A state court judge in Manhattan has hit the New York City government with sanctions for what he said was a deliberate failure by city lawyers to produce evidence for a case involving a school aide’s failure to break up a playground fight between two students.

The ruling by acting Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Alexander Tisch, which was published last week, is the second time in recent weeks that a judge has upbraided city lawyers for discovery issues. Last Thursday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sanctioned the city for failing to turn over evidence in a police brutality case.