Grand and petit jurors to serve at stated and special sessions of the Court shall be
summoned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1861–67, and the Plan adopted and approved by the judges
of this Court and approved by the Judicial Council for the Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit contained in General Order 24. The selection of grand and petit jurors is made by
random selection from voter registration lists and supplemented by, if available, lists of licensed
drivers from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and tax filers from the New
York State Department of Taxation and Finance. Court sessions, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 112,
are designated to be held in the Northern District of New York in the cities of Albany,
Binghamton, Malone/Plattsburgh, Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown. For jury selection purposes
under 28 U.S.C. § 1869(c), this District is divided into divisions from which jurors are selected
for the particular place where jury sessions are to be held. The divisions are as follows:
1. ALBANY DIVISION: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery,
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster, Warren and Washington
Counties
2. BINGHAMTON DIVISION: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga and
Tompkins Counties
3. SYRACUSE: Cayuga, Cortland, Jefferson, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego
Counties
4. UTICA DIVISION: Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida and Otsego Counties
5. PLATTSBURGH DIVISION: Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence
Counties
A copy of the Plan for the NDNY for Random Selection of Grand and Petit Jurors is
available upon request at the Clerk’s office or on the Court's webpage at
www.nynd.uscourts.gov.
