N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 3031: Simplified procedure for court determination of disputes--action without pleadings

§ 3031. Simplified procedure for court determination of

disputes--action without pleadings. An action may be commenced without

the service of a summons, or may be continued after the service of a

summons, without pleadings, by the filing of a statement, signed and

acknowledged by all the parties or signed by their attorneys, specifying

plainly and concisely the claims and defenses between the parties and

the relief requested. Signing constitutes a certificate that the issues

are genuine, and such filing, together with a note of issue, to be filed

at the same time, shall constitute the joinder of issues in the action.

The procedure in any action commenced under this section shall

constitute "the New York Simplified Procedure for Court Determination of

Disputes" and it shall be sufficient so to identify the procedure in any

contract or other document referring to it. A submission of a

controversy under this procedure shall constitute a waiver by the

parties of the right to trial by jury.