New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wants to expand resources for families in a bid to ultimately “shrink the population needing family court,” he said during his annual State of the Judiciary speech Monday.
Wilson emphasized the importance of investing in non-judicial programs to help families, and dipped into politics by backing Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) proposal to invest $4.5 billion in fiscal 2027 for statewide universal pre-K and free child care for 2- and 3-year-olds in New York City.
“What will help us to shrink the population needing family court are substantial investments not directed to ...