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New York City courts plan to arraign defendants via video due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new memo.

“Arraignments shall be conducted through video remote appearances in New York City and to the fullest extent possible throughout the state,” reads the letter from state Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks.

It wasn’t immediately clear when video arraignments would begin and where they would be held.

Marks designated the Red Hook Community Court in Brooklyn as an arraignment site where defendants specifically “believed to be at medical risk related to the coronavirus will appear remotely by video,” according to the memo released Sunday.

All non-essential functions will be postponed starting at 5 p.m. Monday, including the suspension of new civil and criminal jury trials. Ongoing trials will finish out, Marks said.

Defendants who aren’t in custody will have their felony cases administratively adjourned while those in jail may appear via video, the letter says. Court staffers were told not to report for work on Tuesday unless notified otherwise.

Marks said the court system will establish an emergency 800 number “available 24/7, for all questions from the public relating to court operations during the coronavirus public health emergency.”

It wasn’t immediately clear when the phone number would launch.