.
(j) Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or  regulation  to  the
contrary,  establish a system for the posting of bail and the payment of
fines, mandatory surcharges, court fees, and other monies payable  to  a
court,  county  clerk  in  his or her capacity as clerk of court, or the
office of court administration, or to a sheriff upon enforcing  a  court
order  or  delivering  a court mandate pursuant to article eighty of the
civil practice law and rules, by means  of  a  credit  card  or  similar
device.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the chief
administrator may require a party making a payment in such  manner  also
to pay a reasonable administrative fee. In establishing such system, the
chief  administrator  shall seek the assistance of the state comptroller
who shall assist in developing such system so as  to  ensure  that  such
funds  shall  be  returned  to  any  jurisdiction  which, by law, may be
entitled to them. The chief administrator shall periodically accord  the
head  of  each  police  department  or  police  force  and  of any state
department, agency, board, commission or public authority having  police
officers  who fix pre-arraignment bail pursuant to section 150.30 of the
criminal procedure law an opportunity to  have  the  system  established
pursuant  to this paragraph apply to the posting of pre-arraignment bail
with police officers under his or her jurisdiction.
(k) Upon application, certify former judges or justices of the unified
court system and former housing judges of the civil court of the city of
New York who served for at least two years in such position to solemnize
marriages.
(l) Establish a panel which shall issue advisory  opinions  to  judges
and  justices  of  the  unified court system upon the request of any one
judge or justice, concerning one  or  more  issues  related  to  ethical
conduct  or  proper  execution  of judicial duties or possible conflicts
between private interests and official duties.
(i) The panel shall have no executive,  administrative  or  appointive
duties  except  as  provided otherwise in this paragraph or in rules and
regulations adopted to implement this paragraph. The panel shall consist
of such number of members who possess such qualifications and serve  for
such terms as the rules and regulations shall provide. Each member shall
serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually
and  necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of his or her official
duties for the panel. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provisions  of
this or any other law, general, special or local, no officer or employee
of  the  state or any public corporation, as defined in article two-A of
the general construction law, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall
forfeit his office or employment or  any  benefits  provided  under  the
retirement and social security law or under any public retirement system
maintained  by  the state or any of its subdivisions by reason of his or
her being a member of the panel.
(ii) The panel shall issue a written advisory opinion to the judge  or
justice   making  the  request  based  upon  the  particular  facts  and
circumstances of the case, which shall be detailed in the request and in
any additional material supplied by the judge or justice at the instance
of the panel. If the individual facts  and  circumstances  provided  are

insufficient  in  detail  to  enable  the  panel  to  render an advisory
opinion, the panel shall  request  supplementary  information  from  the
judge  or  justice  to  enable  it  to  render  such  opinion.  If  such
supplementary  information is still insufficient or is not provided, the
panel shall so state and shall not render an advisory opinion based upon
what it considers to be insufficient detail.
(iii) Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  law,  requests  for
advisory   opinions,  advisory  opinions  issued  by  the  panel  to  an
individual judge or justice of the unified court system, and  the  facts
and  circumstances  upon  which  they  are  based,  shall  be and remain
confidential between the panel  and  the  individual  judge  or  justice
making  the request; provided, however, that the panel shall publish its
advisory opinion and the facts and circumstances upon which it is  based
with  appropriate deletions of names of persons, places and things which
might tend to identify either the judge or justice making the request or
any  other  judge  or  justice  of  the  unified   court   system;   and
deliberations of the panel shall be and remain totally confidential.
(iv) Actions of any judge or justice of the uniform court system taken
in  accordance with findings or recommendations contained in an advisory
opinion issued by the panel shall be presumed proper for the purposes of
any  subsequent  investigation  by  the  state  commission  on  judicial
conduct.
(m) Expend funds made available in a political subdivision pursuant to
section  five  hundred  twenty-one  of  this chapter for the purposes of
improving,  furnishing  or   equipping   jury   assembly   rooms,   jury
deliberation  rooms, offices for commissioners of jurors, and such other
court facilities in  such  political  subdivision  as  are  required  to
effectuate the policies of the state declared in section five hundred of
this  chapter; except that, in any state fiscal year, no expenditure may
be made hereunder for any purpose where funds have been  made  available
by  appropriation in such fiscal year to pay the cost thereof. Nor shall
this  paragraph,  and  any  expenditures  made  hereunder,  relieve  any
political  subdivision  of  its  obligation under section thirty-nine of
this chapter to provide goods,  services  and  facilities  suitable  and
sufficient  for  the transaction of business by courts and court-related
agencies.
