Please write an essay about the New York State Court System beginning with Small Claims Court and concluding with the NYS Court of Appeals. The essay should include the subject matter jurisdiction of each court (ie: the amount one can sue for in the particular court) and where (to which court) an appeal would be taken from the court where the action was commenced,

Your essay should include the following courts: small claims, district, county, civil, supreme, appellate terms (1st & 2nd Departments), appellate divisions (all 4 departments and the geographic locations [counties] they comprise – for 3rd & 4th Dep’ts it is OK to give a general description of that part of the State w/o including counties, For 1st & 2nd Dep’ts include the actual counties), and finally, the Court of Appeals, how one gets to that court and what is meant by Leave to Appeal.