N.Y. Education Law § 3232: Courts having jurisdiction

§ 3232. Courts having jurisdiction. 1. Courts sitting as courts of

special sessions or as magistrates' courts shall have concurrent

jurisdiction with family courts to hear, try and determine charges of

violation of the provisions of part one of this article, within their

respective jurisdiction. In the counties of Cortland and Westchester

and in the city of New York family courts shall have exclusive original

jurisdiction in such proceedings. Notwithstanding other provisions of

law, family courts shall have jurisdiction, for the purposes of part one

of this article, of minors.

2. A prosecution instituted under the provisions of part one of this

article shall be deemed a bar to a prosecution under the labor law based

on the same state of facts.