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Justice Remains In Exile From Foley Square As Elevator Problems Lead To Courtroom Switches

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 19 –  The Federal courthouse at 40 Foley Square continues to have two elevator banks out of service, including three out of four leading to the courtroom floors, leading to the shifting of cases and whole court operations of some judges to the newer courthouse next door at 500 Pearl Street.

    On December 19 Inner City Press, which reports on cases in both buildings, went yet again to cover some cases still listed as taking place in 40 Foley. First among them was the continuation of a sentencing before Judge Andrew L. Carter. First Inner City Press checked Judge Batts courtroom on the 24th floor of 500 Pearl, to which many Judge Carter proceedings have been moved. But it was locked.

  Running over to 40 Foley, waiting five minutes for an elevator, up on the 13 floor Judge Carter's courtroom door was locked. A sign said all proceedings back across the street in 18B. But there, it was dark. Was defendant Bob King already sentenced?

   Elsewhere in 40 Foley on December 19, based on a floor to floor visit by stairs, the same signs announced Judge Schofield's cases are in Courtroom 110 and Judge Furman's in 11B of 500 Pearl. There were no signs on the courtroom doors of Judges Nathan and Engelmayer.

  On the 7th floor, Judge Oetken's sign said all cases in 12B, the same 500 Pearl Street courtroom where Judge Gardephe moved his Saab proceeding. Judge Broderick, now, has relocated to 15A in 500 Pearl. Judges Failla and Ramos on the 6th floor, and Judge Caproni on the fourth, are not accessible by stairs, at least not to the public.

  Inner City Press inquired as to why and how long. The answer was that the lower rise elevators went out, and it was decided to fix both elevators banks at once. Now there are some budget rules referred to. But seven floors of active District Court courtrooms served by a single elevator? We'll have more on this.

    For now, there is remains a "we're all in this together" spirit, notable about more usual complaints, from Wall Street to Turtle Bay. More on Patreon here. Inner City Press will continue on these beats. 

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