N.Y. Uniform District Court Act Law § 1703

§ 1703. Appeals; practice and procedure in general.\n (a) Practice and procedure on appeals shall be as provided in article\n55 of the CPLR except insofar as this act or the rules of this court\nconsistent with this act otherwise provide.\n (b) An appeal as of right from a judgment entered in a small claim or\na commercial claim must be taken within thirty days of the following,\nwhichever first occurs:\n 1. service by the court of a copy of the judgment appealed from upon\nthe appellant.\n 2. service by a party of a copy of the judgment appealed from upon the\nappellant.\n 3. service by the appellant of a copy of the judgment appealed from\nupon a party.\nWhere service as provided in paragraphs one through three of this\nsubdivision is by mail, five days shall be added to the thirty day\nperiod prescribed in this section.\n