N.Y. Education Law § 4808: Jurisdiction of courts

§ 4808. Jurisdiction of courts. Courts having jurisdiction of

children shall have power to commit children to the school who are

receivable therein as set forth in section forty-eight hundred seven.

Commitments by such courts shall be in accordance with the provisions of

the penal law and code of criminal procedure applicable thereto. The

commitment shall not be for any fixed period of detention. Such

detention shall be conducted with a view to the improvement and to the

restoration, as soon as practicable, of the child so committed to its

home, if after due investigation such home is found to be satisfactory.

The provisions of section four hundred eighty-six of the penal law as to

commitments to institutions shall apply fully to commitments to the

school.