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CHAPTER 693 AN ACT to establish a civil court for the city of New York to implement article six of the constitution of the state of New York, approved by the people on the seventh day of November, nineteen hundred sixty-one Became a law April 24, 1962, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, by a majority vote, thre…
ARTICLE 1 ORGANIZATION Section 101. Short title. 102. Court established. 102-a. Vacancies and composition of court. 103. Powers of appellate division. 104. Expenses of court. 109. Clerk of the court. 110. Housing part.
§ 101. Short title. This act shall be known as the New York city civil court act, and may be cited as "CCA".
§ 102. Court established. The civil court of the city of New York is hereby established as a single city-wide court, as provided by sections one and fifteen of article six of the constitution; it shall be a part of the unified court system for the state, and a court of record with such power and jurisdiction as are her…
§ 102-a. Vacancies and composition of court. 1. The civil court of the city of New York shall consist of one hundred thirty-one judges, all of whom shall be residents of the city of New York. No person may serve in the office of judge of this court after the effective date of this section unless he or she has been admi…
§ 103. Powers of appellate division. In addition to the powers conferred upon them in this act and in any other provision of law, all the powers heretofore conferred by law upon the chief justice of the city court of the city of New York and upon the president justice and board of justices of the municipal court of the…
§ 104. Expenses of court. All salaries of both judicial and non-judicial personnel of the court and all other expenses of the court whatsoever shall be a charge upon the city of New York. As provided in subdivision d of section twenty-nine of article six of the constitution, the governing body of the city shall annuall…
§ 109. Clerk of the court. There shall be a chief clerk of the court. The chief clerk and such other non-judicial personnel as shall be authorized by rule or order of court shall each have the power to administer oaths, take acknowledgments and sign the process or mandate of the court.
§ 110. Housing part. (a) A part of the court shall be devoted to actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of state and local laws for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards, including, but not limited to, the multiple dwelling law and the housing maintenance code, building code and health code…
ARTICLE 2 JURISDICTION Section 201. Jurisdiction; in general. 202. Money actions and actions involving chattels. 203. Actions involving real property. 204. Summary proceedings. 205. Interpleader. 206. Arbitration. 207. Small claims. 208. Counterclaims. 209. Provisional remedies. 210. Contempt. 211. Joinder of causes of…
§ 201. Jurisdiction; in general. The court shall have jurisdiction as set forth in this article and as elsewhere provided by law. The phrase "$50,000", whenever it appears herein, shall be taken to mean "$50,000 exclusive of interest and costs".
§ 202. Money actions and actions involving chattels. The court shall have jurisdiction of actions and proceedings for the recovery of money, actions and proceedings for the recovery of chattels and actions and proceedings for the foreclosure of liens on personal property where the amount sought to be recovered or the v…
§ 203. Actions involving real property. The court shall have jurisdiction of the following actions provided that the real property involved or part of it is situate within the county in the city of New York in which the action is brought: (a) An action for the partition of real property where the assessed valuation of…
§ 204. Summary proceedings. The court shall have jurisdiction over summary proceedings to recover possession of real property located within the city of New York, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render judgment for rent due without regard to amount, and in such a proceeding after the court has determined that a war…
§ 205. Interpleader. The court shall have jurisdiction of an action of interpleader and defensive interpleader as defined and governed by the CPLR, provided that the amount in controversy or the value of the property involved does not exceed $50,000.
§ 206. Arbitration. (a) Threshold questions under CPLR article 75. If an action of which the court has jurisdiction has been duly commenced therein, and there arise in such action any questions relating to the arbitrability of the controversy, the court shall have jurisdiction completely to dispose of such questions an…
§ 207. Small claims. The court shall have jurisdiction of small claims as defined in article 18 of this act.
§ 208. Counterclaims. The court shall have jurisdiction of counterclaims as follows: (a) Of any counterclaim the subject matter of which would be within the jurisdiction of the court if sued upon separately. (b) Of any counterclaim for money only, without regard to amount. (c) Of any counterclaim for: 1. the rescission…
§ 209. Provisional remedies. (a) Attachment, arrest, seizure of chattel. An order of attachment or of arrest, a warrant to seize a chattel as provided in § 207 of the lien law, and an order of seizure of a chattel may issue out of this court if such remedy might issue out of supreme court in a like case. (b) Injunction…
§ 210. Contempt. All of the provisions of law governing civil and criminal contempts in like instances in supreme court shall apply in this court, except that this court shall have no power to punish for contempt a judge or justice of any court.
§ 211. Joinder of causes of action in complaint; effect on jurisdiction. Where several causes of action are asserted in the complaint and each of them would be within the jurisdiction of the court if sued upon separately, the court shall have jurisdiction of the action. In such case judgment may be rendered by the cour…
§ 212. Additional jurisdiction and powers. In the exercise of its jurisdiction the court shall have all of the powers that the supreme court would have in like actions and proceedings.
§ 212-a. Declaratory judgments involving obligations of insurers and de novo review under part 137 of the rules of the chief administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137). The court shall have the jurisdiction defined in section 3001 of the CPLR to make a declaratory judgment with respect to: (a) any controversy invo…
§ 213. Jurisdiction for rescission or reformation of certain transactions. The court shall have jurisdiction of actions for rescission or reformation of a transaction if the amount in controversy does not exceed $50,000.
ARTICLE 3 VENUE Section 301. Transitory actions; venue. 302. Real property actions; venue. 303. Summary proceedings; venue. 304. Actions by or against the city of New York; or against the New York city transit authority; venue. 305. Assignees; corporations and associations. 306. Change of venue; procedure. 307. Venue;…