* (n) Have the power to authorize a court  under  subdivision  (b)  of
section  forty-three  hundred  seventeen  of  the civil practice law and
rules to order a reference to determine an application for an  order  of
protection   (including  a  temporary  order  of  protection)  that,  in
accordance with law, is made ex parte or where all parties  besides  the
applicant default in appearance; provided, however, this paragraph shall
only apply to applications brought in family court during the hours that
the  court  is  in  session,  and after five o'clock p.m. Training about
domestic violence shall be required for all persons who  are  designated
to serve as references as provided in this paragraph.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2025
(o)   Notwithstanding   the   provisions  of  paragraph  (n)  of  this
subdivision, have the power to authorize family courts  in  the  seventh
and  eighth  judicial  districts to establish a judicial hearing officer
pilot program (hereinafter referred to as "pilot  program")  and,  under
subdivision  (b)  of  section forty-three hundred seventeen of the civil
practice law and rules, order a reference to  determine  an  application
for  an  order  of protection or temporary order of protection, that, in
accordance with law, is made ex parte or where all  parties  beside  the
applicant  default  in  appearance;  provided,  however,  that the chief
administrator shall not exercise this power without  prior  consultation
with  the  presiding justice of the fourth judicial department. Training

about domestic violence shall  be  required  for  all  judicial  hearing
officers in the pilot program.
On  or  before  the  first  day  of  April  in  each  year,  the chief
administrator of  the  courts  shall  submit  a  report  concerning  the
judicial  hearing  officer  pilot program to the governor, the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of  the  assembly,  and  the  chief
judge of the state. Such report shall include the number of applications
for  an  order  of protection determined by judicial hearing officers in
the pilot program, the disposition of such applications, and such  other
data,  information,  and  analysis  as  are  necessary  to  evaluate the
efficacy of the pilot  program  in  the  administration  of  justice  in
response to domestic violence.
(p)  Adopt  rules  authorizing  payment  of  compensation  and  travel
expenses for judges  and  justices  temporarily  assigned  to  town  and
village courts pursuant to subdivision two of section one hundred six of
the uniform justice court act.
(q)  Adopt  rules  to  require  transmission,  to the criminal justice
information services division of the federal bureau of investigation  or
to  the  division  of  criminal  justice services, of the name and other
identifying information of each person who has a guardian appointed  for
him  or  her  pursuant  to  any  provision  of  state  law,  based  on a
determination that as a result of marked subnormal intelligence,  mental
illness,  incapacity,  condition  or disease, he or she lacks the mental
capacity to contract or manage his or her own affairs. Any such  records
transmitted directly to the federal bureau of investigation must also be
transmitted  to  the  division  of  criminal  justice  services, and any
records received by the division of criminal justice  services  pursuant
to  this  paragraph  may  be  checked  against the statewide license and
record database.
(r) Ensure that cases eligible  for  judicial  diversion  pursuant  to
article  two  hundred  sixteen  of  the  criminal procedure law shall be
assigned  to  court  parts  in  the  manner  provided   by   the   chief
administrator  and  that,  to  the  extent  practicable,  such cases are
presided over by judges who, by virtue of the  structure,  caseload  and
resources  of  the  parts  and  the  judges'  training,  are in the best
position to provide effective supervision over such cases, such  as  the
drug  treatment  courts.  In compliance with these provisions, the chief
administrator shall give due weight to the need for diverted  defendants
to  make  regular  court  appearances,  and be closely supervised by the
court, for the duration of  drug  treatment  and  the  pendency  of  the
criminal charge.
(s)  Establish  rules for special proceedings authorized by subsection
(d) of section 9--518 of the uniform commercial  code.  Such  rules  may
authorize  the  court  in  which such a special proceeding is pending to
order a referee to hear and determine such special proceeding.
(t) Make available translation services  to  all  family  and  supreme
courts  to  assist  in  the  translation  of  orders  of  protection and
temporary orders of protection, as provided in this paragraph, where the
person protected by and/or the person subject to the order of protection
has limited English  proficiency  or  has  a  limited  ability  to  read
English:
(i)  Translation  services  shall  be made available to all family and
supreme courts in the ten languages most frequently used in  the  courts
of   each  judicial  department  in  accordance  with  the  schedule  in
subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, and any additional  languages  that
the chief administrator of the courts deems appropriate;
(ii) (A) In three languages from among the ten most frequently used in
the  courts  of each judicial department, by January first, two thousand
eighteen;
(B)  In  three additional languages from among the ten most frequently
used in the courts of each judicial department, by June  thirtieth,  two
thousand nineteen; and
(C)  In  four  additional languages from among the ten most frequently
used  in  the  courts  of  each   judicial   department,   by   December
thirty-first, two thousand twenty; and
(iii)  Upon  issuance  of an order of protection or temporary order of
protection, the court shall inquire of any person who is protected by it
or subject to it,  who  has  made  an  appearance,  whether  translation
services  are needed. The court shall advise the party or parties of the
availability of such translation services;
(iv) The authority provided by this paragraph shall be in addition to,
and shall not be deemed to diminish or reduce any rights of the  parties
under existing law.
