2006 New York Code - Cases In Abolished Courts Carried Over.

 
    §  2203.  Cases  in  abolished  courts  carried  over. All actions and
  proceedings pending in the city court of the city of  New  York  or  the
  municipal  court  of  the  city  of  New York at the time this act takes
  effect shall be deemed pending in this court and shall  be  governed  by
  the following subdivisions of this section.
    (a) Transfer to this court.
    (1)  If  the action or proceeding was pending in the city court of the
  city of New York, it shall be transferred to this court in the county in
  which it was pending in the city court.
    (2) If the action or proceeding was pending in the municipal court  of
  the  city  of  New  York,  it  shall be transferred to this court in the
  county embracing the district in which it was pending in  the  municipal
  court.
    (b) No such action or proceeding, or appeal taken therein, shall abate
  by virtue of the abolition of said courts.
    (c) For the purpose of the disposition of such actions and proceedings
  only, the jurisdiction of this court shall be deemed:
    (1)  expanded  to  that  of  the abolished court whenever necessary to
  sustain the jurisdiction of this court over such action or proceeding if
  the abolished court had jurisdiction of the same; and
    (2) contracted to that of the abolished court so as  to  prevent  this
  court  from  giving relief of such nature or in such amount as could not
  be given by the abolished court.
    (d) Except as provided for in the foregoing, practice and procedure in
  such actions and proceedings shall be as if the same were instituted  in
  this  court after the effective date of this act. But if the court shall
  find that a practice or procedure available in the abolished court,  but
  unavailable  under  this  act,  is  necessary to the disposition of such
  action or proceeding, the court may permit recourse to or completion  of
  the same.