An effort spearheaded by a Westchester County Supreme Court judge to resolve some of the city’s oldest criminal cases is set to expand once again, after a successful stint in Manhattan.

Launched this January in the Bronx, the Special Term Additional Resource Trial—or START—aims to dispose of all cases in which criminal defendants have been locked up and awaiting trial for more than two years, and it comes amid a wider push by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore’s Excellence Initiative to eliminate delays, streamline case management and expedite the process of administering justice.

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