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.

Aliases (11)

New York City Housing Court ×3
Queens Civil Court ×2
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 Act ×1
New York City Civil Court, New York County ×1
New York City Small Claims Court ×1
New York Civil Court ×1
New York District Courts ×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 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	NYC Civil Court →
hasCourtLevel	lower court →
hasDivision	Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York → 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	Supreme Court of the State of New York →
locatedIn	New York City →
locatedInJurisdiction	New York City → State of New York →
operatesIn	Bronx County → Kings County → New York County → Queens County → Richmond County →
partOf	New York State Unified Court System →
serves	residents of New York City →
uses	New York Civil Practice Law and Rules →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New York City courts → New York City courts ("New York City Housing Court") → New York City courts ("New York City Small Claims Court") → New York County Courts ("New York City Civil Court, New York County") →	hasComponent
New York State Judiciary → New York State Judiciary ("New York City Housing Court") → New York State Judiciary ("New York District Courts") →	hasPart
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court → Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ("New York City Housing Court") →	above
New York City Civil Court ("Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York") → New York City Civil Court ("Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York") →	hasDivision
New York State statutes ("New York City Civil Court Act") →	codifiedIn
New York City Civil Court ("NYC Civil Court") →	hasAbbreviation
Kings County ("Kings County Civil Court") →	hasCountyCourts
Jamaica, Queens ("Queens Civil Court") →	hasInstitution
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court →	hearsAppealsFrom
New York City government →	judicialBranch
Kew Gardens ("Queens Civil Court") →	near
New York Town and Village Courts →	notPartOf
Article VI of the New York Constitution →	regulates
New York Surrogate's Court ("New York Civil Court") →	relatedTo
Government of the State of New York →	trialCourt