In the last five years, about 13 percent of the state’s guardianship petitions under Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law—a total of 1,001 requests on behalf of “incapacitated persons”—have come from Nassau County.
Justice Arthur Diamond was named earlier this year to supervise the Supreme Court part tasked with hearing such petitions, typically for some of the neediest and most vulnerable New Yorkers. He also serves on the state’s advisory committee for guardianship matters.
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