As the state continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks announced Thursday that courts in the Third (Capital) and Ninth (White Plains) judicial districts are the latest to begin the third phase of a return to in-person operations. Long Island courts were scheduled to immediately follow on Friday.

Courts in New York’s Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Judicial Districts entered Phase Three last week, with the Fourth Judicial District starting Phase Three this past Monday, June 22. As of Friday, June 26, all courts outside New York City will have entered the third phase.