In Staten Island, the borough’s two Criminal Court judges have a backlog of 329 trial-ready cases. At a rate of one trial per judge per week, it would take them more than three years just to hear their current cases.
In Brooklyn, where misdemeanor arrests have jumped by 11 percent over the past year, 20 Criminal Court judges face a logjam of about 2,500 trial-ready cases.
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