---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to small claims court jurisdiction"
description: "Increases the small claims court jurisdiction amount to no more than ten thousand dollars in the New York city civil courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7525"
citation: "New York A 7525 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DENDEKKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-08"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1e5299c-56ec-4333-b96a-abad5baad9df"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7525"
source_hash: "c6226806102dd0bc4979ca8b1a88cf7aa4d32b125b7da1d4bbad33c908ad1fd5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7525 (2019-2020) — Relates to small claims court jurisdiction

Increases the small claims court jurisdiction amount to no more than ten thousand dollars in the New York city civil courts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7525&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DENDEKKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.449
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6417
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1717
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.664 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1e5299c-56ec-4333-b96a-abad5baad9df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).