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The NYS Unified Court System would like to assure you that your health and safety remain a top priority for us as we resume essential court operations, including jury service.

 

What to Expect When You Appear:

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• All visitors -- including jurors, parties, attorneys, witnesses, spectators, law enforcement officers, prisoners, vendors and all other visitors -- will be required to submit to temperature screening and questioning upon entering the courthouse. 
   

• Jury impanelment will occur in large courtrooms to ensure appropriate physical distancing is maintained throughout the impanelment process.
   

• Reporting times for jurors will be staggered to ensure that proper physical distancing is maintained throughout the impanelment process and the service term.
   

• Regular cleaning of court facilities will continue with enhanced cleaning of commonly used areas, including those occupied by jurors.
   

• Mandatory use of face masks by court personnel and court visitors
   

• Grand Jury witnesses will be provided with face shields to ensure proper protection during presentations, but still permitting Grand Jurors to view facial expressions.
   

• Please bring your own mask/face covering
   

• Plexiglass barriers may be present at various locations (i.e. magnetometers, x-ray machines, assembly room desks)
   

• Indicators, like blue tape, may be present in public areas to ensure physical distance of at least 6 feet to meet social distancing standards.  Health and safety notices will be posted at elevators and outside restrooms.
   

• Wall mounted hand sanitizing stations have been installed at various locations throughout court buildings and will continue to be supplied with hand sanitizer.

     

Please note the following:  

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• Commissioner of Jurors will continue to provide jurors with public wi-fi.
   

• Bring your own pen/pencil and take it with you when you leave.
   

• Bring your own books/magazines/electronic devices and chargers.
   

• Jurors may bring their own bottled water/soda and lunch food that does not require refrigeration.

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Accommodations are available for those jurors who have medical needs.  Such inquiries should be directed to the Jury Commissioner.

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The following persons are not permitted entry into a court facility:

                             

-  Those who are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms; or

                             

-  Those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 30 days; or

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-  Those who have been directed to quarantine or self-monitor for COVID-19 by a medical authority or          employer

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-  Those who are a caregiver for or have had close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 during the past 30 days.

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Any juror who falls into any one of these categories should call or email the Jury Commissioner to discuss rescheduling jury service.

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