New York (State). Court of Claims

The Court is a constitutional court of record with jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the State or by the State against the claimant or between conflicting claimants, as the Legislature may provide. The Legislature may increase or decrease the number of judges. The Clerk of the Court is appointed and may be removed by the Court.

A constitutional amendment approved by the electorate Nov. 8, 1949, effective January 1, 1950, established the Court of Claims, which since 1897 had been a court of record, first as provided by the Code of Civil Procedure and subsequently as provided by the Judiciary Law, Article II, section 2, as a constitutional court.

...