N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 1802-a: Parts for the determination of commercial claims established

§ 1802-A. Parts for the determination of commercial claims established.

The chief administrator shall assign the times and places for holding,

and the judges who shall hold, one or more parts of the court for the

hearing of commercial claims as herein defined, and the rules may

regulate the practice and procedure controlling the determination of

such claims and prescribe and furnish the forms for instituting the

same. There shall be at least one evening session of each part every

month for the hearing of commercial claims, provided however, that the

chief administrator may provide for exemption from this requirement

where there exists no demonstrated need for evening sessions. The chief

administrator shall not combine commercial claims part actions with

small claims part actions for purposes of convenience unless a

preference is given to small claims and to commercial claims arising out

of consumer transactions. Such practice, procedure and forms shall

differ from the practice, procedure and forms used in the court for

other than small claims and commercial claims, notwithstanding any

provision of law to the contrary. They shall constitute a simple,

informal and inexpensive procedure for the prompt determination of

commercial claims in accordance with the rules and principles of

substantive law. The procedure established pursuant to this article

shall not be exclusive of but shall be alternative to the procedure now

or hereafter established with respect to actions commenced in the court

by the service of a summons. No rule to be enacted pursuant to this

article shall dispense with or interfere with the taking of stenographic

minutes of any hearing of any commercial claim hereunder.