New York district courts

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This article is about a court in the New York state court system. For federal district courts, see United States district court.

In the U.S. state of New York, district courts are state courts that are a type of trial court of inferior jurisdiction. They are established in Nassau County[1] and the five western towns in Suffolk County.[2] Each contains individual districts for civil cases which are organized along town lines, while criminal cases are heard in a separate countywide (in Nassau) or half-countywide (in Suffolk) district. They effectively replace town justice courts in these localities, but have subject-matter jurisdiction and operations similar to city courts.

They are not to be confused with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, a federal court whose territorial jurisdiction includes the two Long Island counties as well as the city counties of Kings, Queens, and Richmond, or any of the other federal district courts in New York.[3]

  1. ^ "District Court - Nassau - 10th JD | NYCOURTS.GOV". ww2.nycourts.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ "Suffolk County District Court Home Page | NYCOURTS.GOV". ww2.nycourts.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ "History and Organization of Suffolk District Court | NYCOURTS.GOV". ww2.nycourts.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-29.