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THE BASICS
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People go to court for many reasons. One of the big reasons people go to court is to ask a judge to help them when someone hurts them. Or they may have a disagreement with someone and need a judge to tell them what to do. Or sometimes a person gets in trouble with the police and ends up in court.
There are many different courts located in New York City. Some courts handle only certain kinds of cases. Some kinds of cases can be handled by more than one court. Figuring out which court to go to can be very hard. Even lawyers sometimes have trouble figuring out which court to go to for a certain case.
This booklet explains many types of cases the law deals with and which courts in New York City can handle these cases.
At the end of this booklet is an Appendix with information about the location of the courthouses for the courts discussed in this booklet