Court Assistants serve as part clerks in: Supreme Courts; all County and District level courts;
those City Courts with three or more full-time judges; and the Civil Court of the City of New York.
As part clerks, they work under the supervision of higher level court clerical personnel, Chief
Clerks, Commissioners of Jurors, or County Clerks and perform court clerical tasks directly
related to court proceedings. Court Assistants may also work outside of the courtroom in these
same courts, in other New York City courts, or in the Court of Claims, where they provide
procedural information, supervise units staffed by Principal Office Assistants and other
subordinate personnel engaged in court support activities such as intake of papers or docketing.
They may be designated to act in the absence of the Chief Clerk or Commissioner of Jurors,
and may perform duties related to arbitration and the disposition of actions by means of
arbitration, and perform other related duties.
| Exam Date | The Court Assistant 45-850 (open-competitive) examination will be administered statewide from Wednesday, April 8, 2026 to Wednesday, April 29, 2026. |
| Filing Period | The filing period will begin at 10 A.M. on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 and will end on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.NOTE: It is your responsibility to check your e-mail for filing confirmation(s), scheduling information, related correspondence, and to provide timely notice of any change to your e-mail information. |
| 2025 Starting Salary | Court Assistant (45-850) – JG-16: $58,100** Location Pay: Additional $4,920 location pay in NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester & Rockland; Additional $2,460 location pay in Orange, Dutchess & Putnam. |
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS
TO COMPETE:
To be eligible to compete in this examination, applicants must, by the examination date, have
a high school diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of clerical experience; OR four (4) years of clerical experience. Thirty (30) college level credits may be substituted for each year
of work experience.
*Clerical experience includes: filing materials; sorting mail; unpacking supplies; operating office
machinery; recording and or copying written numerical material; communicating directions and
information orally to staff; processing documents; receiving/unpacking goods, supplies and/or
materials; reviewing and correcting typed materials to ensure correct spelling, punctuation and
proper format; operating office machinery, reviewing documents and forms in accordance with
written rules and policies; checking documents and forms to determine whether required
information is present and accurate; filing, retrieving, and sorting paper and folders according
to an established alphabetical, chronological, numerical or functional filing system; responding
to telephone or written questions; taking messages; performing incidental typing; answering
telephone, etc.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS
FOR
APPOINTMENT:
To be appointed as a Court Assistant in New York City and in the following counties: Dutchess,
Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, or Suffolk, candidates must be (1) United
States citizens and (2) residents of New York State
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