Accessibility

Statement of Accessibility:

The Eastern District of New York is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines. Thank you for your patience and for your suggestions as we continue to move forward in this direction with features such as closed captioning and tab navigation.

The Eastern District of New York does not discriminate on the basis of religion, age, race, color, national origin, gender, marital or parental status, or disability.

In order to further our commitment to nondiscrimination, we are working to ensure our site conforms to level Double-A World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Such guidelines detail best practices for ensuring assistive technology users can access the site. The guidelines also make the site more user friendly for all people.

Should you find information or functionality which is inaccessible, please contact:
District Executive Office, 718 613-2260

We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate.
 
The Court does not provide devices that are personal or individually prescribed, such as wheelchairs, prescription eyeglasses, and hearing aids, or services of a personal nature, such as the pushing of wheelchairs.

Questions/Disability Access & Accommodations Coordinators:

Services to the Hearing Impaired and Others with Communication Disabilities:
Under Judicial Conference policy, the court must provide sign language interpreters or other auxiliary aids and services to participants in federal judicial proceedings who are deaf, hearing impaired, or have other communication disabilities and may provide these services to spectators when the court deems appropriate.

 Accommodations for Individuals with Other Disabilities:
The federal courts are not subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act, however, if a person with a disability makes a request for a reasonable accommodation, the Court may consider the request.

 Requests for sign language interpreters, other auxiliary aids and services, or other accommodations should be made by completing the online form below and submitting it to the Court’s Access Coordinator. If you cannot use the online form, please print the PDF, complete it, and email it to accommodations@nyed.uscourts.gov or mail it to the Court at this address:
 

Access Coordinator
United States District Court
Eastern District of New York
225 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Accommodations Request Form

For all prospective jurors, District-wide: 
Melissa Burke, Jury Administrator, 718 613-2388

For all parties and attorneys, District-wide: 
Rosa Olivera-Nims, Supervisory Court Interpreter 718 613-2391

 

Private Rooms for Lactation-Related Needs:

Lactation rooms are available, upon request, for nursing mothers in the Brooklyn and Central Islip courthouses.  If you have business in the courthouse and need an accommodation, please contact in advance the Disability Access and Accommodations Coordinator in Brooklyn and Central Islip.

Building Access Information for Each Courthouse:

Brooklyn
The main entrance to the Brooklyn Courthouse is wheelchair accessible.

Central Islip
The main entrance to the Central Islip Courthouse is wheelchair accessible.