§ 6-24 Pre-Hearing Notification of Schedule for In-Person Hearings on 15 or More Summonses.
RCNY § 6-24
(a)No Respondent, attorney or registered representative may appear in person on fifteen (15) or more summonses unless: (1) No later than noon five (5) business days before the scheduled hearing date, the Tribunal receives from the Respondent, attorney, or registered representative a list of all scheduled summonses in the format required by and made available by the Tribunal; (2) The Respondent, attorney, or registered representative submits only one list of scheduled summonses per hearing date and submits that list electronically, pursuant to the Tribunal's direction, to a recipient designated by the Tribunal, regardless of the county in which the summonses were scheduled to be heard; (3) Notices of Appearance are submitted in advance of the scheduled hearing, as directed by the Tribunal, to the Tribunal office in the borough where summonses are scheduled to be heard; (4) The attorney or representative is able, during the hearing, to e-mail to all parties and the Tribunal the evidence the Respondent, attorney, or representative wishes to submit; and (5) The attorney or registered representative submits an authorization to appear form signed by the Respondent, authorizing the attorney or registered representative to appear at OATH on the Respondent's behalf.
(b)To be considered timely, the Respondent, the Respondent's attorney or representative must: (1) Appear at the earliest scheduled hearing time indicated on each summons to be heard, or, if applicable, at the earliest scheduled hearing time indicated on each adjournment order or reschedule notice for each summons to be heard, and (2) Be available and ready to proceed within three (3) hours of the scheduled hearing time indicated on each summons to be heard, or if applicable, within three (3) hours of the scheduled hearing time indicated on each adjournment order or reschedule notice for each summons to be heard.
(c)The failure to make a timely appearance constitutes a default and may subject the Respondent to penalties in accordance with 48 RCNY § 6-20. (Amended City Record 6/1/2015, eff. 7/1/2015; amended City Record 7/8/2016, eff. 8/7/2016; amended City Record 12/5/2018, eff. 1/4/2019; amended City Record 10/13/2021, eff. 10/13/2021; amended City Record 8/11/2022, eff. 9/10/2022)
