N.Y. Uniform Justice Court Act § 1403: Confession of judgment

§ 1403. Confession of judgment.

The provisions of CPLR § 3218, relating to judgment by confession,

shall be applicable in this court where the relief for which the

judgment is confessed is within the jurisdiction of this court,

provided, with reference to paragraph one of subdivision (a) of said

section, that the affidavit specify that the defendant is a resident of

the municipality or, if he is not such a resident, that entry is

authorized in this court. If such additional requirements are fulfilled,

the words "clerk of the county" as used in subdivision (b) of said

section shall be deemed a reference to the clerk of this court, and the

judgment confessed shall be entered in this court and shall be

enforcible in the same manner and with the same effect as a judgment in

an action in this court.