(t-1)   Issue  reports  concerning  the  availability  of  translation
services where orders of protection and temporary orders  of  protection
are  issued;  special pilot programs. (i) The chief administrator of the
courts shall submit to the legislature,  the  governor,  and  the  chief
judge of the state the following reports:
(A) Not later than April first, two thousand nineteen, a report on the
availability and use of translation services in the courts for orders of
protection and temporary orders of protection, including but not limited
to the languages for which written and oral translation is provided; the
number  of  parties  that  received translated documents, broken down by
language and  judicial  department;  the  number  of  parties  receiving
interpretation,  broken  down  by  language and judicial department; the
number of people who requested a translated document and did not receive
it; and the number of cases in which a court  interpreter  was  used  to
communicate  with  either  party and an order of protection or temporary
order of protection was issued but in which a  translated  document  was
not  provided to either party. Such report shall contain recommendations
for further legislation relating to the availability of such translation
services  as  the  chief  administrator  of  the   courts   shall   deem
appropriate; and
(B)  Not  later  than  April  first,  two  thousand eighteen, a report
evaluating the technical and operational issues involved  in  subjecting
the following orders of protection and temporary orders of protection to
the  same  requirements,  relative  to translation and interpretation of
such orders, as are applicable to orders  of  protection  and  temporary
orders  of protection issued under section one hundred sixty-nine of the
family court act: (I) orders  of  protection  and  temporary  orders  of
protection  issued  under  section  530.12  or  530.13  of  the criminal
procedure law; and (II) orders of protection  and  temporary  orders  of
protection issued by a town or village justice court.
(ii)  The  office  of court administration shall establish and oversee
two pilot programs, as follows:
(A) In one town or village court within  each  judicial  district,  to
develop   best   practices  for  the  use  of  written  translation  and
interpretation services for orders of protection and temporary orders of
protection in the justice courts. Following consultation with the  state
magistrates  association,  the  conference of mayors, the association of
towns, the unified court system's advisory committee on language access,
and such other parties as may be  interested,  the  chief  administrator
shall include an analysis and evaluation of this pilot program, together
with  a  plan  for its expansion throughout the justice court system, in

the report required pursuant to clause (B) of subparagraph (i)  of  this
paragraph.
(B)  In  one  county  in the city of New York and two counties outside
such city, to develop best practices for the use of written  translation
and  interpretation  services  for  orders  of  protection and temporary
orders of protection issued in the state-paid criminal  courts  of  such
counties.    Following  consultation  with  the state district attorneys
association,   representatives   of   the    criminal    defense    bar,
representatives   of   domestic   violence   prevention  legal  services
providers, the unified court system's  advisory  committee  on  language
access,  and  such  other  parties  as  may  be  interested,  the  chief
administrator shall include an analysis and  evaluation  of  this  pilot
program, together with a plan for its expansion throughout the state, in
the  report  required pursuant to clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph.
(u) (i) (A) Not later than February first in each calendar  year,  the
chief  administrator  of the courts shall submit to the legislature, the
governor and the chief judge  of  the  state  a  report  evaluating  the
state's  experience with programs in the use of electronic means for the
commencement of actions  and  proceedings  and  the  service  of  papers
therein  as  authorized  by  law and containing such recommendations for
further legislation  as  he  or  she  shall  deem  appropriate.  In  the
preparation  of  such report, the chief administrator shall consult with
each county clerk in whose county a  program  has  been  implemented  in
civil  cases  in  the supreme court, the advisory committees established
pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)  through  (vi)  of  this  paragraph,  the
organized  bar  including  but  not  limited  to city, state, county and
women's  bar  associations;  the  office  of  indigent  legal  services;
institutional  legal  service  providers;  not-for-profit  legal service
providers; public defenders;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant  to  article
eighteen-B  of  the  county  law;  unaffiliated  attorneys who regularly
appear in proceedings that are or have been  affected  by  any  programs
that  have  been  implemented  or  who  may  be affected by the proposed
recommendations for further  legislation;  representatives  of  victims'
rights  organizations;  and  any other persons in whose county a program
has been implemented in any of  the  courts  therein  as  deemed  to  be
appropriate  by  the chief administrator, and afford them an opportunity
to submit comments with respect to such implementation for inclusion  in
the report and address any such comments.
Public  comments  shall  also be sought via a prominent posting on the
website of the office of court  administration.  All  comments  received
from any source shall be posted for public review on the same website.
