2006 New York Code - Actions In Which No Fees To Be Charged; Employees; Actions By Governmental Units.

 
  § 1912. Actions  in  which  no fees to be charged; employees; actions by
            governmental units.
    (a) Employee's action. When the  action  is  brought  by  an  employee
  against  an  employer for services performed by such employee, the clerk
  shall not demand or receive any fees whatsoever from  the  plaintiff  or
  his  attorney, if the plaintiff shall present proof by his own affidavit
  that his demand does not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars  exclusive  of
  interest  and  costs;  that  he  is  a resident of or an employee in the
  county; that he has a good and meritorious cause of action  against  the
  defendant  and the nature thereof; and that he has made either a written
  or a personal demand upon the defendant or his agent for payment thereof
  and payment was refused; provided that if the plaintiff shall  demand  a
  trial by jury, he must pay to the clerk the fees therefor.
    (b) Actions by governmental units. In an action brought in the name of
  the  people  of  the  state  of  New York by the attorney general or the
  district attorney of the county, or in the name of the county or of  any
  department,  board  or  officer  thereof,  by the county attorney of the
  county, or in the name of any  special  district  by  the  commissioners
  thereof, or in the name of any village by the village counsel, or in the
  name  of  any  school  district  by  the  board of education or trustees
  thereof, for the recovery of a penalty, or in the name of a town by  the
  town  attorney, or in the name of the trustees of a town by the trustees
  for the recovery of a penalty, the recovery of  money  damages,  or  the
  enforcement  of  a  local law, ordinance or regulation, no fees shall be
  required to be paid by the plaintiff to the clerk and no costs shall  be
  taxed  against  the  plaintiff;  but  in  case  such  plaintiff recovers
  judgment, the costs and taxable disbursements shall be included therein,
  and if collected shall be accounted for.