New York Court Resources

New York estate planning attorneys will often tell you that your first stop in a probate case is the New York Surrogates' Court system. There are several branches of Surrogate's Court in New York, within different buroughs and counties.

A Public Administrator takes care of and manages estates for cases where is no one in the decedent's family to manage the estate.

New York Unified Court System

• New York State Unified Court System (Homepage)

Surrogate's Court

• New York City Surrogate's Court (New York Unified Court System)
• Surrogate, New York County
  Hon. Kristin Booth Glen
  Hon. Troy K. Webber
  31 Chambers Street
  New York, NY 10007
646-386-5000
Jane Passenant, Chief Clerk
Jana Cohn, Deputy Chief Clerk
• Nassau County Surrogate's Court
  262 Old Country Road
  Mineola, New York 11501
  (516) 571-2847
  Hon. John B. Riordan
• Suffolk County Surrogate's Court
  320 Center Drive
  Riverhead, NY 11901
  631-852-1745
  Hon. John M. Czygier, Jr.
• Surrogate, Bronx County
  Hon. Lee L. Holzman
  12th Judicial District
  851 Grand Concourse
  Bronx, NY 10451
718-618-2300
Michael P. Hausler, Chief Clerk
Earnestine Glover, Deputy Chief Clerk
• Surrogate, Queens County
  Hon. Robert L. Nahman
  88-11 Sutphin Blvd.
  Jamaica, NY 11431
718-298-0500
Alicemarie E. Rice, Chief Clerk
Margaret Gribbon, Deputy Chief Clerk
• Surrogate, Kings County
  Hon. Diana A. Johnson
  Hon. Margarita Lopez Torres
  2 Johnson Street
  Brooklyn, NY 11201
347-404-9700
Stephen Chepiga, Chief Clerk
Mary Egan Dunbar, Deputy Chief Clerk
• Surrogate, Richmond County
  Hon. Robert J. Gigante
  18 Richmond Terrace
  Staten Island, NY 10301
718-675-8500
Ronald M. Cerrachio, Chief Clerk
Jane E. Stilwell, Deputy Chief Clerk

Public Administrator

• Public Administrator of Kings County
  360 Adams Street, Room 144
  Brooklyn, NY 11201
  Telephone: (718)643-3032
  Fax: (718) 522-4475

• Public Administrator of Queens County
  88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Room 61
  Jamaica, NY 11435
  Telephone: (718)520-3710
  Fax: (718)526-5043
  Email: mail@queenscountyPA.com

• Public Administrator of New York County (Manhattan)
  31 Chambers Street, Room 311
  New York, NY 10007
  Telephone: (212)788-8430

• Public Administrator of Bronx County
  851 Grand Concourse, Suite 336
  Bronx, NY 10451
  Telephone: (718)293-7660

• Public Administrator of Richmond County
  130 Stuyvesant Place
  Staten Island, NY 10301
  Telephone: (718)876-7228

• Public Administrator of Nassau County
  240 Old Country Road, Room 603
  Mineola, NY 11501
  Telephone: (516)571-5911
  
• Public Administrator of Suffolk County
  300 Center Drive
  Riverhead NY 11901
  Telephone: (631)852-1753

New York Tax Court

• New York Division of Tax Appeals and Tax Appeals Tribunal (Homepage)
  Riverfront Professional Tower,
  Troy, NY 12180
  500 Federal Street
  Phone (518)266-3000,
  Fax (518)272-5178 or (518)271-0886

Federal District Court

• United States District Court, Southern District of New York (U.S. Courts)
• United States District Court Southern District of New York
  Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
  500 Pearl Street
  New York, NY 10007-1312
  Tel: (212) 805-0136