Miscellaneous

Suffolk County Veterans Treatment Courts and Veterans Docket Day

Suffolk has two veterans treatment courts in the State courts: one in the County District Court at Central Islip and the East End court in Southampton Town Court. The County traffic agency also holds a monthly veterans docket day for traffic, parking and red-light tickets.

Also called: veterans court, veterans treatment court, VTC, Cohalan Court Complex, Central Islip, Southampton Town Court, Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, veterans docket day.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Veterans treatment courts are part of the State's Unified Court System; the County Veterans Service Agency works with them. Suffolk Veterans Treatment Court: Suffolk County District Court, Cohalan Court Complex, 400 Carleton Avenue, Central Islip; 631-853-5435. East End Veterans Treatment Court: Southampton Town Court, 32 Jackson Avenue, Hampton Bays; 631-702-2963. The Unified Court System states that its veterans treatment courts accept veterans with all characters of discharge. A case is referred by defence counsel or the court; the team links the veteran to VA care and a veteran mentor under court supervision. Traffic and parking tickets. The County's Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, which hears tickets from the five western towns, holds a Veterans Docket Day on the third Friday of each month from 8 to 10 a.m. at 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. An honorably discharged veteran or a service member with a traffic, parking or red-light camera ticket pending there can meet a prosecutor in a special conference, and then the Veterans Service Agency's staff.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Suffolk County Veterans Treatment Courts and Veterans Docket Day
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A veteran with a criminal case or a ticket in SuffolkThe treatment courts take every character of discharge; the docket day is for honorably discharged veterans and service members. No rating is needed.

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