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New York City Civil Court

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The New York City Civil Courts is a trial court of limited jurisdiction in New York City. It has jurisdiction over landlord-tenant cases and claims up to $25,000. It also includes a small claims part for the informal resolution of cases involving amounts of up to $5,000.[1]

Court

Assignments

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Of the 92 civil court judges, 36 actually sit on the court. The rest act as judges on the supreme courts, family courts, and criminal court.[2]

Since judges rotate frequently, it is difficult to keep lists current. To find a list of current assignments by county, visit: New York City Civil Court Assignments on the New York State Unified Court System's website

Judges

Housing Court judges

Former judges

See also

External links


New York courts

Federal courts:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York

State courts:

New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts

State resources:

Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York

Elections

See also: New York judicial elections

New York is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in New York, click here.

Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The 324 justices of the New York Supreme Court are elected to 14-year terms in partisan elections. To appear on the ballot, candidates must be chosen at partisan nominating conventions. Sitting judges wishing to serve an additional term must run for re-election.[13]

The chief judge of the court of appeals appoints two chief administrative judges of the supreme court, one to supervise trial courts within New York City and one to supervise trial courts outside of the city.[13]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must:[13]

  • be a state resident;
  • have had at least 10 years of in-state law practice;
  • be at least 18 years old; and
  • be under the age of 70 (retirement at 70 is mandatory).

Election rules

Primary election

Closed primary elections are held to allow members of political parties to select their respective candidates. The candidate who wins the Democratic primary, for example, will go on to be the Democratic nominee in the general election. Independent candidates may also run in the general election, bypassing the primary.[14] If a candidate cross-files, he or she could run in the general election as a Democratic Party candidate, as well as a candidate for one or more other parties.

According to statute, candidates for the supreme courts are chosen indirectly through delegates. Voters elect convention delegates in the primary election, and the delegates choose the supreme court candidates who will be on the general election ballot.[15][16]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court," accessed October 31, 2014
  2. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges," accessed October 31, 2014
  3. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges assigned to Bronx County," accessed October 31, 2014
  4. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Bronx County Civil Court Judicial Assignments," accessed October 31, 2014
  5. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges assigned to Kings County," accessed October 31, 2014
  6. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Kings County Civil Court Judicial Assignments," accessed October 31, 2014
  7. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York County Civil Court Judicial Assignments," accessed October 31, 2014
  8. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges assigned to New York County," accessed October 31, 2014
  9. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges assigned to Richmond County," accessed October 31, 2014
  10. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Richmond County Civil Court Judicial Assignments," accessed October 31, 2014
  11. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "New York City Civil Court: Judges assigned to Queens County," accessed October 31, 2014
  12. ↑ New York State Unified Court System, "Queens County Civil Court Judicial Assignments," accessed October 31, 2014
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: New York," archived March 8, 2013
  14. ↑ NYC Board of Elections, "Guide to NYC Elections," accessed December 27, 2016
  15. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Judicial Selection in the States: New York," accessed May 23, 2014
  16. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "2014 Election Law," accessed May 23, 2014
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