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Assists with drafting and filing in upstate New York City Courts under UCCA and 22 NYCRR Part 210, covering civil, small claims, and housing parts.
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> **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** Verify the specific City Court's
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NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Verify the specific City Court's local rules, dollar caps, and e-filing rollout before every filing.
10,000 outside NYC operates a City Court.
The major ones (by civil filing volume):
| City Court | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo City Court | Erie | Largest upstate; Housing Part; NYSCEF mandatory |
| Rochester City Court | Monroe | Housing Part; NYSCEF expanding |
| Syracuse City Court | Onondaga | Housing Part; NYSCEF available |
| Albany City Court | Albany | Civil + Criminal Parts; NYSCEF |
| Yonkers City Court | Westchester | Largest in Westchester; NYSCEF |
| White Plains City Court | Westchester | NYSCEF |
| New Rochelle City Court | Westchester | NYSCEF |
| Mount Vernon City Court | Westchester | NYSCEF |
| Niagara Falls City Court | Niagara | NYSCEF |
| Schenectady City Court | Schenectady | NYSCEF |
| Utica City Court | Oneida | |
| Troy City Court | Rensselaer | |
| Binghamton City Court | Broome | |
| Auburn City Court | Cayuga | |
| Watertown City Court | Jefferson | |
| Glen Cove City Court | Nassau | Functions like a District Court Sixth District for civil |
| Long Beach City Court | Nassau | Functions like a District Court Fifth District for civil |
| Newburgh City Court | Orange | |
| Poughkeepsie City Court | Dutchess | |
| Beacon City Court | Dutchess |
Note: Long Beach City Court and Glen Cove City Court overlap with the Nassau District Court's Fifth and Sixth Districts — confirm which court the summons names before filing a response.
The Uniform City Court Act tracks the Uniform District
Court Act closely. 22 NYCRR Part 210 mirrors 22 NYCRR Part
212 with City Court-specific terminology. A practitioner
who has handled a Nassau District Court matter (ny-nassau-dc)
will find the City Court procedural framework familiar.
The 2022 Consumer Credit Fairness Act applies in City Courts the same way it applies in NYC Civil Court and the Long Island District Courts. CPLR 3015(e) heightened pleading, 22 NYCRR § 202.27-a default-judgment scrutiny (applied through the parallel Part 210 rule), and CPLR 214-i 3-year SOL all apply.
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers operate dedicated Housing Parts modeled on NYC Housing Court. Other cities hear L&T summary proceedings in the Civil Part. RPAPL Article 7 procedure (14-day rent demand under § 711(2), 30/60/90-day holdover notice under RPL § 226-c) applies statewide regardless of forum.
NYS Good Cause Eviction (RPL Article 6-A) applies in NYC by default. Outside NYC, the law is opt-in by municipality. Cities that have opted in (as of mid-2025):
Buffalo, Rochester, Schenectady, and several others debated opt-in but had not adopted as of early 2026. Verify the specific municipality's status when drafting a Good Cause defense.
NYC's universal Right to Counsel (Local Law 136 of 2017) is being modeled in upstate jurisdictions. Albany, Newburgh, and Rochester have piloted RTC programs for income-qualifying tenants. Most upstate cities still operate without universal RTC; legal aid organizations are the principal source of representation:
City Court Small Claims Part trials are conducted by arbitrators (volunteer attorneys) under UCCA § 1804-A. The losing party has the right to a trial-de-novo before a sitting City Court judge under UCCA § 1808 — but the demand must be served before the arbitration begins.
Format compliance: 22 NYCRR Part 210 governs filings here. Use
ny-statewide-formatas the baseline; Part 210 mirrors Part 202 with City Court-specific adjustments (caption uses "[City] City Court" instead of "Supreme Court").
ny-statewide-format — baseline 22 NYCRR Part 202 format
with Part 210 City Court adjustmentsny-nyc-civil-court — distinct court for cases inside NYCny-justice-courts — Town & Village Justice Courts for
cases outside any city's territorial reachny-discovery — CPLR Article 31 mechanics (City Court
Civil Part typically light on discovery)ny-first-30-days — Answer / pre-answer motion triageny-consumer-debt — CCFA pleading + default scrutinyny-landlord-tenant — RPAPL Article 7 mechanics for
Housing Parts and Civil Parts handling L&Tny-pro-se — pro se frameworkny-file-packet — NYSCEF (where mandatory) or paper-
filing assemblynycourts.gov/courthelp/