N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 54: Arraignments outside the county

§ 54. Arraignments outside the county. In furtherance and not by way

of limitation of section thirty of this act, a judge of the court, in

his capacity as a magistrate, shall have power to arraign a defendant,

or conduct a hearing upon any charge, in any county of the city of New

York at the place where a defendant or material witness may be confined

or hospitalized.