Chapter 1 - CORPORATION COUNSEL

Section 7-101

Section 7-101

  §  7-101  Bond  to be executed by corporation counsel. The corporation
counsel shall execute a bond to the city,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties
of  that office. Such bond shall contain one or more sureties, who shall
be approved by the comptroller.

Section 7-102

Section 7-102

  §  7-102  Law department relieved from payment of fees to city, county
or other officers. a. It shall be unlawful for any salaried  officer  of
the  city  or of the counties within the city or of any court exercising
jurisdiction within the limits thereof, or for any public officer who is
required by law to deposit the fees collected by his or  her  office  in
the city treasury, to receive from the law department or from any bureau
thereof,  any  fee  for  levy,  service or return of executions or other
mandate or order,  or  for  entering,  filing,  docketing,  registering,
recording  or  issuing  any  paper, record, mandate, precept or document
required by law to be filed in or issued out of his or her office.
  b. Every such officer must, upon application therefor, furnish to  the
law  department  or any bureau thereof, a certified or photostatic copy,
extract or transcript of any paper, record, mandate, precept or document
on file in his or her office,  or  of  the  return  upon  an  execution,
mandate or order, without receiving therefor the fee prescribed by law.
  c.  The  law department or any bureau thereof shall file its notice of
trial or note of issue or demand for a jury trial in any  court  in  the
city  without  being  required  to  pay a trial or jury fee to any court
clerk thereof.

Section 7-103

Section 7-103

  §  7-103 Corporation counsel. It shall be unlawful for the corporation
counsel or any of the corporation  counsel's  assistants  to  appear  as
attorney  or counsel in any action or litigation except in the discharge
of his or her official duties, or to accept an appointment as referee or
receiver in any action or proceeding.

Section 7-104

Section 7-104

  §  7-104  Legislative bills; local laws. The corporation counsel shall
prepare the draft of any bill  to  be  presented  by  the  city  to  the
legislature  for  enactment,  with  a  proper  memorial  for the passage
thereof, and shall prepare such local laws as may  be  required  by  the
council or any committee thereof.

Section 7-105

Section 7-105

  §  7-105  Actions  and  proceedings  for  recovery  of  penalties. The
assistant corporation counsel in charge of the  recovery  of  penalties,
subject  only  to  the  approval of the corporation counsel, may settle,
compromise, adjust or  discontinue  any  action  brought  to  recover  a
penalty in the name of the city or any agency thereof, provided that the
penalty sued for does not exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars.

Section 7-106

Section 7-106

  §  7-106  Collection  of  debts.  The  comptroller  shall direct legal
proceedings to be taken when necessary to enforce payment of  debts  due
to the city.

Section 7-107

Section 7-107

  §  7-107  Register  of  actions. The corporation counsel shall keep in
proper books, to be provided for that purpose, a register of all actions
prosecuted or defended by the corporation counsel, and  all  proceedings
had therein.

Section 7-108

Section 7-108

  § 7-108 Bond or other security on behalf of city; by whom executed. In
all actions or proceedings, in either the state or United States courts,
in  which  the  city  or  any  department  thereof  shall be a party, an
undertaking, bond, security, or stipulation which  is  required  of  the
city  as a condition to the obtaining of any legal remedy or process, or
to the perfecting of an appeal or the stay of execution or other writ in
the nature thereof, may be  executed  on  behalf  of  the  city  by  the
comptroller,  upon  the advice of the corporation counsel that it should
be executed, and in such form or manner as he  or  she  may  approve  or
advise.

Section 7-109

Section 7-109

  §  7-109  Corporation counsel; when the corporation counsel may appear
for officer, subordinate, or employee  of  an  agency.  The  corporation
counsel,  in  his  or her discretion may appear, or direct any of his or
her assistants to appear, in any action or proceeding, whether  criminal
or  civil,  which  may  be  brought  against any officer, subordinate or
employee in the service of the city, or of any of the counties contained
therein, by reason  of  any  acts  done  or  omitted  by  such  officer,
subordinate  or  employee,  while in the performance of his or her duty,
whenever such appearance is requested by the head of the agency in which
such officer, subordinate  or  employee  is  employed  or  whenever  the
interests of the city require the appearance of the corporation counsel.
The head of the agency in which such officer, subordinate or employee is
employed  shall  submit  all pertinent papers and other documents to the
corporation counsel.

Section 7-110

Section 7-110

  §  7-110  Corporation  counsel;  representation and indemnification of
district attorneys. The district attorney and the employees  of  his  or
her  office in each of the counties within the city shall be entitled to
legal representation by the corporation counsel and  indemnification  by
the  city  pursuant to the provisions of, and subject to the conditions,
procedures and limitations contained in section fifty-k of  the  general
municipal law.