N.Y. Judiciary Law § 140-b: General jurisdiction of supreme court

§ 140-b. General jurisdiction of supreme court. The general

jurisdiction in law and equity which the supreme court possesses under

the provisions of the constitution includes all the jurisdiction which

was possessed and exercised by the supreme court of the colony of New

York at any time, and by the court of chancery in England on the fourth

day of July, seventeen hundred seventy-six, with the exceptions,

additions and limitations created and imposed by the constitution and

laws of the state. Subject to those exceptions and limitations the

supreme court of the state has all the powers and authority of each of

those courts and may exercise them in like manner.