Overview
City Courts outside New York City: decide civil suits involving claims up to $15,000; handle misdemeanors and lesser offenses; and, arraign defendants accused of felonies. Some City Courts handle small claims (cases involving claims up to $5,000) and claims related to housing (landlord-tenant matters).
Location
Albany City Hall, Room 209
Albany City Court-Civil
24 Eagle St #209
Albany, NY 12207
United States
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. excluding holidays
Transportation: CDTA bus lines
Parking: Metered parking on street and parking for people with disabilities on side of building
Security: Visitors must pass through a magnetometer prior to entering the court.
City Court Judge
Hon. William G. Kelly
Hon. Marisa Franchini
Chief Clerk
Anthony Mancino
Directions and Parking
From Broadway and State Street: Go straight up State Street for three blocks. Turn right onto Eagle Street. City Hall is on the second block on your right hand side.
Parking: The easiest place to park to get to City Hall is in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Parking Garage. The parking garage is on Pine street which is one block south of State Street. If you are entering Albany from the North, East or West you will turn right onto Pine Street and then turn left into the parking garage. If you enter Albany from the South, stay on Broadway until Pine Street, turn left onto Pine Street and then left into the garage.