New York Consolidated Laws, Criminal Procedure Law - CPL § 10.30 Local criminal courts; jurisdiction

1. Local criminal courts have trial jurisdiction of all offenses other than felonies. They have:

2. Local criminal courts have preliminary jurisdiction of all offenses subject to divestiture thereof in any particular case by the superior courts and their grand juries.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, a superior court judge sitting as a local criminal court does not have trial jurisdiction of any offense, but has preliminary jurisdiction only, as provided in subdivision two.