{"id":"ECO-C-066","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"C","issuer":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks (at the direction of the Chief Judge)","authority":"N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 28; Judiciary Law § 212","instrument":"Administrative Order AO/68/20","title":"Postponement of all non-essential court functions; suspension of jury selection; no new jury trials","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 5:00 p.m.","end":"\u0027until further notice\u0027; modified by AO/78/20 (Mar. 22), AO/85/20 and the phased return orders (May-June 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts of the Unified Court System","litigants, jurors, attorneys and the public"],"clause":"Effective 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16, all non-essential functions of the courts will be postponed until further notice.... Effective March 16, civil jury trials in which opening statements have not commenced shall be postponed until further notice.... no new criminal jury trials shall be commenced. The jury selection process in civil and criminal trial matters shall be suspended until further notice.","enforcement":"Administrative order of the Chief Administrative Judge","functions":["CT","OF","PJ","CL closings, foreclosures and title matters dependent on court action"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-68-20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200530203129/https://www.nycourts.gov/whatsnew/pdf/AO-68-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1354725,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-C","url":"/library/ECO-C-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-C-066","citation":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks (at the direction of the Chief Judge), Administrative Order AO/68/20 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-066)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}