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The record
- Jurisdiction
- New York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal) · New York
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- N.Y. Workers' Comp. Law §§ 141, 142 (Board's administrative powers)
- Issued
- 2021-10-04 Oct. 4, 2021
- Effective
- Continuing status as of Oct. 4, 2021 (closure to the public began in March 2020) (read as 2021-10-04)
- End
- In-person hearings targeted for fall 2024 (Board announcement June 14, 2024, listed on the Board's announcements page) (read as 2024-06-14)
- In force
- Oct. 4, 2021 to June 14, 2024
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- claimants, employers, insurers and their representatives
- Functions reached
- CT courts and agencies (all New York workers' compensation hearings remote; offices closed to the public through Q3 2021)
- SV claims servicing (insurers, TPAs, self-insured employers)
- OF office and administration
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State courts AGY-ST-COURTS
Operative words
While the NYS Workers' 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' compensation hearings remotely, using Virtual Hearings.
Enforcement
Administrative closure of Board offices to the public; hearings conducted only by the Board's Virtual Hearings system
Notes
A Q3 2021 instrument: the announcement, dated Oct. 4, 2021, states the closure as continuing; the Board's own announcements page lists 'Important Virtual Hearings Update' (Apr. 24, 2020) and 'IME and Deposition Extensions Necessitated by COVID-19' (Mar. 22, 2021).
Retrieval noteRendered from the Board's live page (which still carries the Oct. 4, 2021 announcement).