First and Second Departments Suspend Deadlines

The First and Second Departments have announced that they are suspending most deadlines. They have provided:

First Department:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that with the exception of matters perfected for the May 2020 and June 2020 terms of this Court, all perfection, filing and other deadlines set forth by any order of this Court, Rules of the Appellate Division ([22 NYCRR] parts 1240 and 1250), Rules of the Appellate Division, First Department ([22 NYCRR] parts 600 and 603), or Electronic Filing Rules of the Appellate Division ([22 NYCRR] part 1245), are suspended indefinitely and until further directive of the Court;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that with the exception of matters perfected for the May 2020 and June 2020 terms of this Court, all motions or applications for an extension of time to perfect or file that are pending as of Tuesday, March 17, 2020, are granted to the extent that the time to perfect or file is suspended indefinitely and until further directive of the Court; and

This suspension order does not apply to statutory deadlines.

Second Department:

ORDERS that all perfection, filing and other deadlines set forth in any order of this Court, the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division (22 NYCRR part 1250), the Rules of Practice of this court (22 NYCRR part 670), or Electronic Filing Rules of the Appellate Division (22 NYCRR part 1245), are suspended indefinitely and until further directive of the Court. All motions and applications for an extension of time to perfect or file that are pending as of Tuesday, March 17, 2020, are adjourned pending further directive of the Court. All other pending motions are adjourned without date until further directive of the Court.