N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 230.11: Removal of action to certain courts within a county

§ 230.11 Removal of action to certain courts within a county.

1. In any county outside a city having a population of one million or

more, upon or after arraignment of a defendant on an indictment pending

in a superior court having jurisdiction thereof, such court may, upon

motion of the defendant and after giving the district attorney an

opportunity to be heard, order that the action be removed from the court

in which the matter is pending to another court in the same county that

has been designated as a human trafficking court or veterans treatment

court by the chief administrator of the courts, and such human

trafficking court or veterans treatment court may then conduct such

action to judgment or other final disposition; provided, however, that

no court may order removal pursuant to this section to a veterans

treatment court of a family offense charge described in subdivision one

of section 530.11 of this chapter where the accused and the person

alleged to be the victim of such offense charged are members of the same

family or household as defined in such subdivision one of section

530.11; and provided further that an order of removal issued under this

subdivision shall not take effect until five days after the date the

order is issued unless, prior to such effective date, the human

trafficking court or veterans treatment court notifies the court that

issued the order that:

(a) it will not accept the action, in which event the order shall not

take effect; or

(b) it will accept the action on a date prior to such effective date,

in which event the order shall take effect upon such prior date.

2. Upon providing notification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of

subdivision one of this section, the human trafficking court or veterans

treatment court shall promptly give notice to the defendant, his or her

counsel and the district attorney.