New Judicial Assignments and Temporary Relocations - July 6, 2018
In or about July 2018, two new Justices will be joining the court. These Justices, who are newly appointed Court of Claims Judges who will be serving as Supreme Court Justices by Designation, are the Honorable Lillian Wan and the Honorable Joel M. Cohen. It is expected that both of the new Justices will be assigned to General Assignment Parts. Justice Wan will be assigned to Part 18 and Justice Cohen to Part 45. Cases will be reassigned from other General Assignment Parts to make up the inventories of these new Parts. New cases will also be assigned to the Justices.
Part 18 will be located in Room 731 at 111 Centre Street (phone: 646-386-5216). Justice Wan’s Chambers will be located in Room 466 at 111 Centre Street (phone: 646-386-5247).
The courtroom of Part 45 will be located in Room 412 at 60 Centre Street (phone: 646-386-4242). Information on Justice Cohen’s Chambers will be made available in the near future.
Temporary Relocations
- The courtroom of Justice Saliann Scarpulla (Commercial Division Part 39) has moved temporarily to Room 300 at 60 Centre Street to allow for certain improvements in her regular courtroom (Room 208). It is expected that this move will last for a month or more. The telephone number of the Part will remain unaltered at 646-386-3275.
- The Administrative Coordinating Part (Part 40TR) and Part MFP are moving temporarily to Room 422, 60 Centre Street. The phone number of these Parts will remain unchanged at 646-386-3095.
- The Special Referee calendar (Part SRP) will be called in Room 130. The telephone number for the Special Referee Clerk remains unchanged at 646-386-3028.
- The courtroom of Justice Douglas Hoffman, (Matrimonial Division, Part 44) at 111 Centre Street, currently Room 583, will change to Room 684 in that building. This change is expected to occur at about the end of the week of July 9. The phone number of the Part will remain unchanged at 646-386-3370.
Cases that will be affected by the new judicial assignments will be reassigned in the court’s case history computer system in as expeditious a manner as is possible. All motion and conference appearances previously scheduled in cases that are being reassigned to the two new Parts will remain in effect unless otherwise directed by the new assigned Justice. For information on any individual case, see the Scroll application, which is accessible at no charge on the website of this court.
Also, please follow E-Track for notification, as follows. The court does not provide notification of appearances by mail. Instead, since 2012 counsel have been repeatedly advised to sign up for the court system’s E-Track service, which provides notification by e-mail of all court developments in cases listed with the application, that is, appearances and adjournments thereof in listed cases that are recorded in the court’s electronic case history program upon their recording therein, as well as other developments recorded therein, such as the reassignment of cases and the issuance of decisions and long-form orders. Counsel may list with the service some or all of the firm’s cases that are pending in the Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County, and in other counties as well. E-Track can also provide appearance reminders should counsel wish to avail themselves of that capability.