New York Court of Claims

E32657

court of limited jurisdiction state court trial court

The New York Court of Claims is a specialized state court that exclusively hears civil cases seeking money damages against the State of New York and certain state-related entities.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New York Court of Claims Act	2
Court of Claims of New York	1
Court of Claims of the State of New York	1
Court of Errors (New York)	1
New York Court of Claims canonical	1
New York State Court of Claims	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T219525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Court of Claims
Context triple: [New York State Judiciary, hasPart, New York Court of Claims]

A. New York Supreme Court
The New York Supreme Court is the state’s principal trial-level court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases across New York.
B. New York City Civil 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.
C. New York Surrogate's Court
The New York Surrogate's Court is a specialized state court that handles probate of wills, administration of estates, and related matters involving the affairs of deceased persons in New York.
D. New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest appellate court in the state of New York, serving as its court of last resort for interpreting state law and the state constitution.
E. New York City Criminal Court
The New York City Criminal Court is a trial-level court that handles misdemeanor criminal cases, lesser offenses, and preliminary proceedings for felony cases arising within New York City.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Court of Claims
Target entity description: The New York Court of Claims is a specialized state court that exclusively hears civil cases seeking money damages against the State of New York and certain state-related entities.

A. New York Supreme Court
The New York Supreme Court is the state’s principal trial-level court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases across New York.
B. New York City Civil 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.
C. New York Surrogate's Court
The New York Surrogate's Court is a specialized state court that handles probate of wills, administration of estates, and related matters involving the affairs of deceased persons in New York.
D. New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest appellate court in the state of New York, serving as its court of last resort for interpreting state law and the state constitution.
E. New York City Criminal Court
The New York City Criminal Court is a trial-level court that handles misdemeanor criminal cases, lesser offenses, and preliminary proceedings for felony cases arising within New York City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ state court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York Court of Claims ⓘ surface form: Court of Claims of the State of New York
appliesLaw	New York State statutes ⓘ surface form: New York State law
canHear	claims arising from breach of contract by the State of New York ⓘ claims arising from negligence of state employees ⓘ claims arising from wrongful acts of state agencies ⓘ claims involving appropriation of real property by the State of New York ⓘ claims involving inmate personal injury in state correctional facilities ⓘ claims involving medical malpractice at state-operated facilities ⓘ claims involving tax refund suits against the State of New York ⓘ
cannotGrant	declaratory judgments except as authorized by statute ⓘ divorce decrees ⓘ injunctions except as incidental to money damages ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	clerks of the court ⓘ
excludesJurisdiction	cases seeking non-monetary relief except as incidental to money damages ⓘ claims against municipalities ⓘ claims against private parties ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
governingStatute	New York Court of Claims self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York Court of Claims Act
hasCaseFilingRequirement	notice of intention or claim must be filed within statutory time limits ⓘ
hasCourthouseLocation	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York other locations throughout New York State ⓘ
hasExclusiveJurisdictionOver	civil actions for money damages against the State of New York ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle	Judge of the Court of Claims ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/nyscourtofclaims/index.shtml ⓘ
hasProceduralRules	Uniform Rules for the Court of Claims ⓘ
hasSeat	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York
hasTypeOfRemedy	monetary damages ⓘ
hearsAppealsTo	Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ⓘ surface form: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
judgesAppointedBy	Governor of New York ⓘ
judicialSelectionType	appointment ⓘ
jurisdiction	civil cases seeking money damages ⓘ claims against certain state-related entities ⓘ claims against the State of New York ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
oversees	claims against certain New York State authorities as provided by statute ⓘ
partOf	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York State Unified Court System
subjectTo	New York State Constitution ⓘ surface form: New York Constitution

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

New York State Judiciary → hasPart → New York Court of Claims ⓘ

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York → appealFrom → New York Court of Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Claims of New York

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors → hasAlternativeName → New York Court of Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Errors (New York)

New York Court of Claims → alsoKnownAs → New York Court of Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Claims of the State of New York

New York Court of Claims → governingStatute → New York Court of Claims self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York Court of Claims Act

Uniform Rules for the Court of Claims → governsCourt → New York Court of Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York State Court of Claims

Uniform Rules for the Court of Claims → relatedTo → New York Court of Claims ⓘ