{"id":"NY-061","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New York (Unified Court System)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore","authority":"Judiciary Law 212; 22 NYCRR 80.1","instrument":"Administrative Order AO/68/20","title":"Procedures and protocols to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak upon the Unified Court System","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16, 5 p.m.","end":"Superseded by AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) and later orders; eviction and foreclosure suspensions carried into EO 202.8 and later statutes","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-03-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts, litigants, attorneys and jurors","landlords and lenders"],"clause":"Effective 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16, all non-essential functions of the courts will be postponed until further notice.... civil jury trials in which opening statements have not commenced shall be postponed until further notice... The jury selection process in civil and criminal trial matters shall be suspended until further notice... All eviction proceedings and pending eviction orders shall be suspended statewide, and court-ordered auctions of property shall be postponed, until further notice. All residential foreclosure proceedings shall be suspended statewide until further notice.","enforcement":"Administrative order of the court system","functions":["CT courts (civil practice suspended)","PM property management (evictions suspended)","SV foreclosure","CL closings dependent on court process"],"notes":"Arraignments and essential applications continued, by video where available","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":"NY","url":"/library/NY-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NY-061","citation":"Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, Administrative Order AO/68/20 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. NY-061)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}