NY · rules
22 NYCRR 131.7
Additional restrictions on coverage
(a) No audio pickup or audio broadcast of conferences that occur in a court facility between attorneys and their clients, between co-counsel of a client, or between counsel and the presiding trial judge, shall be permitted without the prior express consent of all participants in the conference.
(b) No conference in chambers shall be subject to coverage.
(c) No coverage of the selection of the prospective jury during voir dire shall be permitted.
(d) No coverage of the jury, or of any juror or alternate juror, while in the jury box, in the courtroom, in the jury deliberation room, or during recess, or while going to or from the deliberation room at any time, shall be permitted provided, however, that, upon consent of the foreperson of a jury, the presiding trial judge may, in his or her discretion, permit audio coverage of such foreperson delivering a verdict.
(e) No coverage shall be permitted of the victim in a prosecution for rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, or other sex offense under article 130 or section 255.25 of the Penal Law; notwithstanding the initial approval of a request for audio-visual coverage of such a proceeding, the presiding trial judge shall have discretion throughout the proceeding to limit any coverage that would identify the victim.
(f) No coverage of any participant shall be permitted if the presiding trial judge finds that such coverage is liable to endanger the safety of any person.
(g) No coverage of any judicial proceedings that are by law closed to the public, or that may be closed to the public and that have been closed by the presiding trial judge, shall be permitted.
(h) No coverage of any suppression hearing shall be permitted without the prior consent of all parties to the proceeding.
History
2016: 131 > Amended on February 1, 2016, effective March 1, 2016 (order: https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/chiefadmin/AO-17-2016.pdf) 2015: 131 > Amended on Dec. 29, 2015, effective March 1, 2016 (order: https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/rules/chiefadmin/AO-325-15.pdf)
Provenance
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- nycourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-17
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
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