New York City Civil Court

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civil court court of limited jurisdiction local court trial court

The New York City Civil Court is a local trial court in New York City that primarily handles civil cases involving smaller monetary claims, housing disputes, and other limited-jurisdiction matters.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
New York City Civil Court canonical	15
New York City Housing Court	4
Queens Civil Court	3
New York Civil Court	2
Bronx County Civil Court	1
Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York	1
Kings County Civil Court	1
NYC Civil Court	1
New York City Civil Court (Manhattan)	1
New York City Civil Court Act	1
New York City Civil Court in Manhattan	1
New York City Civil Court in the Bronx	1
New York City Civil Court, New York County	1
New York City Small Claims Court	1
New York County Civil Court	1
New York District Courts	1
New York Housing Court	1
Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil court ⓘ court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ local court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsHeardBy	Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
appliesLaw	New York City local law ⓘ New York State law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
governedBy	New York City Civil Court Act ⓘ
governingBody	New York State Legislature ⓘ
handles	civil litigation at first instance ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NYC Civil Court
hasCourtLevel	lower court ⓘ
hasDivision	New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York
hasFunction	adjudication of lower-value civil disputes ⓘ resolution of landlord-tenant matters ⓘ resolution of small claims ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil cases ⓘ civil cases with limited monetary value ⓘ commercial claims ⓘ consumer credit cases ⓘ housing cases ⓘ landlord-tenant disputes ⓘ no-fault insurance cases ⓘ small claims cases ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSeat	New York City ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	civil law ⓘ consumer law ⓘ contract disputes ⓘ housing law ⓘ tort claims ⓘ
hasTypeOfProceeding	bench trial ⓘ jury trial ⓘ
higherCourt	New York Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of the State of New York
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	New York City ⓘ U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
operatesIn	The Bronx ⓘ surface form: Bronx County Kings County ⓘ New York County ⓘ Queens County ⓘ Richmond County ⓘ
partOf	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State Unified Court System
serves	residents of New York City ⓘ
uses	New York State statutes ⓘ surface form: New York Civil Practice Law and Rules

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Input

Subject: New York City Civil Court
Description of subject: The New York City Civil Court is a local trial court in New York City that primarily handles civil cases involving smaller monetary claims, housing disputes, and other limited-jurisdiction matters.

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York State Judiciary → hasPart → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Housing Court

New York State Judiciary → hasPart → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York District Courts

New York City government → judicialBranch → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

Government of the State of New York → trialCourt → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

New York Surrogate's Court → relatedTo → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Civil Court

New York City Civil Court → hasDivision → New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York

New York City Civil Court → hasDivision → New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York

New York City Civil Court → hasAbbreviation → New York City Civil Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NYC Civil Court

New York Town and Village Courts → notPartOf → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

New York County Courts → hasComponent → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Civil Court, New York County

New York State statutes → codifiedIn → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Civil Court Act

Kings County → hasCountyCourts → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kings County Civil Court

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court → hearsAppealsFrom → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

Appellate Term of the Supreme Court → above → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Housing Court

Kew Gardens → near → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queens Civil Court

Article VI of the New York Constitution → regulates → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

New York City courts → hasComponent → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Housing Court

New York City courts → hasComponent → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Small Claims Court

Jamaica, Queens → hasInstitution → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queens Civil Court

Civic Center, Manhattan → contains → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Civil Court (Manhattan)

New York Civil Practice Law and Rules → usedBy → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

Sheriff of New York County → appliesToJurisdiction → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York County Civil Court

Jamaica → hasInstitution → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Jamaica, Queens

this entity surface form: Queens Civil Court

New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law → usedBy → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Housing Court

New York Real Property Law → enforcedBy → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Civil Court

New York Real Property Law → enforcedBy → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Housing Court

Queens Civil Court in Jamaica → partOf → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

New York Judiciary Law → governs → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

First Judicial Department of New York → reviewsDecisionsFrom → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Civil Court in Manhattan

First Judicial Department of New York → reviewsDecisionsFrom → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Civil Court in the Bronx

County Courts in New York → distinctFrom → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

New York City politics → hasJudicialComponent → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

Bronx County Courthouse → houses → New York City Civil Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bronx County Civil Court

Centre Street → hasLandmark → New York City Civil Court ⓘ