Judge Zayas on interagency coordination and legislative successes
Zayas describes dedicated positions coordinating with DOC on defendant production, regular meetings with City Hall, a passed state bill on sentencing flexibility, and rollout of electronic filing in Supreme Courts.
We are indeed focused on improving case
processing efficiency from every conceivable angle.
We have established dedicated positions in each borough to coordinate with the New York City Department of Corrections on issues related to the production of defendants that can stall cases.
And we're now meeting regularly with representatives from City Hall on a range of issues of mutual concern with case processing.
at the very top of the list.
And of course, Chair, we're happy to meet more regularly with you and members of this committee as well.
We were also successful at getting the state legislature this year to pass one of our program bills, which we hope the governor will sign, that will give judges the authority, with the party's consent,
to dispense with recidivist sentencing provisions and plea bargaining restrictions that can make the resolution of certain cases very difficult.
Finally, over the last year, we've begun to roll out electronic filing in the city's Supreme Courts.