Immigration courts reopen in NYC after more than a year of being shut down.
July 9, 2021
Immigration courts in New York City are open once again for the first time since the start of the pandemic. During the past year, the only remote hearings that took place were for the people who were in detention. Now, non-detained people can have their hearings in immigration court at Broadway, Varick, or Federal Plaza. The reopening is widely welcome, as people in New York State have been waiting an average of 1,002 days for their immigration cases to be called, which is above the national average of 938 days.