Welcome to the web site of the Civil Branch of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. Our court is the highest trial-level court for civil cases in the state court system in New York County.

May 28, 2019 · The official home page of the New York State Unified Court System. We hear more than three million cases a year involving almost every type of endeavor. We hear family matters, personal injury claims, commercial disputes, trust and estates issues, criminal cases, and landlord-tenant cases.

May 7, 2021 · The New York County Clerk is open Monday through Friday 9:00AM-1:00PM and 2:00PM-5:00PM. The last transactions are processed at 12:30PM and 4:15PM. Thursdays have the longest lines and wait times.

The Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County is a trial-level court, the highest such court for civil cases in the state court system in New York County. Cases are decided in this court in the first instance.

The Queens County Criminal Courts Building houses justices and courtrooms of the New York Supreme Court. The New York Supreme Court is the oldest Supreme Court with general original jurisdiction. It was established as the Supreme Court of Judicature by the Province of New York on May 6, 1691. That court was continued by the State of New York ...

The New York State Supreme Court Building, originally and also known as the New York County Courthouse, is located at 60 Centre Street on Foley Square in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

County Clerk data, case history information from the court’s Civil Case Information System, and many documents from the case file of most cases in the court (e.g., pleadings, decisions, orders, notes of issue, judgments) are available on-line in the Supreme Court Records

Apr 17, 2025 · New York County Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen heard arguments on Tuesday for a preliminary injunction in Auffray v. Columbia, a lawsuit brought by attorney Toby Golick challenging the closure of Columbia’s campus to the public. Golick, a resident of Morningside Heights, argued on behalf of the plaintiff-petitioners that campus closure ...

Aug 3, 2023 · The Supreme Court is the trial court of unlimited original jurisdiction; but generally hears cases that are outside the jurisdiction of other trial courts of more limited jurisdiction. The County Court is established in each county outside New York City.

View information about procedures in New York County Supreme Court Civil Branch, including starting a case, motions, emergency applications, case assignments and management, guardianship and fiduciary cases, referees, conferences, mediation, …