New York City Courthouses

ADVISORY The Help Centers in each borough will be closed from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on Friday, November 4 and Friday, December 16. Thank you.

The Civil Court of the City of New York has jurisdiction over civil cases involving amounts up to $25,000 and other civil matters referred to it by the Supreme Court. It includes a small claims part for informal dispositions of matters not exceeding $5,000 and a landlord and tenant/housing part for landlord-tenant matters of unlimited amounts and housing code violations.