{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-020","kind":"context","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New York State Workers\u0027 Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Workers\u0027 Compensation Board","authority":"N.Y. Workers\u0027 Comp. Law §§ 141, 142 (Board\u0027s administrative powers)","instrument":"Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19","title":"Board announcement that the Workers\u0027 Compensation Board \u0027remains closed to the public\u0027 with hearings conducted only remotely (Virtual Hearings)","dateIssued":"2021-10-04","effective":"Continuing status as of Oct. 4, 2021 (closure to the public began in March 2020)","end":"In-person hearings targeted for fall 2024 (Board announcement June 14, 2024, listed on the Board\u0027s announcements page)","startDate":"2021-10-04","endDate":"2024-06-14","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["claimants, employers, insurers and their representatives"],"clause":"While the NYS Workers\u0027 Compensation Board remains closed to the public, there are lots of ways to stay engaged with the Board to keep your claim moving... Attend your workers\u0027 compensation hearings remotely, using Virtual Hearings.","enforcement":"Administrative closure of Board offices to the public; hearings conducted only by the Board\u0027s Virtual Hearings system","functions":["CT courts and agencies (all New York workers\u0027 compensation hearings remote; offices closed to the public through Q3 2021)","SV claims servicing (insurers, TPAs, self-insured employers)","OF office and administration"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 instrument: the announcement, dated Oct. 4, 2021, states the closure as continuing; the Board\u0027s own announcements page lists \u0027Important Virtual Hearings Update\u0027 (Apr. 24, 2020) and \u0027IME and Deposition Extensions Necessitated by COVID-19\u0027 (Mar. 22, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.wcb.ny.gov/content/main/TheBoard/connecting-during-covid-19.jsp","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":187635,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-020","citation":"New York State Workers\u0027 Compensation Board, Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}