Antique & Period Furniture Co. v. Lassandro

Motion to dismiss a landlord and tenant summary proceeding brought in this court.

Jurisdiction of such matters has long rested within the province of the City and Municipal Courts of New York City (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1413). By a 1962 amendment, such jurisdiction was transferred to the Civil Court of the City of New York (L. 1962, ch. 695 [eff. Sept. 1]). Finally, on September 1, 1963, with the onset of the new Civil Practice Law and Buies, specification of the courts having jurisdiction of a special proceeding to recover real property was set forth in section 701 of the Beal Property Actions…