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Reform the New York State Court System

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About the Coalition

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.


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
Supported by The New York Community Trust

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