N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 10.30: Local criminal courts; jurisdiction

§ 10.30 Local criminal courts; jurisdiction.

1. Local criminal courts have trial jurisdiction of all offenses

other than felonies. They have:

(a) Exclusive trial jurisdiction of petty offenses except for the

superior court jurisdiction thereof prescribed in paragraph (c) of

subdivision one of section 10.20; and

(b) Trial jurisdiction of misdemeanors concurrent with that of the

superior courts but subject to divestiture thereof by the latter in any

particular case.

2. Local criminal courts have preliminary jurisdiction of all

offenses subject to divestiture thereof in any particular case by the

superior courts and their grand juries.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, a superior

court judge sitting as a local criminal court does not have trial

jurisdiction of any offense, but has preliminary jurisdiction only, as

provided in subdivision two.