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| ==[[Keyword:=New York City Courts|New York City Courts]]== | | ==[[Keyword:=New York City Courts|New York City Courts]]== |
| The New York City court system consists of civil, criminal, and family courts. All have a presence in each borough and have city-wide jurisdiction. Unlike the rest of New York State, New York City does not have typical County Courts. Instead, New York City courts have jurisdiction in the five counties that are coterminuous with the five boroughs. | | The New York City court system consists of civil, criminal, and family courts. All have a presence in each borough and have city-wide jurisdiction. Unlike the rest of New York State, New York City does not have typical County Courts. Instead, New York City courts have jurisdiction in the five counties that are coterminuous with the five boroughs. |
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| The '''[[keyword:=New York City Family Court|New York City Family Court]]''' hears matters involving children and families. Its jurisdiction includes custody and visitation, support, family offense (domestic violence), persons in need of supervision, delinquency, child protective proceedings (abuse and neglect), foster care approval and review, termination of parental rights, adoption and guardianship. Judges of the Family Court are appointed by the Mayor to 10 year terms. Justice Jane Bolin became the first black female judge in the United States when Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia swore her in to the bench of the Family Court, then called the Domestic Relations Court, in 1939. | | The '''[[keyword:=New York City Family Court|New York City Family Court]]''' hears matters involving children and families. Its jurisdiction includes custody and visitation, support, family offense (domestic violence), persons in need of supervision, delinquency, child protective proceedings (abuse and neglect), foster care approval and review, termination of parental rights, adoption and guardianship. Judges of the Family Court are appointed by the Mayor to 10 year terms. Justice Jane Bolin became the first black female judge in the United States when Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia swore her in to the bench of the Family Court, then called the Domestic Relations Court, in 1939. |
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− | ==New York Crime Rates from 1965-2005==
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− | New York can be a dangerous place with dangerous people. Luckily Lawyer Central of New York City has compiled a thourough account of everything related to your law needs in New York City. New York City has the highest raw number of violent crimes among the 25 largest cities in the United States even though its rate per 100,000 is the lowest . The city has seen a continuous trend of decreasing crime since 1991, with violent crime dropping 75% since then. Neighborhoods that were once considered dangerous are now much safer. The murder rate in 2005 was at its lowest level since 1963.
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