Contrary to Table 1.3 in The Bluebook and Appendix 1 in the ALWD Manual, New York practitioners abbreviate this publication as “NYCRR.” The abbreviation is preceded by the appropriate title number and followed by the appropriate section number. No section symbol is used, and the date is omitted. 12 NYCRR 23-1.7(b)(1).
Sample Citations - Administrative and Executive Materials Reference List: Title or Number, Volume C.F.R. § Page (Year). URL. Parenthetical Citation: (Title or Number, Year) Narrative Citation: Title or Number (Year)
The U.S. Code arranges laws by subject, and are cited by Section instead of the page number. Section numbers are denoted by § symbol. Format: Title U.S.C. § Section No.
When citing to a code section, you generally include the abbreviation for the code and the section number: Example: L.A.M.C. § 48.02 is a citation to section 48.02 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
Example: N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ __ - __ (enacted pursuant to N.Y. Tax Law § 111).
The Manual, also known as "The Tan Book," is what New York judges use when authoring their opinions, so most attorneys use it in lieu of the Bluebook to formulate their citations, even though its use is not mandatory.
Citations to decisions issued by an ALJ are formatted in the following manner: Complainant v. Respondent, ALJ No. 2020-00000, -00001, slip op.