Chair Brooks-Powers questions NYC comparison to national case disposition standards
Brooks-Powers cites National Center for State Courts standards (75% of felonies disposed within 90 days) and asks how NYC compares. Zayas says NYC clearly does not meet these, noting NYC's vastly different caseloads and robust defense bar.
So according to standards set by National Center for State Courts, 75% of felony cases should reach disposition within 90 days.
90% should reach disposition within 180 days and 98% within 365 days.
How does New York City compare to these national standards?
So we could get to those numbers as well.
We clearly do not.
Maybe in the first part of that, there's more compliance.
But when you're talking about the more serious cases, you know, New York is different in all sorts of ways from other small states.
I mean, our caseloads are, you know,
20, 30, 40, 50 times more than the caseloads that they might have in these small jurisdictions in Utah.
And so that's what they're comparing it to.
And New York also has, you know, a very robust defense bar.
And so I'm not, I don't think that we are aspiring to meet those
center for court, the state center for court's timeline because New York is so different.