New York Courts to Cut $300 Million as State Deficit Grows

The New York State Court system is freezing all hiring, cutting spending, and denying most elected judges requests for recertification in an effort to cut about $300 million from its budget as the state faces a growing deficit.

The reductions were outlined in a letter sent to the state’s administrative judges on Tuesday by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks as the system tries to meet Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s request for all state entities to cut their budgets by 10%.

“At this point, we have been able to avoid employee layoffs, but there is no telling what the coming months may ...