STATE OF NEW YORK
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6417
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin-
istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to small
claims jurisdiction
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1801 of the New York city civil court act, as
2 amended by chapter 65 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 1801. Small claims defined. The term "small claim" or "small claims"
5 as used in this act shall mean and include any cause of action for money
6 only not in excess of [five] ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest
7 and costs, or any action commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbi-
8 tration award rendered pursuant to part 137 of the rules of the chief
9 administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137) in which the amount in
10 dispute does not exceed [five] ten thousand dollars, provided that the
11 defendant either resides, or has an office for the transaction of busi-
12 ness or a regular employment, within the city of New York.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to actions and
14 proceedings commenced on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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