§ 110. Housing part. (a) A part of the court shall be devoted to\nactions and proceedings involving the enforcement of state and local\nlaws for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards,\nincluding, but not limited to, the multiple dwelling law and the housing\nmaintenance code, building code and health code of the administrative\ncode of the city of New York, as follows:\n (1) Actions for the imposition and collection of civil penalties for\nthe violation of such laws.\n (2) Actions for the collection of costs, expenses and disbursements\nincurred by the city of New York in the elimination or correction of a\nnuisance or other violation of such laws, or in the removal or\ndemolition of any dwelling pursuant to such laws.\n (3) Actions and proceedings for the establishment, enforcement or\nforeclosure of liens upon real property and upon the rents therefrom for\ncivil penalties, or for costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by\nthe city of New York in the elimination or correction of a nuisance or\nother violation of such laws.\n (4) Proceedings for the issuance of injunctions and restraining orders\nor other orders for the enforcement of housing standards under such\nlaws.\n (5) Actions and proceedings under article seven-A of the real property\nactions and proceedings law, and all summary proceedings to recover\npossession of residential premises to remove tenants therefrom, and to\nrender judgment for rent due, including without limitation those cases\nin which a tenant alleges a defense under section seven hundred\nfifty-five of the real property actions and proceedings law, relating to\nstay or proceedings or action for rent upon failure to make repairs,\nsection three hundred two-a of the multiple dwelling law, relating to\nthe abatement of rent in case of certain violations of section D26-41.21\nof such housing maintenance code.\n (6) Proceedings for the appointment of a receiver of rents, issues and\nprofits of buildings in order to remove or remedy a nuisance or to make\nrepairs required to be made under such laws.\n (7) Actions and proceedings for the removal of housing violations\nrecorded pursuant to such laws, or for the imposition of such violation\nor for the stay of any penalty thereunder.\n (8) Special proceedings to vest title in the city of New York to\nabandoned multiple dwellings.\n (9) The city department charged with enforcing the multiple dwelling\nlaw, housing maintenance code, and other state and local laws applicable\nto the enforcement of proper housing standards may commence any action\nor proceeding described in paragraphs one, two, three, four, six and\nseven of this subdivision by an order to show cause, returnable within\nfive days, or within any other time period in the discretion of the\ncourt. Upon the signing of such order, the clerk of the housing part\nshall issue an index number.\n (b) On the application of any city department, any party, or on its\nown motion, the housing part of the civil court shall, unless good cause\nis shown to the contrary, consolidate all actions and proceedings\npending in such part as to any building.\n (c) Regardless of the relief originally sought by a party the court\nmay recommend or employ any remedy, program, procedure or sanction\nauthorized by law for the enforcement of housing standards, if it\nbelieves they will be more effective to accomplish compliance or to\nprotect and promote the public interest; provided in the event any such\nproposed remedy, program or procedure entails the expenditure of monies\nappropriated by the city, other than for the utilization and deployment\nof personnel and services incidental thereto, the court shall give\nnotice of such proposed remedy, program or procedure to the city\ndepartment charged with the enforcement of local laws relating to\nhousing maintenance and shall not employ such proposed remedy, program\nor procedure, as the case may be, if such department shall advise the\ncourt in
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