New York state courts have been “performing better as a whole” during the first year of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Excellence Initiative, according to a report issued Wednesday.

The report—the main focus of DiFiore’s State of the Judiciary address Wednesday—said the court system has been “managing cases more efficiently and reducing court delays and backlogs” since February 2016. DiFiore had taken office a month earlier and launched the initiative with the help of administrative and supervisory judges throughout the state, who are consulted on an ongoing basis on its progress.

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