(B)  The  report  submitted  hereunder  in  the two thousand seventeen
calendar year shall include:
(I) the evaluation specified in subparagraph (vi) of  this  paragraph,
including  the  entities  or  individuals consulted, input received, all
issues encountered or otherwise brought to the attention  of  the  chief
administrator or his or her agents, all solutions devised to address the
issues, presentment of all outstanding issues, including but not limited
to  any  issues  relating  to  the use of electronic means for filing by
unrepresented litigants, any recommendations of the  advisory  committee
to  the  chief administrator, along with recommendations for legislation
in relation to the use  of  electronic  means  for  the  origination  of
juvenile delinquency proceedings under article three of the family court
act  and  abuse  or  neglect  proceedings pursuant to article ten of the
family court act in family court and the filing and service of papers in
such pending proceedings.
(II) the evaluation specified in subparagraph (v) of  this  paragraph,
including the entities or individuals consulted, the input received, all
issues  encountered  or  otherwise brought to the attention of the chief
administrator or his or her agents, all solutions devised to address the
issues, presentment of all outstanding issues, including but not limited
to  any  issues  relating  to  the use of electronic means for filing by
unrepresented litigants, recommendations of the  advisory  committee  to
the  chief  administrator, along with recommendations for legislation in
relation to the use of electronic means for the commencement of criminal
actions and the filing and service of papers in pending criminal actions
and proceedings.
(III) the evaluation specified in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph,
including the entities or individuals  consulted,  input  received,  all
issues  encountered  or  otherwise brought to the attention of the chief
administrator or his or her agents, all solutions devised to address the
issues, presentment of all outstanding issues, including but not limited
to any issues relating to the use of  electronic  means  for  filing  by
unrepresented  litigants,  any recommendations of the advisory committee
to the chief administrator, along with recommendations  for  legislation
in  relation  to  the  use  of  electronic means for the commencement of
actions and proceedings and the service and filing of papers therein  in
the supreme court.
(IV) the evaluation specified in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph,
including  the  entities  or  individuals consulted, input received, all
issues encountered or otherwise brought to the attention  of  the  chief
administrator or his or her agents, all solutions devised to address the
issues, presentment of all outstanding issues, including but not limited
to  any  issues  relating  to  the use of electronic means for filing by
unrepresented litigants, any recommendations of the  advisory  committee
to  the  chief administrator, along with recommendations for legislation
in relation to the use of  electronic  means  for  the  commencement  of
actions  and proceedings and the service and filing of papers therein in
the surrogate's court.
(V) the evaluation specified in subparagraph (iv) of  this  paragraph,
including  the  entities  or  individuals consulted, input received, all
issues encountered or otherwise brought to the attention  of  the  chief
administrator or his or her agents, all solutions devised to address the
issues, presentment of all outstanding issues, including but not limited
to  any  issues  relating  to  the use of electronic means for filing by
unrepresented litigants, any recommendations of the  advisory  committee
to  the  chief administrator, along with recommendations for legislation
in relation to the use of  electronic  means  for  the  commencement  of
actions  and proceedings and the service and filing of papers therein in
the civil court of the city of New York.
In the report, the chief administrator also shall address issues  that
bear  upon  the  need  for  the courts, district attorneys and others to
retain papers filed with courts  or  served  upon  parties  in  criminal
proceedings  where  electronic  means  can  or  have  been used and make
recommendations for such changes in laws  requiring  retention  of  such
papers as the chief administrator may deem appropriate.
(ii)  The  chief administrator shall maintain an advisory committee to
consult with him or her in the  implementation  of  laws  affecting  the
program  in  the  use  of electronic means for the commencement of civil
actions and proceedings and the service and filing of papers therein  in
the  supreme  court.  This  committee  shall  consist  of such number of
members as the chief administrator shall designate,  among  which  there
shall  be representatives of the organized bar including but not limited
to city, state, county and women's bar associations; institutional legal

service providers; not-for-profit  legal  service  providers;  attorneys
assigned  pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law; unaffiliated
attorneys who regularly appear in proceedings  that  are  or  have  been
affected  by  the  programs  that  have  been  implemented or who may be
affected by any recommendations for further legislation  concerning  the
use  of electronic means for the commencement of actions and proceedings
and the service and filing of papers therein in the supreme  court;  and
any  other persons in whose county a program has been implemented in any
of the  courts  therein  as  deemed  to  be  appropriate  by  the  chief
administrator.  No  fewer  than  half  of  the  members of this advisory
committee shall be  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  New  York  state
association  of  county  clerks.  Such  committee  shall  help the chief
administrator to evaluate the impact of such electronic  filing  program
on  litigants  including  unrepresented  parties,  practitioners and the
courts and to obtain input from those who are or would  be  affected  by
such  electronic  filing program, including unrepresented parties, city,
state, county and women's bar associations; institutional legal  service
providers;  not-for-profit  legal  service providers; attorneys assigned
pursuant to article eighteen-B of the county law; unaffiliated attorneys
who regularly appear in proceedings that are or have  been  affected  by
the  programs  that  have been implemented or who may be affected by any
recommendations for  further  legislation  concerning  the  use  of  the
electronic filing program in the supreme court; and any other persons in
whose county a program has been implemented in any of the courts therein
as deemed to be appropriate by the chief administrator.
