ALBANY — State court administrators are looking for spending cuts in everything from jury pools to overnight arraignments before resorting to more layoffs to offset a $70 million budget cut.

Besides a hiring freeze and 74 layoffs already in the Office of Court Administration, judges have been told to generally halt proceedings by 4:30 p.m., helping slash what was a $37 million overtime budget.

“We spend a lot of money on overtime,” Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau said.

In New York City, Small Claims Court is reducing evening sessions to one a week, and criminal courts are trying to limit overnight and weekend arraignment hours, she said.

Courts will call fewer potential jurors, who get paid $40 a day, trying to curb what’s known as “overcalls.” Judges are being asked not to sequester jurors for lunch, which otherwise means overtime for the court officer assigned to watch them.

“It all adds up,” Pfau said.

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said any further layoffs will probably happen this month.