There are two types of ADA accommodation requests: judicial and administrative. Each type follows a different review process.
Judicial Accommodation Denial
If a judge or judicial officer in a pending proceeding denied the request, the denial may only be reviewed through the regular process of judicial review. Please contact your local court to see what that means for you.
For information on how to have a judge’s decision reviewed, please go to: After the Case is Over | NY CourtHelp.
Court administrators cannot review a judge’s or judicial officer’s decision.
Administrative Accommodation Denial
If a Chief Clerk or District Executive denied the request, that decision can be reviewed by submitting either a Request for Reconsideration Form or a written statement no later than ten (10) days after the date of the written denial.
Do not use this form to have judicial accommodation denials reviewed.
If you do not want to use the Request for Reconsideration form, your written statement must include:
- your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
- the name and location of the court or court facility where you wanted the accommodation.
- an explanation of why the decision was wrong and why it should be reconsidered.
- a statement of the desired remedy or the solution requested.
- a copy of the Chief Clerk’s or District Executive’s Denial of Accommodation.
You must submit the reconsideration request no later than ten (10) days after the date of the written denial, by mail or e-mail, to:
New York State Office of Court Administration
Statewide ADA Coordinator
25 Beaver Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Email: [email protected]
The Statewide ADA Coordinator:
- may extend the 10-day deadline for good cause shown.
- may allow for different types of formats, like submitting an audio request for review. Additional relevant information or documents that were not available at the time of requesting an accommodation may be submitted.
- may ask for and consider additional information.
- will review the reconsideration request, and other information and documents submitted.
- will provide a decision in writing or, in the format accessible to the person requesting reconsideration, within 30 days of the date the request for reconsideration was filed.
- may affirm (agree with), modify (change slightly) or reverse the Chief Clerk’s or District Executive’s denial of the accommodation request.