The project will nearly double the number of courtrooms at the civil court complex, and it is expected to help the revival of Riverhead's downtown.
Years ago, the county drew up plans for 16 new courtrooms at the 495,000-square-foot John P. Cohalan Center, a state and county court complex in Central Islip.
After the courtroom was cleared on Monday, the five men were brought in from a cell in the court complex, surrounded by police officers.
Suffolk County is negotiating for the addition of 8 courtrooms to the 20-courtroom State Supreme Court complex here.
Thick clouds of smoke billowed out of a large courtroom and police complex as tires burned in the street.
Thick smoke billowed from the building, a large courtroom and police complex, as tires burned in the street.
Kluger's talent is to focus on the human story and drama in the midst of describing complex courtroom proceedings.
The hearing took place in the Expeditionary Legal Complex, the courtroom-in-a-barn built for the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 plotters.
Outside the heavily fortified police academy complex containing the courtroom, throngs of protesters waved banners with the yellow, four-fingered emblem of opposition to Egyptian authorities' crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
The 750,000-square-foot complex includes 47 courtrooms, 110 holding cells, grand jury rooms, judges' chambers, offices for the district attorney and city agencies, a virtually freestanding circular jury assembly hall in which some 600 prospective jurors can gather and a 200-space garage.
If he had talked to someone who had interviewed with the commission, for example, he could have anticipated the courtroom-style setting and the complex questions he was asked.
