Article VI of the New York Constitution

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article of a state constitution constitutional provision

Article VI of the New York Constitution is the section that structures and governs the state’s unified court system, including the organization, jurisdiction, and administration of its major courts.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of a state constitution ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
aimsTo	promote efficient administration of justice in New York State ⓘ
appliesTo	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State Unified Court System
authorizes	Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts ⓘ Chief Judge of the State of New York ⓘ administrative supervision of the unified court system ⓘ
bindingOn	all courts of the State of New York ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
defines	administration of the New York State court system ⓘ jurisdiction of New York State courts ⓘ powers of New York State courts ⓘ structure of the New York State Unified Court System ⓘ
establishes	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as an intermediate appellate court County Courts as courts with limited criminal and civil jurisdiction outside New York City ⓘ Family Court as a court with jurisdiction over family-related matters ⓘ New York Court of Appeals ⓘ surface form: New York Court of Appeals as the highest court of the state Supreme Court of the State of New York as a court of general original jurisdiction ⓘ Surrogate's Court as a court with jurisdiction over probate and estate matters ⓘ
governs	qualifications of New York state judges ⓘ retirement of New York state judges ⓘ selection of New York state judges ⓘ temporary assignments of judges ⓘ terms of office of New York state judges ⓘ
historicalNote	was substantially revised in the 1962 constitutional amendments reorganizing the New York court system ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	supreme law within the judicial article of New York State ⓘ
legalSubject	judicial administration ⓘ judiciary ⓘ jurisdiction of courts ⓘ organization of courts ⓘ state court system ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
partOf	New York State Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the State of New York
regulates	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York County Courts in New York ⓘ District Courts of Nassau County ⓘ surface form: District Courts in New York New York City Civil Court ⓘ New York City Criminal Court ⓘ New York Court of Appeals ⓘ New York Family Court ⓘ surface form: New York Family Courts New York Surrogate's Court ⓘ surface form: New York Surrogate's Courts New York Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the State of New York New York Town and Village Courts ⓘ surface form: Town and Village Courts in New York
requires	unified court system for the State of New York ⓘ
subjectHeading	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State courts state constitutional law ⓘ

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