N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 36: Disposal of appeals, actions and proceedings

§ 36. No civil or criminal appeal, action or proceeding pending before

any court or any judge or justice on the effective date of this article

shall abate but such appeal, action or proceeding so pending shall be

continued in the courts as provided in this article and, for the

purposes of the disposition of such actions or proceedings only, the

jurisdiction of any court to which any such action or proceeding is

transferred by this article shall be coextensive with the jurisdiction

of the former court from which the action or proceeding was transferred.

Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of this article,

subsequent proceedings in such appeal, action or proceeding shall be

conducted in accordance with the laws in force on the effective date of

this article until superseded in the manner authorized by law.