Actions against counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts and district corporations
§ 504. Actions against counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts and district corporations. Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter heretofore granted by the state and subject to the provisions of subdivision (b) of section 506, the place of trial of all actions against counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts and district corporations or any of their officers, boards or departments shall be, for:
1. a county, in such county;
2. a city, except the city of New York, town, village, school district or district corporation, in the county in which such city, town, village, school district or district corporation is situated, or if such school district or district corporation is situated in more than one county, in either county; and
3. the city of New York, in the county within the city in which the cause of action arose, or if it arose outside of the city, in the county of New York.
Suing a local government? Venue is fixed:
1. County → that county.
2. City (not NYC), town, village, school district, district corporation → the county where it sits (if spread across counties, either county).
3. City of New York → the county within the city where the cause of action arose, or New York County if it arose outside the city. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.