(a) An injunction or restraining order or notice may issue out of or by, and a receiver may be appointed by, the court if:

Terms Used In N.Y. New York City Civil Court Law 1508

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • judgment: as used in this article , shall be deemed to include an order directing the payment of money. See N.Y. New York City Civil Court Law 1501
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
1. the court has been granted jurisdiction of an enforcement proceeding by CPLR § 5221; and
2. such remedy is utilized in furtherance of the enforcement of a money judgment.
(b) In any enforcement proceeding of which the court has jurisdiction, all processes, mandates, subpoenas, orders, notices and other papers therein may be served or executed by such means and at such place, regardless of city or state lines, as would be authorized in the supreme court in a like instance; and the powers of a receiver appointed in such proceeding, pursuant to subdivision (a), shall extend throughout the state.