N.Y. Family Court Act § 511: Jurisdiction

§ 511. Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided, the family court

has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings to establish

paternity and, in any such proceedings in which it makes a finding of

paternity, to order support and to make orders of custody or of

visitation, as set forth in this article. On its own motion, the court

may at any time in the proceedings also direct the filing of a neglect

petition in accord with the provisions of article ten of this act. In

accordance with the provisions of section one hundred eleven-b of the

domestic relations law, the surrogate's court has original jurisdiction

concurrent with the family court to determine the issues relating to the

establishment of paternity.