Simplify the Courts! is a growing alliance of over 100 organizations from all parts of the state organized to achieve the critical goal of simplifying the New York State court system. Modern Courts is the lead organizer of the Simplify the Courts! Coalition.

Our Vision of Success is to reverse the adverse impact that a poorly designed, confusing court structure has had on the system of justice.

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Coalition Members

• Access Justice Brooklyn
  Brooklyn
• Anti Violence Project NYC
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Buffalo/Niagara League of Women Voters
  Erie and Niagara Counties
• Business Council of New York State
  Statewide
• Capital District Women’s Bar Association Legal Project
  
• CASA – New York State
  Statewide
• CASA of Rockland County
  
• CASA-NYC
  
• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany
  Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren, Washington
• Center for Community Alternatives, Inc., New York City, Syracuse and Rochester
  Statewide, with offices in NYC, Syracuse, Rochester and White Plains
• Center for Court Innovation
  
• Center for Elder Law and Justice, Erie County
  
• Center for Safety and Change, Rockland County
  
• Children’s Aid
  
• Children’s Defense Fund, NY
  Statewide
• Citizens Union
  
• Citizens’ Committee for Children
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Committee to Reform the State Constitution
  
• Common Cause New York
  
• Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies
  Statewide
• Crime Victims Treatment Center
  NYC, Brooklyn, Morningside Heights
• Day One
  Providing legal services in all 5 boroughs all of NYC and technical assistance statewide
• Downstate Coalition for Crime Victims
  
• Empire Justice Center
  Statewide, with offices in Rochester, Albany, Westchester and Long Island
• Empowerment Collaborative of Long Island (ECLI)
  Suffolk County, Nassau County
• Erie County Bar Association (ECBA) Volunteer Lawyers Project
  Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming Counties
• Family Services Society of Yonkers
  Bronx, New York, Westchester, Yonkers
• FamilyKind
  All Boroughs in New York City, Westchester and Long Island
• Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Fines and Fees Justice Center
  
• Footsteps
  NYC, Rockland County
• Forestdale
  Queens
• Good Shepherd Services
  New York City, the Bronx and Brooklyn
• Grace Smith House, Inc.
  Dutchess County
• Graham Windham
  
• HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services
  
• Her Justice
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Hope’s Door
  Westchester County
• Human Services Council
  Represents 170 human services nonprofits across New York City
• Immigrant Justice Corp
  
• JCCA (formerly known as Jewish Child Care Association)
  All Boroughs in New York City
• LawHelpNY
  Statewide
• Lawyers Committee Against Domestic Violence
  New York City metropolitan area
• Lawyers for Children, Inc.
  All Boroughs in New York City
• League of Women Voters NYC
  
• League of Women Voters of New York State
  Statewide
• League of Women Voters of the Syracuse Metropolitan Area
  City of Syracuse and Onondaga County
• LGBT Bar Association of New York
  
• LIFT (Legal Information for Families Today)
  NYC and Statewide
• Long Island Association
  Nassau and Suffolk Counties
• Long Island Housing Services, Inc.
  Nassau and Suffolk Counties
• Mobilization for Justice, Inc.
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Modern Courts
  Statewide
• My Sister’s Place
  Westchester County
• NAACP New York Conference
  
• Neighborhood SHOPP
  The Bronx
• New Alternatives for Children
  
• New Castle League of Women Voters
  New Castle, Chappaqua and Millwood in Westchester County
• New York City Bar Association
  All Boroughs in New York City
• New York Immigration Coalition
  Statewide
• New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
  All Boroughs in New York City and Statewide
• New York Legal Assistance Group/NYLAG
  All Boroughs in New York City with limited services in Westchester and Long Island
• New York Legal Services Coalition
  
• New York State Bar Association
  Statewide
• New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  Statewide
• North Country League of Women Voters
  Clinton and Essex Counties
• Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation/NMIC
  
• Oswego County Opportunities, Inc., (OCA) Crisis & Development Services
  
• Pace Women’s Justice Center
  Westchester County, Putnam County
• Partnership for New York City
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Permanent Commission on Access to Justice
  Statewide
• Prison Families Anonymous
  
• ProBonoNet
  Statewide, Nationwide
• Queens County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
  Queens
• Rising Ground (formerly Leake and Watts)
  NYC, with a particular focus in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Northern Manhattan, and Westchester
• Rivertowns League of Women Voters
  The Rivertowns in NY from Yonkers to Ossining
• Rochester Metropolitan Area League of Women Voters
  Monroe County
• Rockland County League of Women Voters
  Rockland County
• Safe Homes of Orange County
  Orange and Sullivan County
• Safe Horizon
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Safe Passage Project
  New York City and Long Island
• Sanctuary for Families
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Saratoga County League of Women Voters
  Saratoga, Warren & Washington Counties
• SCO Family of Services
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Shalom Task Force
  
• Sheltering Arms
  
• STOP Domestic Violence/Behavioral Health Services North, Inc.
  Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties
• The Children’s Law Center
  All Boroughs in New York City
• The Door
  All five boroughs of NYC, and occasionally Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties
• The Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services
  All Boroughs in New York City and Westchester County
• The Legal Aid Society of NYC
  All Boroughs in New York City
• The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
  
• The Safe Center Long Island
  Nassau County, Long Island
• UJA Federation – NY
  
• United Neighborhood Houses
  42 settlement houses located in the five boroughs of New York City, Albany and Onondaga
• Unity House of Troy, Inc.
  Rensselaer County and Albany County
• Urban Justice Center
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Urban Resource Institute
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Vera House, Inc.
  Onondaga County
• Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS)
  Suffolk County
• Violence Intervention Program, Inc.
  All Boroughs in New York City with offices in East Harlem, South Bronx, Highbridge Bronx, and Corona in Queens
• Voices of Women
  All Boroughs in New York City
• VOLS (Volunteers of Legal Services)
  All Boroughs in New York City
• Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, Inc.
  Central New York, with programs based in Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego and Jefferson Counties
• Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County
  Monroe County, primarily
• Weinberg Center for Elder Justice at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale
  
• Westchester County Office for Women
  Westchester County
• Westchester Jewish Community Services
  Westchester County
• Westchester Women’s Agenda
  Westchester County
• Western New York Law Center
  Allegheny, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties
• William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center at Touro Law Center, Suffolk County
  
• Youth Represent