 Fares, cards, transfers (subway, bus, and MetroNorth)
On May 8, 6:41 pm, Phil Kane <Phil.K...@nov.shmovz.ka.pop> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 13:23:17 +0000 (UTC), ste...@panix.com (Steven M.
>
> O'Neill) wrote:
> >I just got called for the U.S. District Court. This was in
> >Downtown Brooklyn, reasonably convenient to my home. However,
> >when I got there I was told that the available pool was from
> >S.I., Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau and Suffolk counties.
>
> >For someone living in, say Montauk at the eastern end of Long
> >Island, Google says this drive clocks in at 2 hrs., 39 minutes!
> >(and "up to 3:20 in traffic").
>
> >obTransit: or a trip of 3:04 on the RR + subway or walking.
>
> Ah, Federal Court! (that's my bailiwick). The counties which you have
> described make up the Eastern District of New York. In practical
> terms, a decent judge will excuse a juror if excess travel time or
> loss of income is involved or if personal commitments make it
> impractical to serve.
The one time I made it as far as the pool for jury selection, it was a
Friday and they let me go because I had a conference to attend on
Monday, and it might have been a two-day trial. (A Bronx county
court.)
> My wife was excused once because it was two
> days before Pesah and we were having seder for 20.....this was after
> having to report for a case before a Magistrate Judge (contract judge
> hearing arraignments and petty Federal offenses) who was known as the
> meanest SOB on the bench (I knew him as such for many years when he
> was a prosecutor) and she knew all the right things to say - which
> were no lies - to get both attorneys AND the MagJudge to demand that
> she be excused. IIRC "Get this woman out of my court" was his parting
> shot....
>
> Enjoy the process.... |