The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: New York, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. Official seal of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Putnam County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Rockland County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Orange County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Dutchess County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the state of New York. ...

The court does not have jurisdiction over the entirety of New York City. Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island are in the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of American finance, politics, music, and culture. ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Queens Borough in New York City Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island. ...

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

The court is one of the most influential and active Federal district courts in the United States. The Southern District of New York has jurisdiction over New York's major financial centers. When Rudolph Giuliani worked as a federal prosecutor in this district, his unusually aggressive style of litigation combined with the overall power of this district caused legal commentators to joke that S.D.N.Y. stood for the "Sovereign District of New York." Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... In countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system, the prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution. ... The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ...

The Southern District of New York was subdivided out of the U.S. District Court for the District of New York on April 9, 1814 along with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the following counties: Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady...

References

• Official website for the U.S. District Court for the SDNY
• Official website for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the SDNY