Section 204. Summary proceedings  


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  • The court shall have jurisdiction over
      summary proceedings to  recover  possession  of  real  property  located
      within  the city of New York, to remove tenants therefrom, and to render
      judgment for rent due without regard to amount, and in such a proceeding
      after the court has determined that a warrant of eviction be issued,  it
      shall  not be necessary for the court to sign the warrant, but it may be
      signed  by  the  clerk  of  said  court.  The  court  shall  also   have
      jurisdiction  over  special proceedings by tenants of multiple dwellings
      in the city of New York for judgment directing deposit of rents and  the
      use  thereof  for the purpose of remedying conditions dangerous to life,
      health or safety, as authorized by article seven-a of the real  property
      actions and proceedings law.