(iii)  The chief administrator shall maintain an advisory committee to
consult with him or her in the  implementation  of  laws  affecting  the
program  in  the use of electronic means for the commencement of actions
and proceedings and the service and filing  of  papers  therein  in  the
surrogate's  court.  This  committee  shall  consist  of  such number of
members as the chief administrator shall  designate  among  which  there
shall  be  chief  clerks  of  surrogate's courts; representatives of the
organized bar including but not  limited  to  city,  state,  county  and
women's  bar  associations;  institutional  providers of legal services;
not-for-profit legal service providers; attorneys assigned  pursuant  to
article  eighteen-B  of  the  county  law;  unaffiliated  attorneys  who
regularly appear in proceedings that are or have been  affected  by  the
programs  that  have  been  implemented  or  who  may be affected by any
recommendations for further legislation concerning the use of electronic
means for the commencement of actions and proceedings  and  the  service
and  filing  of  papers  therein in the surrogate's court; and any other
persons in whose county a program has been implemented  in  any  of  the
courts  therein  as deemed to be appropriate by the chief administrator.
Such committee shall help the chief administrator to evaluate the impact
of such electronic filing program on litigants  including  unrepresented
parties, practitioners and the courts and to obtain input from those who
are  or  would  be affected by such electronic filing program, including
unrepresented parties, city, state, county and women's bar associations;
institutional legal  service  providers;  not-for-profit  legal  service
providers;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant  to  article eighteen-B of the
county law; unaffiliated attorneys who regularly appear  in  proceedings
that  are  or  have  been  affected  by  the  programs  that  have  been
implemented or who may be affected by any  recommendations  for  further
legislation  concerning  the use of the electronic filing program in the
surrogate's court; and any other persons in whose county a  program  has
been  implemented  in  any  of  the  courts  therein  as  deemed  to  be
appropriate by the chief administrator.
(iv) The chief administrator shall maintain an advisory  committee  to
consult  with  him  or  her  in the implementation of laws affecting the
program in the use of electronic means for the commencement  of  actions
and  proceedings  and  the  service  and filing of papers therein in the
civil  court  of  the  city of New York. This committee shall consist of
such number of members as the chief administrator shall designate, among
which there shall be the chief clerk of the civil court of the  city  of
New York; representatives of the organized bar including but not limited
to  city,  state,  county  and  women's  bar associations; attorneys who
regularly appear in actions specified in subparagraph (C)  of  paragraph
two of subdivision (b) of section twenty-one hundred eleven of the civil
practice  law and rules; and unaffiliated attorneys who regularly appear
in proceedings that are or have been affected by the programs that  have
been  implemented  or  who  may  be  affected by any recommendations for
further legislation concerning the  use  of  electronic  means  for  the
commencement  of  actions  and proceedings and the service and filing of
papers therein in the civil court of the city of New York; and any other
persons as deemed appropriate by the chief administrator. Such committee
shall help the chief  administrator  to  evaluate  the  impact  of  such
electronic  filing program on litigants including unrepresented parties,
practitioners and the courts and to obtain input from those who  are  or
would   be   affected  by  such  electronic  filing  program,  including
unrepresented parties, city, state, county and women's bar associations;
institutional legal  service  providers;  not-for-profit  legal  service
providers;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant  to  article eighteen-B of the
county law; unaffiliated attorneys who regularly appear  in  proceedings
that  are  or  have  been  affected  by  the  programs  that  have  been
implemented or who may be affected by any  recommendations  for  further
legislation  concerning  the use of the electronic filing program in the
civil court of the city of New York; and  any  other  persons  in  whose
county  a  program  has been implemented in any of the courts therein as
deemed to be appropriate by the chief administrator.
