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N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 1 Unified court system; organization; process
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a. There shall be a unified court system for the state. The state-wide courts shall consist of the court of appeals, the supreme court including the appellate divisions thereof, the court of claims, the county court, the surrogate's court and the family court, as hereinafter prov…
N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 2 Court of appeals; organization; designations; vacancies, how filled; commission on judicial nomination
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§2. a. The court of appeals is continued. It shall consist of the chief judge and the six elected associate judges now in office, who shall hold their offices until the expiration of their respective terms, and their successors, and such justices of the supreme court as may be de…
N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 3 Court of appeals; jurisdiction
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§3. a. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals shall be limited to the review of questions of law except where the judgment is of death, or where the appellate division, on reversing or modifying a final or interlocutory judgment in an action or a final or interlocutory order in…
N.Y. Const. art. VI, § 4 Judicial departments; appellate divisions, how constituted; governor to designate justices; temporary assignments; jurisdiction
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§4. a. The state shall be divided into four judicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties within the first judicial district of the state. The second department shall consist of the counties within the second, ninth, tenth and eleventh judicial district…