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.
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