(v) The chief administrator shall maintain an  advisory  committee  to
consult  with  him  or  her  in the implementation of laws affecting the
program in the use of electronic means for the commencement of  criminal
actions and the filing and service of papers in pending criminal actions
and proceedings, as first authorized by paragraph one of subdivision (c)
of  section  six  of  chapter  four  hundred  sixteen of the laws of two
thousand nine, as amended by chapter one hundred eighty-four of the laws
of two thousand twelve, is continued. The  committee  shall  consist  of
such  number of members as will enable the chief administrator to obtain
input from those who are or would be affected by such electronic  filing
program,  and  such members shall include county clerks; chief clerks of
supreme, county and other courts; district attorneys; representatives of
the office of indigent  legal  services;  not-for-profit  legal  service
providers;   public   defenders;   statewide  and  local  specialty  bar
associations whose membership devotes a  significant  portion  of  their
practice  to  assigned  criminal  cases  pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section seven  hundred  twenty-two
of  the county law; institutional providers of criminal defense services
and other members  of  the  criminal  defense  bar;  representatives  of
victims'  rights  organizations;  unaffiliated  attorneys  who regularly
appear in proceedings that are or would be affected by  such  electronic
filing  program  and  other  interested  members of the criminal justice
community. Such committee shall help the chief administrator to evaluate
the impact of such electronic  filing  program  on  litigants  including
unrepresented  parties, practitioners and the courts and to obtain input
from those who are or  would  be  affected  by  such  electronic  filing

program,    including   unrepresented   parties,   district   attorneys,
not-for-profit legal service providers, public defenders, statewide  and
local  specialty bar associations whose membership devotes a significant
portion  of  their  practice  to  assigned  criminal  cases  pursuant to
subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section  seven
hundred  twenty-two  of  the  county  law;  institutional  providers  of
criminal defense services and other members of the criminal defense bar,
representatives of victims' rights organizations, unaffiliated attorneys
who regularly appear in proceedings that are or  would  be  affected  by
such  electronic  filing  program  and  other  interested members of the
criminal justice community.
(vi) The chief administrator shall maintain an advisory  committee  to
consult  with  him  or  her  in the implementation of laws affecting the
program in the use of electronic means for the origination  of  juvenile
delinquency  proceedings under article three of the family court act and
abuse or neglect proceedings pursuant to article ten of the family court
act in family court and the filing and service of papers in such pending
proceedings, as first authorized by paragraph one of subdivision (d)  of
section  six of chapter four hundred sixteen of the laws of two thousand
nine, as amended by chapter one hundred eighty-four of the laws  of  two
thousand  twelve,  is  continued.  The  committee  shall consist of such
number of members as will enable the chief administrator to obtain input
from those who are or  would  be  affected  by  such  electronic  filing
program,  and  such members shall include chief clerks of family courts;
representatives of authorized presentment and child protective agencies;
other appropriate county and city  government  officials;  institutional
providers  of legal services for children and/or parents; not-for-profit
legal service providers; public defenders; representatives of the office
of indigent legal  services;  attorneys  assigned  pursuant  to  article
eighteen-B of the county law; and other members of the family court bar;
representatives of victims' rights organizations; unaffiliated attorneys
who  regularly  appear  in  proceedings that are or would be affected by
such electronic filing program; and  other  interested  members  of  the
family   practice   community.  Such  committee  shall  help  the  chief
administrator to evaluate the impact of such electronic  filing  program
on  litigants  including  unrepresented  parties,  practitioners and the
courts and to obtain input from those who are or would  be  affected  by
such   electronic   filing  program,  including  unrepresented  parties,
representatives of authorized presentment and child protective agencies,
other appropriate county and city  government  officials,  institutional
providers  of legal services for children and/or parents, not-for-profit
legal service providers, public defenders, attorneys  assigned  pursuant
to  article eighteen-B of the county law and other members of the family
court   bar,   representatives   of   victims'   rights   organizations,
unaffiliated  attorneys  who regularly appear in proceedings that are or
would  be  affected  by  such  electronic  filing  program,  and   other
interested members of the criminal justice community.
(u-1)  Compile and publish data on misdemeanor offenses in all courts,
disaggregated by county, including the following information:
(i) the aggregate number of misdemeanors charged, by indictment or the
filing of a misdemeanor complaint or information;
(ii) the offense charged;
(iii) the race, ethnicity, age, and sex of the individual charged;
(iv) whether the individual was issued a summons or appearance ticket,
was subject to custodial arrest, and/or was held prior to arraignment as
a result of the alleged misdemeanor;
(v) the precinct or location where the alleged misdemeanor occurred;
(vi) the disposition,  including,  as  the  case  may  be,  dismissal,
acquittal,  adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, plea, conviction,
or other disposition;
(vii) in the case of dismissal, the reasons therefor; and
(viii)  the  sentence  imposed,  if  any,  including  fines, fees, and
surcharges.
(v) Have the power to establish  pilot  programs  for  the  filing  of
petitions for temporary orders of protection by electronic means and for
the   issuance   of  such  orders  by  audio-visual  means  pursuant  to
subdivision (b) of section one hundred fifty-three-c of the family court
act.  The  chief  administrator  shall  maintain   an   up-to-date   and
publicly-available   listing  of  the  sites,  if  any,  at  which  such
applications for ex parte temporary orders of protection may  be  filed,
and  at which electronic appearances in support of such applications may
be sought, in accordance with such section one hundred fifty-three-c  of
the  family  court  act.  In  developing  such  pilot program, the chief
administrator shall strive for a program that is regionally diverse, and
takes into consideration, among other things, the availability of public
transportation, population density and the  availability  of  facilities
for conducting such program.
