New York Consolidated Laws, Uniform District Court Act - UDC § 212-a. Declaratory judgments involving de novo review under part 137 of the rules of the chief administrator of the courts (22 NYCRR Part 137)

The court shall have the jurisdiction defined in section 3001 of the CPLR to make a declaratory judgment with respect to actions commenced by a party aggrieved by an arbitration award rendered pursuant to part one hundred thirty-seven of the rules of the chief administrator in which the amount in dispute does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.