Bill Text: NY A03109 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the amount from $25,000 to $50,000 for actions and proceedings in the New York city civil court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-09 - substituted by s514a [A03109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03109-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3109

                               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

                    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 (year should be inserted) in accordance with the  provisions
    23  of the election law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89068-01-1