Overview

Judge Kluger

New York State’s Domestic Violence Courts adjudicate criminal offenses involving intimate partners. Essential features of DV Courts include: a dedicated judge; specially trained staff; resource coordination; on-site victim advocacy; and collaboration with technical assistance teams.

New York’s Domestic Violence ("DV") Courts have been developed as part of the justice system’s coordinated response to domestic violence. Dedicated to enhancing victim safety and holding offenders accountable, DV Courts facilitate access to needed services, ensure intensive judicial monitoring and promote increased coordination between the court, community stakeholders and victim services providers.

Building on the first specialized court exclusively dedicated to handling domestic violence crimes, established in 1996 in Brooklyn, DV Courts have been instituted in both the local criminal courts and superior courts throughout New York State and are administered by Hon. Judy Harris Kluger, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Court Operations and Planning.

As of December 31, 2007 there are 32 operation DV Courts in New York with 3 additional courts at various stages in the planning process.

Judy Harris Kluger
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge
Court Operations and Planning