KINGSTON, N.Y. — At a press conference Friday, county officials touted the opening of a new centralized arraignment parts court (CAP), 22 holding cells, and a brand new after-hours courtroom in the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center as a “historic day in criminal justice.”At the press conference, former county legislator Eve Walter of New Paltz […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — County officials hope the problem of finding public defenders and local magistrates to appear for late-night and weekend cases will be resolved in early June when the county’s centralized arraignment part court is slated to be up and running.In a May 15 update to County Executive Jen Metzger, Public Defender Elizabeth Corrado […]
ROSENDALE, N.Y. — A shortage of available after-hours public defenders is “a safety concern for residents of the county and for my officers,” Rosendale Police Chief Scott Schaffrick said.In a phone interview Wednesday, May 1, Schaffrick said town justices are refusing to arraign defendants after hours, or even answer their phones when called by police […]