Registration is now open for OCA Test Practice Dictation Sessions!
ARE YOU PLANNING ON TAKING THE NEW YORK STATE SENIOR COURT REPORTER EXAM? NYSCRA ANNOUNCES PRACTICE DICTATION SESSIONS.
The OCA Senior Court Reporter Exam is scheduled for Friday, June 20, 2025, and Saturday, June 21, 2025.
NYSCRA wants to help prepare you for the exam and is offering practice sessions at Plaza College on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Dictation Content Includes:
Opening Statements
4-voice Q&A Testimony
Jury charges
DATE:
Saturday, April 5, 2025
There are in-person and remote attendance options for both days.
Onsite for Live Dictation session
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET on April 5
Location: Plaza College, 118-33 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375
(NO CEUs available)
Price: $20 NYSCRA Member / $40 Non-Member
REGISTER FOR APRIL 5 IN-PERSON BY CLICKING HERE
Onsite limited to 25 participants
Priority given to those who plan on taking the court test
Students are not permitted at the in-person sessions but are invited to attend through the remote option.
For onsite participants: You will need to make sure your FULLY CHARGED writer, computer, and realtime cable are working properly. Test everything in advance.
Please arrive early – WE START ON TIME.
Remote Attendance for Live Dictation session
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET on April 5, 2025
Zoom
Connection details will be sent in registration confirmation email
(NO CEUs available)
Price: $20 NYSCRA Member / $40 Non-Member / $0 Students
REGISTER FOR APRIL 5 ZOOM BY CLICKING HERE
Zoom limited to 90 participants
Please have your equipment set up before the session starts.
**** Zoom Registration is perfect for upstate reporters and students.
You must register for each date separately.
****For those who observe the Sabbath, a copy of the zoom presentation will be made available if you register for the session.
NOT A MEMBER OF NYSCRA? We encourage you to JOIN today! CLICK HERE TO JOIN
Questions about registration? Contact Andrea Bower at [email protected]
Questions about the test prep? Contact Karen Santucci at [email protected]
2025 Horizon Scholarships Announced
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
NYSCRA’s 2023 Fall Convention was a Great Success!
Reid Goldsmith, President of the New York State Court Reporters Association, and our membership, would like to give a special thanks to Anthony Frisolone, who orchestrated approval of the venue at the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; Charles Callahan from Plaza College for his generous support of the 2023 Convention; and the Hon. Hector Gonzalez, our eloquent Keynote Speaker.
Reid would like to express his gratitude to the NYSCRA Convention Committee for their outstanding organizational skills and hard work in making this event so successful.
Thank you to the wonderful line-up of Presenters who graciously gave of their time and expertise to present at the 2023 NYSCRA Convention on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
Anthony D. Frisolone, FAPR, RDR, CRR, CRI
Denee Vadell, RPR, CCR-NJ
Stephanie Hicks, RMR
Joshua B. Edwards, RDR, CRR, CRC
Sara Blasz Beiter, RPR, NYACR
Amelia Moller Giordano, RCR, RPR, CSR, CRI, ACR, ACT
Linda Danelczyk, CSR, RPR
Sharon Pearce, RDR, CRR, CRC, NYRCR
Thank you to our Freelance Panelists:
Lorraine Berardi
Accurate Court Reporting Service, Inc.
Judy Rossi and Liz Laike
Bee Reporting Agency, Inc.
Debra A. Levinson
DALCO Reporting, Inc.
Claire Block
Lex Reporting Service
Marc Russo
MGR Reporting, Inc
Thank you to our Sponsors!
PLATINUM SPONSOR
PLAZA COLLEGE
THANK YOU, Charles Callahan, FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE COURT REPORTING PROFESSION
GOLD SPONSORS
ASSOCIATION OF SUPREME COURT REPORTERS
DALCO REPORTING, INC.
LEX REPORTING SERVICES, INC.
STENOCAPTIONS, LLC
SILVER SPONSORS
CSEA, INC.
REALTIME REPORTING, INC.
STENOGRAPH, LLC
RUBY SPONSORS
BEE REPORTING AGENCY, INC.
BOWER MANAGEMENT SERVICES
DEPAOLO CROSBY REPORTING SERVICES
EMERALD-ASSOCIATED REPORTERS, INC.
REALTIME CENTER FOR LEARNING, INC.
UBS FINANCIAL
EVENT BREAKFAST SPONSORS
JACK W. HUNT & ASSOCIATES
LEARN TO REALTIME
LUNCH SPONSOR
JACK W. HUNT & ASSOCIATES, INC.
NYSCRA’s STUDENTSNow consists of monthly “Meet the Pros” sessions, where students can ask questions of a panel of reporting professionals. Each month there will also be a theme topic. Sessions are available only to student members of NYSCRA. Not a member? Join here. Membership is open to all reporting students in the USA. It’s free. And all STUDENTSNow sessions are also free. There is nothing to lose – but knowledge.