(v-1)  Compile  and publish data on violations, to the greatest extent
practicable, in all  courts,  disaggregated  by  county,  including  the
following information:
(i)  the  aggregate  number  of violations charged by the filing of an
information;
(ii) the violation charged;
(iii) the race, ethnicity, age, and sex of the individual charged;
(iv) whether the individual was issued a summons or appearance ticket,
was subject to custodial arrest, and/or was held prior to arraignment as
a result of the alleged violation;
(v) the precinct or location where the alleged violation occurred;
(vi) the disposition,  including,  as  the  case  may  be,  dismissal,
acquittal, conviction, or other disposition;
(vii) in the case of dismissal, the reasons therefor; and
(viii)  the  sentence  imposed,  if  any,  including  fines, fees, and
surcharges.
* (w) To the  extent  practicable,  establish  such  number  of  human
trafficking  courts  as  may  be  necessary  to  fulfill the purposes of
subdivision five of section  170.15  and  subdivision  four  of  section
180.20 of the criminal procedure law.
* NB There are 2 par (w)'s
* (w) Adopt rules and regulations standardizing use of court-appointed
special  advocate  (CASA)  programs  in  this  state  and  governing the
structure, administration and operation of such programs.
* NB There are 2 par (w)'s
(w-1) The chief administrator shall include the  information  required
by  paragraphs  (u-1) and (v-1) of this subdivision in the annual report
submitted to the legislature and the governor pursuant to paragraph  (j)
of  subdivision  one of this section. The chief administrator shall also
make the information required by paragraphs  (u-1)  and  (v-1)  of  this
subdivision  available to the public by posting it on the website of the
office of court administration and shall update such  information  on  a
monthly basis. The information shall be posted in alphanumeric form that
can  be  digitally transmitted or processed and not in portable document
format or scanned copies of original documents.
(x) Take such actions and adopt such measures as may be  necessary  to
ensure that no written or electronic report of a criminal history record
search  conducted  by  the  office of court administration, other than a

search  conducted  solely  for  the  internal  recordkeeping   or   case
management  purposes  of  the  judiciary  or  for  a  bona fide research
purpose, contains  information  relating  to  an  undisposed  case.  For
purposes  of  this  paragraph,  "undisposed  case" shall mean a criminal
action or proceeding, or an arrest incident, appearing in  the  criminal
history  records  of  the  office  of  court administration for which no
conviction, imposition of sentence, order  of  removal  or  other  final
disposition,  other  than  the  issuance  of  an  apparently  unexecuted
warrant, has been recorded and with respect to which no entry  has  been
made  in  such records for a period of at least five years preceding the
issuance of such report. Nothing contained in this  paragraph  shall  be
deemed   to   permit   or  require  the  release,  disclosure  or  other
dissemination by the office of court administration of criminal  history
record information that has been sealed in accordance with law.
(x-1)  Nothing in paragraphs (u-1) and (v-1) of this subdivision shall
be construed  as  granting  authority  to  the  chief  administrator,  a
criminal  justice  or  law enforcement agency, a governmental entity, or
any agent or representative of the foregoing, to  use,  disseminate,  or
publish  any  individual's  name,  date of birth, NYSID, social security
number, docket number, or other unique identifier in  violation  of  the
criminal procedure law, the general business law, or any other law.
(y)  Take  such actions and adopt such measures as may be necessary to
ensure that no written or electronic report of a criminal history record
search conducted by the office of court  administration,  other  than  a
search   conducted   solely  for  the  internal  recordkeeping  or  case
management purposes of  the  judiciary  or  for  a  bona  fide  research
purpose,  contains information about any action or proceeding terminated
prior to November first, nineteen ninety-one in favor of the accused, as
defined by section 160.50 of the criminal procedure law,  or  sealed  in
the manner provided by section 160.55 of the criminal procedure law.
(y-1)  Nothing in paragraphs (u-1) and (v-1) of this subdivision shall
be construed  as  granting  authority  to  the  chief  administrator,  a
criminal  justice  or  law  enforcement agency, a governmental entity, a
party, a judge, a prosecutor, or any  agent  or  representative  of  the
foregoing  to  introduce,  use,  disseminate,  publish  or  consider any
records in any judicial or administrative proceeding expunged or  sealed
under  applicable  provisions  of the criminal procedure law, the family
court act, or any other law.
(z) take such actions and adopt such measures as may be  necessary  to
ensure  that  a  certificate  of  disposition or a written or electronic
report of a criminal history search conducted  for  the  public  by  the
office  of court administration contains only records of convictions, if
any, and information about pending  cases.  This  limitation  shall  not
apply  to  searches  conducted  for  the  internal recordkeeping or case
management purposes of the judiciary, or  produced  to  the  court,  the
people, and defense counsel in a criminal proceeding, or for a bona fide
research purpose, or, where appropriate, to the defendant or defendant's
designated agent.
