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Advocacy

2006 Legislative Survey (600k)
A Survey of New York State Assembly and Senate Candidates

2002 Legislative Survey (270k)
A Survey of Democratic and Republican Legislative Candidates' Attitudes towards Judicial Reforms

2001 Mayoral Candidates Survey
The Committee for Modern Courts is pleased to present the results of the 2001 Mayoral Candidates Survey.

Taking Action Against Abuse (561k)
A Guide to the Courts for Victims of Domestic Violence in New York State

Tomando medidas contra el abuso (797k)
Guia de los tribunales para las victimas de la violencia domestica en el estado de Nueva (797k)
Citizen Court Monitoring Reports
The Fund for Modern Courts currently monitors trial courts in sixteen counties across New York State.

Albany County Family Court (2001) (464k)
Kings County Criminal Court (2001) (579k)
Monroe County Family Court (1998) (373k)
New York County Criminal Court (2004) (1.5mb)
New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term (2003) (1.5mb)
Nassau County Court (2000) (479k)
Rockland County Family Court (1999) (677k)
Saratoga County Court (2004) (203k)
Saratoga County Family Court (2003) (1.6mb)
Schenectady City Court (2003) (273k)
Schenectady County Court (2002) (282k)
Schenectady County Family Court (2000) (890k)
Suffolk County Court (2000) (669k)
Suffolk County Family Court (2004) (1.4mb)


Citizens Jury Project Reports
This link will take you into the Citizens Jury Project section of the site

The Fund for Modern Courts Annual Reports
2004 Annual Report (1.5mb)
2003 Annual Report (1.8mb)
2002 Annual Report (2.6mb)
2001 Annual Report (808k)
1999 Annual Report (2.4mb)

Guides

A Guide to Criminal Cases in the New York State Courts (227k)
A Guide to the New York State Family Court (336k)