Law Offices of Glenn W. Magnell
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Continental Rd, Cornwall, NY 12518 Phone: 845-725-7935
162 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924 Phone: 845-294-0585
Title: Town of New Windsor Justice Court
County: Orange
Address: 555 Union Avenue-Town Hall Bldg., New Windsor,
NY 12550
Phone: (845) 563-4681
Fax: (845) 563-2937
Court Calendar: Tuesday & Thursday
Traffic
Tickets: Prosecuted by Special Town Prosecutor (State Police) or local officers.
Criminal Prosecutions: Orange County District
Attorney's Office
Judges: Justice Richard W. Thorpe & Justice Noreen Calderin
New Windsor, NY Town Court
Traffic Enforcement
The Town of New Windsor is a large suburban town with through which a small section of I-87 (NYS Thruway)
passes, as well as a number of very busy local roads. The speed limit on I-87 is 65 mph throughout New Windsor. Speed
limits on local roads vary from 55 mph on Route 9W to 30 mph on roads through heavily developed sections of Route 32 and Route 300. Traffic
enforcement on I-87 is handled almost exclusively by NYS Police troopers from "Troop T." There is a state police barracks
located in New Windsor adjacent to Stewart Airport. NYS troopers are regularly moving between the barracks and I-84 on the local
roads. Local traffic law enforcement is handled by both NYS troopers and New Windsor police officers. Traffic
enforcement through the main business district along Rt. 32 is intense at times.
Traffic Court
Both town justices
have "traffic calendars" which are devoted to adjudicating traffic tickets. The NYS Police are prohibited from negotiating plea bargains
on traffic violations. As a result, a special town prosecutor has been appointed to deal with tickets written by the NYS police. 95%
of state police tickets are adjudicated through plea bargains with the special prosecutor. The Town Prosecutor and both judges are generally reasonable
about plea bargains as long as the speed was not more than 25 mph over the limit.
Local police officers somtimes prosecute
their own tickets, though the special prosecutor may substitute for them. Again, most tickets are resolved through plea bargains.
Traffic court sessions can last 2-3 hours. Attorneys are permitted to appear without their clients being present for traffic
court.
For more information about speeding and other traffic offenses, click here
To read some Frequently Asked Traffic
Law questions, click here.
For information about having the Law Office of Glenn Magnell defend your speeding ticket or DWI charge,click here.
Criminal Law Enforcement and Prosecutions
All criminal prosecutions are handled by the Orange County District Attorney's
Office. The DA's office takes a very hard line on DWI prosecutions. In 2009 there were more than 1800 alcohol related
driving arrests for impaired or intoxicated driving (DWI, DWAI, DWAI-D) in Orange County. Both the NYS Police and the New
WindsorTown Police made numerous arrests. Most arrests occurred after dark with many taking place after midnight. Police officers
assume that many driver's who are out after midnight have consumed alcohol and or drugs. As a result they are looking for any lawful
reason to pull drivers over in order to investigate possible DWI incidents. Alcohol checkpoints have been occassionaly been established by
the a combined task force of NYS Police and local police. All of these offenses are "criminal" violations of the law and,
as a result are prosecuted by the Orange County District Attorney's office. Police have been known to observe and follow
patrons leaving local bars and make traffic stops at the first opportunity.
Other typical criminal cases heard in New Windsor Town
Court are petty larceny, 3rd degree assault, harrassment and drug possession. Misdemeanors remain the jurisdiction of the town
court, while felonies are transferred to the Orange County Court if there is a felony indictment by the Grand Jury. The
criminal court calendar can be very busy and criminal court can last 2 hours or more.
For more information about DWI,click here.
To read some Frequently Asked Questions about DWI, click here.
For information about having the Law Office
of Glenn Magnell represent you on your ticket or DWI charge,, click here.
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Town of New Windsor, NY - Justice Court
555 Union Avenue-Town Hall Bldg., New Windsor, NY 12550
555 Union Avenue-Town Hall Bldg., New Windsor, NY 12550