(z-1)  In  executing the requirements of paragraphs (u-1) and (v-1) of
this section, the chief administrator may adopt  rules  consistent  with
the  requirements  of  paragraphs (x-1) and (y-1) of this subdivision to
secure the information specified herein from the  office  of  the  state
comptroller  in  such  form  and manner as the chief administrator shall
prescribe.  Further,   to   facilitate   this   provision,   the   chief
administrator  shall adopt rules to facilitate record sharing, retention
and other necessary communication among  the  criminal  courts  and  law
enforcement  agencies,  subject to applicable provisions of the criminal

procedure law, the family court act, and any other law pertaining to the
confidentiality, expungement and sealing of records.
* (aa)  (i) In order to maintain access to the court and open judicial
proceedings for all persons in their individual capacity and to  prevent
interference  with the needs of judicial administration, consistent with
section twenty-eight of the civil rights law and section four-a of  this
chapter, shall promulgate rules to ensure the following:
(A)  any  representative of a law enforcement agency who, while acting
in an official capacity, enters a New York state courthouse intending to
observe an individual or take an individual into custody shall  identify
himself  or  herself  to  uniformed court personnel and state his or her
specific law enforcement purpose and the proposed enforcement action  to
be  taken; any such representative who has a warrant or order concerning
such intended arrest shall provide a copy of such warrant  or  order  to
such court personnel;
(B)  any  such  warrant  or order concerning such intended enforcement
action shall be promptly reviewed by a judge or court attorney;
(C) information about any such proposed enforcement  action  shall  be
transmitted  to  and  reviewed  by  appropriate  court system personnel,
including the judge presiding over any case  involving  the  subject  of
that enforcement action;
(D)  except in extraordinary circumstances, no arrest may be made by a
representative of a law enforcement agency in a courtroom  absent  leave
of the court;
(E)  no  civil  arrest  shall  be  executed  inside  a  New York state
courthouse except pursuant to  a  judicial  warrant  or  judicial  order
authorizing the arrest;
(F)  an  unusual  occurrence  report  shall  be  filed by court system
personnel for every enforcement  action  taken  inside  the  courthouse,
including  the observation of court proceedings by a representative of a
law enforcement agency acting in such person's official capacity; and
(G) copies of all judicial warrants and judicial orders authorizing an
arrest and provided to court personnel pursuant to  this  paragraph  and
the  rules  promulgated  thereunder  shall  be  maintained  by the chief
administrator in a central record repository, appropriately  indexed  or
filed alphabetically by name.
(ii) The chief administrator shall publish on the unified court system
website and provide to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the
temporary president of the senate an annual report compiling statistics,
aggregated  by county, setting forth the date each such judicial warrant
or judicial order was signed, the judge  and  court  which  issued  such
judicial  warrant  or  judicial  order and the location of such court as
shown by such document, the date such judicial warrant or judicial order
was presented to counsel for the unified court system, a description  of
the  type of judicial warrant or judicial order and, to the extent known
to court personnel, whether or not an arrest occurred  with  respect  to
such warrant and the date and specific location of such arrest.
* NB There are 2 par (aa)'s
* (aa)  Not  later  than  January first, two thousand twenty-two, make
available Spanish translations of the  additional  notices  in  consumer
credit transaction actions and proceedings required by section 306-d and
subdivision  (j)  of  rule 3212 of the civil practice law and rules, and
make available  form  affidavits  required  for  a  motion  for  default
judgment  in a consumer credit transaction action or proceeding required
by subdivision (f) of section 3215 of the civil practice law and rules.
* NB There are 2 par (aa)'s
(bb) To the extent practicable,  establish  such  number  of  veterans
treatment  courts  as  may  be  necessary  to  fulfill  the  purposes of

subdivision five of section 170.15, subdivision four of section  180.20,
section 230.11 and section 230.21 of the criminal procedure law.
(cc)  Make available form affidavits required for a motion for default
judgment  in  an  action  arising  from  medical  debt  as  required  by
subdivision  (f)  of  section  thirty-two  hundred  fifteen of the civil
practice law and rules.
* (dd) Promulgate a standardized form and process for  individuals  to
notify  the  office  of  court  administration of convictions subject to
sealing under section 160.57 of the  criminal  procedure  law,  but  for
which  the  office  has  not  sealed  or  taken the requisite action for
related records.
* NB Effective November 16, 2024
* (ee) Promulgate a standardized  form  and  process  for  individuals
authorized  to request sealed records pursuant to subparagraph (xiii) of
paragraph (d) of subdivision one  of  section  160.57  of  the  criminal
procedure law.
* NB Effective November 16, 2024