STATE OF NEW YORK
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3109--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 15 of article VI of the constitution
relating to the New York city civil court
1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision b of
2 section 15 of article VI of the constitution be amended to read as
3 follows:
4 b. The court of city-wide civil jurisdiction of the city of New York
5 shall have jurisdiction over the following classes of actions and
6 proceedings which shall be originated in such court in the manner
7 provided by law: actions and proceedings for the recovery of money,
8 actions and proceedings for the recovery of chattels and actions and
9 proceedings for the foreclosure of mechanics liens and liens on personal
10 property where the amount sought to be recovered or the value of the
11 property does not exceed [twenty-five] fifty thousand dollars exclusive
12 of interest and costs, or such smaller amount as may be fixed by law;
13 over summary proceedings to recover possession of real property and to
14 remove tenants therefrom and over such other actions and proceedings,
15 not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the supreme court, as may be
16 provided by law. The court of city-wide civil jurisdiction shall further
17 exercise such equity jurisdiction as may be provided by law and its
18 jurisdiction to enter judgment upon a counterclaim for the recovery of
19 money only shall be unlimited.
20 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
21 submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be held
22 in the year 2021 in accordance with the provisions of the election law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89068-04-1
