N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 215.10: Referral of selected felonies to dispute resolution

§ 215.10 Referral of selected felonies to dispute resolution.

Upon or after arraignment in a local criminal court upon a felony

complaint, or upon or after arraignment in a superior court upon an

indictment or superior court information, and before final disposition

thereof, the court, with the consent of the people and of the defendant,

and with reasonable notice to the victim and an opportunity for the

victim to be heard, may order that the action be adjourned in

contemplation of dismissal, for the purpose of referring the action to a

community dispute center established pursuant to article twenty-one-A of

the judiciary law. Provided, however, that the court may not order any

action adjourned in contemplation of dismissal if the defendant is

charged therein with: (i) a class A felony, or (ii) a violent felony

offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, or (iii) any drug

offense as defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law, or

(iv) a felony upon the conviction of which defendant must be sentenced

as a second felony offender, a second violent felony offender, or a

persistent violent felony offender pursuant to sections 70.06, 70.04 and

70.08 of the penal law, or a felony upon the conviction of which

defendant may be sentenced as a persistent felony offender pursuant to

section 70.10 of such law.