I was inspired by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s recent State of Our Judiciary address, in which she described the tremendous progress that the Unified Court System has made under her excellence initiative.  As the chief judge pointed out in relation to trial-level cases, we have focused—with laser precision—on performance measures, particularly reducing the percentage of pending cases that are over “standards and goals” (our benchmark for the timely resolution of cases and an important management tool in measuring our performance when it comes to providing justice to all).  What happens at the appellate level, after the excellent and increasingly timely work of trial judges, is also an important part of the narrative.

When I became presiding justice of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department in May 2017, I set forth several priorities, which included increasing our efficiency to reduce the number of pending appeals and modernizing the court with initiatives like e-filing and live-streaming oral arguments. These undertakings are intended to promote transparency, demystify our processes, increase access to justice and engender public confidence in the judiciary.

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