2006 New York Code - Procedures Relating To Corporations, Insurers And Assignees.

 
  § 1809. Procedures relating to corporations, insurers and assignees.
    1.  No  corporation,  except  a  municipal corporation, public benefit
  corporation, school district or school district public library wholly or
  partially within the municipal corporate limit, and no assignees of  any
  small  claim shall institute an action or proceeding under this article,
  nor shall this article apply to any claim or cause of action brought  by
  an  insurer in its own name or in the name of its insured whether before
  or after payment to the insured on the policy.
    2. A corporation may appear in the defense of any small  claim  action
  brought  pursuant  to  this  article  by  an  attorney as well as by any
  authorized officer, director or employee  of  the  corporation  provided
  that  the appearance by a non-lawyer on behalf of a corporation shall be
  deemed to constitute the requisite authority to bind the corporation  in
  a  settlement  or  trial.  The  court  or arbitrator may make reasonable
  inquiry to determine the authority of any person  who  appears  for  the
  corporation in defense of a small claims court case.