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Judge Juan Merchan's vendetta against Donald Trump has reached Captain Ahab-level madness
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is abusing his power one last time.
Top NY pol demands to know why ex-chief judge has drivers, guards
The head of the New York state Senate's Judiciary Committee is demanding answers about why former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore still has a driver and bodyguard after resigning during an ethics...
Top judge who quit during ethics probe still has NY-paid driver, guard
New York's former chief judge — who resigned in July while facing an ethics probe — still has court officers assigned to chauffeur and protect her using a pair of...
'Insane': Judges rely on 'cheat sheet' to apply New York's baffling bail reform law
"It tells you that, at best, [bail reform was] not very well thought through, and at worst, it's purposefully meant to be a pretzel instead of being very clear and...
Outgoing Chief Judge Janet DiFiore should be disbarred, ethics complaint charges
"She should be held to the highest standards of the profession because no one is above the law," Quirk said. "Certainly not the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals."
Grammar-challenged judge fingered in road rage incident at Brooklyn school
Civil court judge Jill Epstein was demoted from the supervisory post earlier this year over claims she called a teacher a "bitch" while raging outside a Brooklyn public school.
Eric Adams says NYC court system 'contributing to overflow of crime'
Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams on Wednesday accused the court system of "contributing" to the city's high crime rate -- and demanded more virtual proceedings to speed up the wheels...
NYPD top cop calls for bail reform in wake of Post exclusive
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea called The Post's exclusive report on the random, gang-related killing of an innocent man "tragically true" — and blamed the shooting on "bad policies."
Jury trials — and jury duty — back on in NYC courts
Even in a pandemic, there's still no getting out of jury duty in the city. The state court system has summoned 4,600 city residents for jury duty as civil trials...
26 New York court employees probed for phony COVID-19 unemployment claims
Fraud indictments may be on the horizon, a court insider told The Post.
New York's juror questionnaires to include new gender options
The state court system plans to add four new categories — transgender, nonbinary, intersex and other — to the anonymous demographic survey that's distributed to all potential jurors who report...
Cuomo denies knowing about early inmate release, perks to freed prisoners
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday claimed he didn’t know about the dumb-and-dumber plans to release jailbirds early under his new bail-reform law — and then give them freebies to entice...
Court officers injured in scuffle with visitor at Manhattan Supreme Court
Two court officers were injured Tuesday during a skirmish with a visitor at Manhattan Supreme Court, authorities and sources told the Post. Corey Marrant walked into the courthouse on Centre...
Memo to NY courts: Nixing ICE arrests in courthouses threatens public safety
Now that court officials have banned ICE from making arrests in New York courtrooms absent a judicial warrant, how long before the state outlaws such collars anywhere and puts public...
Court clerks sue over pay raises in new contract
Dissension within the city’s 1,500-member court clerk’s union broke out Monday with a delegate suing his president over pay raises in a new contract. The executive committee of the New...
This judge is cleaning house of jurists who can't manage huge case backlogs
The state’s new chief administrative judge is cleaning house of jurists who slow down the wheels of justice, The Post has learned. Four judges who had applied to continue working...
Over half of felony cases with defendants jailed more than a year dumped
New York City’s criminal courts have disposed of more than half of their felony cases involving defendants who’ve been jailed for over a year - two months ahead of schedule,...