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:

If you are an individual with a disability who needs an accommodation to participate in a court proceeding or other court activity, you may make a request for accommodations. The Court can provide sign language interpreters, listening assistance devices, and computer-assisted real-time translation (“CART”) services to participants (including parties, attorneys, witnesses and jurors) in federal court proceedings who are deaf, hearing-impaired, or have other communicative disabilities. 

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.