--- name: ny-deadlines description: > Use when the user asks about timing or deadlines in a New York civil case. Triggers include 'when is my answer due in NY', 'CPLR 2103 service deadline', 'mail rule New York', '5 days for mail in NY', '5-day mail rule', 'CPLR 3133 interrogatory response', 'compute deadline NY Supreme Court', 'CPLR 2104 stipulation extension', 'CPLR 306-b 120 days for service', 'count weekends and holidays in NY filing', 'New York court holidays', 'NY Gen. Constr. Law § 24 holidays', 'when is a holiday for filing purposes in New York', 'Lincoln's Birthday court holiday'. Computes calendar-day and court-day deadlines using CPLR 2103 (service add-ons), CPLR 2103-a (electronic-service rules), NY Gen. Constr. Law § 24 + § 25-a holidays, and CPLR 2103(b)(2) 5-day mail rule — the most-mistaken rule for filers used to the 3-day federal mail rule. version: 0.1.0 --- # New York Case Deadlines > **NOT LEGAL ADVICE.** Missing a deadline can be fatal. Run > the case-calendar script (`scripts/case-calendar.py`) for > mechanical verification before relying on a hand-computed > deadline. ## Core time-computation rules ### CPLR 2103 — Service of papers | Mode | Add-on | |------|---------| | Personal delivery | None | | Overnight delivery service (CPLR 2103(b)(6)) | **1 day** | | Mail (CPLR 2103(b)(2)) | **5 days** | | Facsimile (CPLR 2103(b)(5)) | None (counted on transmittal day) | | Email (CPLR 2103(b)(7) and (8)) | None (counted on transmittal day) when authorized by consent or court order | | Electronic filing through NYSCEF (22 NYCRR § 202.5-bb(b)(2)) | None — service occurs on the date the document is filed | **The 5-day mail rule is the most-mistaken in NY.** Filers used to FRCP 6(d) (3 days) over-count or under-count when porting practice. Apply the **5-day add-on** when: - Papers are served by mail - The recipient's response deadline depends on the date of service - The response is one for which the rule allows an add-on The 5-day add-on is added **at the back end** of the response period — i.e., the recipient has the normal CPLR- specified response window *plus 5 days*. ### CPLR 2103-a — Email service Added 2022. Allows email service if: 1. The recipient consented to email service (in writing, in a stipulation, in an NYSCEF appearance with email address provided) 2. Or the court ordered email service Email service is **complete on transmission**; no add-on. ## NY court holidays (NY Gen. Constr. Law § 24) | Holiday | Date | |---------|------| | New Year's Day | January 1 | | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 3rd Monday in January | | Lincoln's Birthday | February 12 | | Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) | 3rd Monday in February | | Memorial Day | Last Monday in May | | Flag Day | June 14 (not a court-closing day per CPLR; included in NY Gen. Constr. Law § 24) | | Juneteenth | June 19 (added 2020 + 2024 amendments) | | Independence Day | July 4 | | Labor Day | 1st Monday in September | | Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day | 2nd Monday in October | | Election Day (general) | Tuesday after first Monday in November (every year) | | Veterans Day | November 11 | | Thanksgiving Day | 4th Thursday in November | | Christmas Day | December 25 | | Saturdays + Sundays | Excluded under CPLR 2103(c) | **Distinctive NY court holidays**: - **Lincoln's Birthday (Feb 12)** — NY-specific; not a federal court holiday - **Election Day** — every year (federal courts open on off-year election days) - **Flag Day (June 14)** — listed in NY Gen. Constr. Law but courts generally open **Substitutes** (NY Gen. Constr. Law § 25-a): - When a holiday falls on Saturday, the *Friday before* is the legal holiday for "public business" - When a holiday falls on Sunday, the *Monday after* is the legal holiday **For CPLR purposes** (CPLR 2103(c)): "When a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the time is extended to the next succeeding business day." So you generally forward-roll (not back-roll) to the next business day. ## Named NY deadlines | Event | Deadline | Authority | |-------|---------|-----------| | Answer (personal service in-state) | 20 days | CPLR 3012(a) | | Answer (substituted / out-of-state / mail) | 30 days | CPLR 3012(c) | | Service of summons under CPLR 306-b | 120 days from filing | CPLR 306-b | | Notice of Motion service period | 8 days minimum / 16 days with cross-motion | CPLR 2214(b) | | Notice of Motion service + 5-day mail add-on | 13 days (8+5) | CPLR 2214 + 2103(b)(2) | | Cross-motion service | 7 days before return date | CPLR 2215 | | Bill of Particulars demand response | 30 days | CPLR 3042(a) | | Notice for Discovery and Inspection response | 20 days | CPLR 3120(2) | | Interrogatories response | 20 days | CPLR 3133(a) | | Notice to Admit response | 20 days | CPLR 3123(a) | | Deposition (EBT) notice | 20 days | CPLR 3107 | | Motion to vacate default | 1 year from notice of entry | CPLR 5015(a)(1) | | Notice of Appeal (Appellate Division) | 30 days from notice of entry | CPLR 5513(a) | | Motion for reargument | 30 days from notice of entry | CPLR 2221(d) | | Restraining notice duration | 1 year | CPLR 5222(b) | | Consumer-credit SOL (new CCFA) | **3 years** | CPLR 213(a) | | General contract SOL | 6 years | CPLR 213(2) | | Personal injury SOL | 3 years | CPLR 214(5) | | Defamation SOL | 1 year | CPLR 215(3) | | Money judgment enforcement | 20 years | CPLR 211(b) | | Foreclosure (post-FAPA) | 6 years; no acceleration unilateral revival | CPLR 213(4) + L 2022, ch 821 | ## Pitfalls 1. **5-day mail rule vs. federal 3-day** — port practice correctly 2. **Lincoln's Birthday** — Feb 12 closure is NY-specific 3. **Election Day** — every year, not just presidential 4. **Saturday/Friday rollback** — NY Gen. Constr. Law § 25-a rolls **back** for public business (Saturday → Friday) but CPLR 2103(c) rolls **forward** for deadlines (Saturday → Monday). Don't confuse them. 5. **NYSCEF filing as service** — under 22 NYCRR § 202.5-bb(b)(2), filing through NYSCEF on a registered party counts as service on the filing date; no add-on. This is increasingly the default in NY Supreme Court. 6. **Substituted service "complete 10 days after filing affidavit"** — when computing the answer deadline from substituted service (CPLR 308(2)), service is complete *10 days after* the affidavit of service is filed, not when delivery was attempted. ## case-calendar.py The `scripts/case-calendar.py` script encodes: - CPLR 2103 add-ons (5 days mail, 1 day overnight) - NY Gen. Constr. Law § 24 holidays - CPLR 2103(c) Saturday/Sunday/holiday forward-roll - Named-rule deadline computations (answer due, RFP due, appeal due, etc.) - SOL calculations by claim type with CPLR 213/214/215 Invoke: ```bash python3 plugins/ny-court-docs/scripts/case-calendar.py \ --rule answer-substituted \ --service-date 2025-06-15 python3 plugins/ny-court-docs/scripts/case-calendar.py \ --rules # list all named rules ``` ## Composition with other ny- skills - `ny-first-30-days` — answer-deadline triage - `ny-discovery` — discovery-response deadline computation - `ny-post-judgment` — CPLR 5015(a)(1) 1-year clock - `ny-consumer-debt` — CPLR 213(a) 3-year SOL on consumer credit - `ny-quality-check` — pre-filing deadline verification