1 Reply Latest reply on Aug 21, 2019 1:47 PM by Jason Atkinson

Seeking New York criminal court records

Karen Ehatt Aug 20, 2019 7:36 AM

I am looking for criminal court records regarding an ancestor from 1922, when he was sentenced, and 1926, when he was released. The information I have is that he was held in 1922 in West Side Court by a Magistrate Corrigan and was released in 1926 by Judge Morris Koenig in General Sessions after spending three years at Matteawan Prison in Fishkill. This was all in Manhattan. Is there any way I can find these court records?

Re: Seeking New York criminal court records

Jason Atkinson Aug 21, 2019 1:47 PM (in response to Karen Ehatt)

Dear Ms. Ehatt,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

New York City’s Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) operates their Municipal Archives, which has custody of the records of NYC’s Magistrates’ Court and the Court of General Sessions for New York County. For information about researching their collections, please contact them via email at research@records.nyc.gov.

Records of New York State’s Department of Correctional Services, to include records related to the Matteawan State Hospital and the Fishkill Correctional Facility, are in the custody of the New York State Archives. For reference services, please email archref@nysed.gov or call 518-474-8955.

We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
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