New York City's "MWBE" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 129 of 2005, is designed to promote government contracting opportunities for businesses owned by minorities and women. Our "Emerging Business Enterprise" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 12 of 2006, is designed to promote such opportunities for businesses owned by persons who are "socially and economically disadvantaged." Together, the programs establish the following Citywide goals for contracts and subcontracts in amounts under $1 million.

Case-related information.

GIS data: Boundaries of Municipal Court Districts.

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Early in his tenure at the Law Department, Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo initiated the Public Service Program - a private/public partnership with the City's prominent law firms, where firms either lend their attorneys to the Law Department for a finite period of time or agree to take on City cases in-house. The Program benefits both the City and the law firms. The City receives the assistance of an incredibly well-trained and talented group of attorneys while the attorneys receive the kind of hands-on, in-court litigation experience that is often hard to come by at the best private law firms. While participation in the Program will not lead to offers of permanent employment at the Law Department, it will enable the volunteers to keep their skills fresh while serving the public.
Trial Attorney Volunteers: A number of firms lend mid-level litigation associates to the Law Department for a period of four to six months to work full-time in our Tort Division trial units. These attorneys conduct back-to-back civil trials, selecting juries, examining and cross-examining witnesses and presenting opening statements and closing arguments.
Law Firm Volunteers: Other firms have chosen to take entire matters in-house, giving their attorneys the chance to participate in court conferences, settlement negotiations, depositions, and, ultimately, trials.
Deposition Program: Firms also lend associates to the Law Department either to conduct a series of depositions in an individual case or to spend two to three weeks in our offices conducting back-to-back depositions in a variety of cases.

The Law Department is composed of 17 legal divisions. Three support divisions provide high quality services to the Law Department's 650 attorneys.

The Corporation Counsel is often invited to address bar associations, law students, and other organizations. Below are links to the text of speeches given by Corporation Counsel

The Law Department issues press releases on major cases as a service to the media and the public.

The Table representing "Target Community District Probation Demographic Data" as of 08/05/2011

First Assistant Corporation Counsel Jeffrey D. Friedlander writes a bi-monthly column, "Municipal Law," for the New York Law Journal on issues of importance relating to public affairs law. Mr. Friedlander is the Law Department's second-in-command and a member of its Executive Staff. The first column appeared in March 2003.

This is the contact list for the Family and Adult Court Information.

Contact details of Organizations determined eligible for Arches award.

GIS data: Boundaries of Municipal Court Districts.

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