New York City Civil Court
The Civil Court of the City of New York is a civil court of the New York State Unified Court System in New York City that decides lawsuits involving claims for damages up to $25,000 and includes a small claims part for cases involving amounts up to $10,000 as well as a housing part for landlord-tenant matters, and also handles other civil matters referred by the New York Supreme Court. The court has divisions by county (borough), but it is a single citywide court.
A rent strike in Harlem in 1919
Rachel Freier was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th district in 2016, which is coterminous with Brooklyn community board districts 7, 10, 11, and 12.
The Judiciary of New York is the judicial branch of the Government of New York, comprising all the courts of the State of New York.
The New York County Courthouse in Manhattan
100 Centre Street Criminal Courts Building, connected to the Tombs
The McKinney's annotated version of the Civil Practice Law and Rules
Judith Kaye was Chief Judge from 1993 to 2008