N.Y. General Municipal Law § 370-a: Definitions

§ 370-a. Definitions. For the purpose of this article:

1. "Traffic and parking violations agency" shall mean a department of

the Nassau county government established pursuant to subdivision two of

section three hundred seventy of this article or a department in the

Suffolk county government established pursuant to subdivision three of

such section to administer and dispose of traffic and parking

infractions.

1-a. "Traffic violations agency" shall mean an executive department of

the city of Buffalo established pursuant to subdivision four of section

three hundred seventy of this article to administer and dispose of

traffic infractions as authorized pursuant to this article.

1-b. "Traffic violations agency" shall mean an executive department of

the city of Rochester established pursuant to subdivision five of

section three hundred seventy of this article to administer and dispose

of traffic infractions as authorized pursuant to this article.

2. "Traffic prosecutor" shall mean an attorney duly admitted to

practice law in the state of New York who, having been appointed and

either hired or retained pursuant to section three hundred seventy-four

of this article, has the responsibility of prosecuting any traffic and

parking infractions returnable before the Nassau county district court

or the Suffolk county district court or any traffic infractions

returnable before the Buffalo city court pursuant to the jurisdictional

limitations of section three hundred seventy-one of this article.

2-a. "Traffic prosecutor" shall also mean an attorney duly admitted to

practice law in the state of New York who, having been appointed and

either hired or retained pursuant to section three hundred

seventy-four-b of this article, has the responsibility of prosecuting

any traffic infractions returnable before the Rochester city court

pursuant to the jurisdictional limitations of section three hundred

seventy-one of this article.