N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 2005: Further powers of judges; process and mandates

§ 2005. Further powers of judges; process and mandates.

The judges of the court shall have the power and jurisdiction to send

processes and other mandates in any matter of which they have

jurisdiction into any county of the state, for service or execution, as

provided by the criminal procedure law; and particularly to compel the

attendance of witnesses, to order the conditional examination of

witnesses, to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses without

the state, to inquire into the sanity of a defendant and to dismiss the

prosecution of an action conformably to the provisions of the criminal

procedure law, and to punish for criminal contempt a person guilty

thereof in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed for

courts of record by the judiciary law. Notwithstanding the provisions of

subdivision two of section 130.40 of the criminal procedure law, a

summons returnable in a district court alleging a violation of any

state, municipal or local law, regulation, ordinance or rule governing

the ownership or conditions of real property or any building, structure,

improvement, or conditions thereon located within the jurisdiction of

the court may be served anywhere in the state.