Registration details and session dates and information can be found here: CLICK HERE
Questions? Contact Margaret Carney at [email protected]
Dominick M. Tursi
1943-2023
We draw your attention to the newly implemented Electronic Notarial Acts of the Notary Public License Law (January 2023).
This link takes you to an excerpt from the New York State Department of State, Division of Licensing, Sections 182.2 to 182.9: notary-public-license-law_01.2023.pdf (ny.gov)
PREPARENow Session Recordings Now Available for Purchase!
PREPARENow is a reporting-refinement program. It is designed to help sharpen writing, knowledge, and realtime skills generally and to prepare for court exams, the RPR, and realtime certification tests.
The program was delivered live, via Zoom from April 24 through July 9, 2022, monthly on Sunday evenings. Registrants of the program received links to the recording of these session. These session recordings are now available for purchase by anyone at a reduced rate and discounts available to NYSCRA members. Details can be found here: NYSCRA PREPARENow
ENGAGE WITH NYSCRA ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!!
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NYSCRA President's Message
Thank you for visiting our website. My name is Margaret Carney, and I am president of the New York State Court Reporters Association (NYSCRA). It is an honor to be part of this wonderful group of professionals who volunteer their time and resources for the benefit of fellow stenographers.
I have worked in the legal arena as an attorney’s assistant and paralegal, freelance court reporter, and ultimately as an official court reporter for the State of New York. In addition, I am an instructor at the Stenographic Institute of Western New York, where I earned my court reporting certificate. I feel truly privileged to support and work with stenographers in all levels of their careers.
The New York State Court Reporters Association was officially organized in 1876. Since that time, NYSCRA has been an important entity in the stenographic community, not only in New York State, but across the United States.
We are a volunteer association who have been organized for the purpose of maintaining standards of excellence in court reporting, promoting the general welfare of court reporters, fostering high professional standards and a spirit of mutual assistance among official and freelance court reporters, the courts, and members of the bar, as well as the CART and captioning community.
THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY NYSCRA:
We provide opportunities for stenographers to enrich their careers by offering knowledge/skills training, certification, and civil service test preparation through our PREPARENow program and CERTIFYNow programs. We offer live, virtual sessions, as well as a practice dictation library for our members and student members who wish to hone their skills. NYSCRA’s CERTIFYNow RCR, a realtime certification, is accepted by the Federal Courts.
NYSCRA strongly supports stenographic students. We have a unique program called StudentsNOW, geared toward reporting students consisting of monthly “Meet the Pros” live online seminar sessions. During these sessions, we are joined by amazing and talented reporters who share their advice, experience, and motivation to future stenographers, followed by questions and answers. We also provide mentoring and we address any questions or concerns the students may have.
Our association salutes those deserving of recognition and honors distinguished New York reporters through the Louis Goldstein Memorial Award and our Hall of Fame Award.
Recently, NYSCRA participated in the week-long celebration of NCRA’s annual Court Reporting and Captioning Week by holding several events across the state. Reporters gathered to celebrate in Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, and Buffalo.
We held our last convention at the United States District Courthouse located in Brooklyn, New York, for a day of training sessions, networking, and camaraderie.
Through social media, email blasts, and our quarterly newsletter, we share pertinent information about job postings, certification opportunities, and other topics relevant to our profession.
Thank you very much for visiting our webpage and for taking an interest in our association. We welcome your participation in our activities. If you would like to become a NYSCRA member and/or volunteer for any of our committees, please reach out to let us know!
Our contact information is:
New York State Court Reporters Association
[email protected]
856-283-7816
Watch the recorded version of the NYSCRA Town Hall: Unifying the Stenographers of New York State
Recorded Sunday, May 16, 2021
To view the recorded video of the NYSCRA Town Hall held on Sunday, May 16, 2021 please click on the link below and use the access code provided.
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/4646Kr1K7cVlGOHoOtYRy-aCCft05mFvMASkC-YgxeXoYa7LDwahoQuVfLXsrjDn.lMeiKERrIDYqxk4b
Access Code: e&?08!Y?
Click the image above to download the brochure promoting awareness of our association and of stenographic reporting.
Email us if you would like a supply sent to you.
NYSCRA is asking you to sponsor a court reporting student!
The Horizon Scholarship Fund is organized for the purpose of sponsoring educational and scientific projects pertaining to the art of manual or mechanical verbatim reporting by the use of shorthand symbols, with particular emphasis on training and education and study in the advancement of the art of shorthand reporting.
The Horizon Scholarship Fund has been contributing $500.00 scholarships to worthy court reporting students since 1991.
Can we count on your help to fill the desperate need for court reporters?
Your contribution of $250.00 will cover half a scholarship.
Please Click Here to download the Student Scholarship donation form
TO MAKE A STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP DONATION ONLINE PLEASE CLICK HERE!
Having trouble? Please call or email NYSCRA Headquarters
[email protected]
856-283-7816
