2006 New York Code - Parts For The Determination Of Commercial Claims Established.

 
  § 1802-A. Parts for the determination of commercial claims established.
    The chief administrator shall assign the times and places for holding,
  and  the  judges  who shall hold, one or more parts of the court for the
  hearing of commercial claims  as  herein  defined,  and  the  rules  may
  regulate  the  practice  and  procedure controlling the determination of
  such claims and prescribe and furnish  the  forms  for  instituting  the
  same.  There  shall  be  at least one evening session of each part every
  month for the hearing of commercial claims, provided however,  that  the
  chief  administrator  may  provide  for  exemption from this requirement
  where there exists no demonstrated need for evening sessions. The  chief
  administrator  shall  not  combine  commercial  claims part actions with
  small  claims  part  actions  for  purposes  of  convenience  unless   a
  preference is given to small claims and to commercial claims arising out
  of  consumer  transactions.  Such  practice,  procedure  and forms shall
  differ from the practice, procedure and forms  used  in  the  court  for
  other  than  small  claims  and  commercial  claims, notwithstanding any
  provision of law to  the  contrary.  They  shall  constitute  a  simple,
  informal  and  inexpensive  procedure  for  the  prompt determination of
  commercial claims  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  principles  of
  substantive  law.  The  procedure  established  pursuant to this article
  shall not be exclusive of but shall be alternative to the procedure  now
  or  hereafter established with respect to actions commenced in the court
  by the service of a summons. No rule to  be  enacted  pursuant  to  this
  article shall dispense with or interfere with the taking of stenographic
  minutes of any hearing of any commercial claim hereunder.