The state legislature’s top question of a new pilot program to create five mental health divisions in New York City’s borough-based family courts [...] 

Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas testified about the court system’s budget request during the Legislature’s joint hearing on public protection on Thursday [...]

“When could you anticipate… that those specialized courts could exist in Dutchess County where I hail from?” asked Republican state Senator Rob Rolison.

Assuming the pilot works, said Zayas, “we expect to start expanding that all around the state.”