Title CRC, New York City Criminal Court

Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as "The New York City\nCriminal Court Act."\n

§ 100. Laws repealed. Chapter six hundred fifty-nine of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ten, entitled "An act in relation to the inferior\ncourts of criminal jurisdiction in the city of New York, defining their\npowers and jurisdiction and providing for their officers" and known a…

§ 101. Transitory provisions. (1) From and after the effective date of\nthis act the court of special sessions of the city of New York and the\ncity magistrates' courts of the city of New York are abolished, and\nthereupon the seals, records, papers and documents of or belonging…

§ 101-a. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or other\nproceeding, relating to any complaint alleging a misdemeanor under the\nmultiple dwelling law which shall be pending before any three judge\npanel of the criminal court on the effective date of this act, which\nprovid…

§ 102. Effective date. This act shall take effect September first,\nnineteen hundred sixty-two.\n

§ 2. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings:\n (1) city--the city of New York;\n (2) mayor--the mayor of the city;\n (3) court--the court established by this act;\n (4) judge--a judge of the court; and\n (5) rule or o…

§ 20. The court constituted. The criminal court of the city of New\nYork is hereby established as a single, city-wide court, as provided by\nsections one and fifteen of article six of the constitution; it shall be\na part of the unified court system for the state, and a court of…

§ 21. Administration. (1) As provided by section twenty-eight of\narticle six of the constitution and article seven-A of the judiciary\nlaw, the appellate divisions of the supreme court in the first and\nsecond judicial departments shall supervise the administration and\noperati…

§ 22. Judges of the court. (1) Each of the judges of the court shall\nbe a resident of the city. No person, other than one who holds such\noffice on the first day of September, nineteen hundred sixty-two, may\nassume the office of judge of the court unless he has been admitted t…

§ 23. Chief and deputy chief clerks; other admistrative matters. (1)\nThere shall be a chief clerk of the court. The chief clerk and such\nother non-judicial personnel as shall be authorized by rule or order of\ncourt shall each have the power to administer oaths, take\nacknowle…

§ 30. Judges are magistrates. The judges of the court are magistrates\nand shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction and powers, not\ninconsistent with this act, which are conferred by law upon magistrates\nand police justices under the provisions of the code of criminal\npro…

§ 31. Jurisdiction. The court and the judges thereof, except as\notherwise provided in this act, shall have jurisdiction with respect to\ncrimes and offenses committed within the city of New York, as follows:\n (1) To hear, try, and determine all charges of misdemeanor, except\n…

§ 41. Practice and procedure. (1) Unless otherwise specifically\nprescribed, the practice and procedure in this court is governed by the\ncriminal procedure law.\n (2) The appellate divisions of the first and second judicial\ndepartments shall jointly adopt rules to implement an…

§ 42. Use of electronic filing authorized. (1) Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may\nauthorize a program in the use of electronic means in cases in the\ncriminal court of the city of New York as provided in section 10.40 of\nthe …

§ 50. Complaints; not to be prepared in courtroom. Provision shall be\nmade at all times in each part of the court in which a judge is sitting\nas a magistrate whereby the clerk, the clerk's assistants or other\nemployees whose duty it is to prepare complaints shall have proper\…

§ 51. Trials on Sunday. Notwithstanding any provision of law, a part\nor parts of the court may be convened on Sunday to hear, try and\ndetermine offenses of a grade less than misdemeanor in the same manner\nand to the same extent as upon any other day of the week.\n

§ 52. Transfer of persons and charges. (1) Except as provided in this\nsection, no charge, complaint or person brought before one judge of the\ncourt sitting as a magistrate shall be sent before another such judge,\nor any other magistrate, except for adequate cause, to be fully…

§ 54. Arraignments outside the county. In furtherance and not by way\nof limitation of section thirty of this act, a judge of the court, in\nhis capacity as a magistrate, shall have power to arraign a defendant,\nor conduct a hearing upon any charge, in any county of the city of…

§ 56. Prisoner's right to communicate with friends. (1) The\ncommissioner of correction of the city of New York shall cause to be\nplaced in each district prison a notice in several languages, setting\nforth that prisoners have the right to send a message or to write to or\ncaus…

§ 58. Verification of appearance ticket. (1) Where an appearance\nticket has been served in lieu of arrest as authorized by article one\nhundred fifty of the criminal procedure law, in cases relating to\nviolation of any provision of law, rule or regulations restricting the\npar…

§ 59. Liability of judge sitting as magistrate. A judge of the court,\nsitting as a magistrate who, in good faith and having reason to believe\nthat a crime or offense has been committed, issues process for the\narrest of a person, shall not be liable therefor unless it is shown…

§ 61. Additional method of payment of fines. Rules or orders of court\nmay be adopted to govern the payment of fines by day or night by any\nperson accused of any offense or of violating any provision of any law,\nrule or regulation without appearing in person, except in cases o…

§ 62. Extension of time to pay fine. A judge shall have power in his\ndiscretion to extend time to pay any fine imposed upon a plea of guilty\nto or a conviction on any charge of a grade less than a misdemeanor.\n A judge may issue a warrant or summons for the defendant if he ha…

§ 85. Segregation of certain women. Whenever any woman is accused or\nconvicted before the court of any crime arising out of an industrial\ndispute, such woman shall be segregated from the other incarcerated\nindividuals thereof in any jail, prison or institution to which she ma…

§ 87. Parole and temporary commitment of women offenders pending trial\nand sentence. The court, pending adjournment of the trial of a woman\ndefendant, or after conviction pending investigation before imposition\nof sentence, may, in its discretion, parole in the custody of a\n…

* § 88. Segregation of prisoners. In every building used by the court\nor any part thereof for the detention of prisoners, adequate provision\nshall be made for the separation of female from male prisoners and of\nyouthful offenders from older offenders of the same sex. Every ce…

§ 89. Reports of others acting as magistrates. Whenever any person,\nother than a judge of the court, shall act as a magistrate within the\ncity, it shall be his duty to cause a record thereof to be kept which\nshall contain such information as is required by rule or order of co…

§ 90. Inspection of penal and reformatory institutions. All judges of\nthe court shall visit at least once, preferably within three months\nafter their appointment, the workhouse, penitentiary and all other\nreformatories and institutions to which they have power to commit, and\…

§ 91. Stenographers to furnish copies of proceedings. Upon any\nexamination, hearing or trial, where stenographic minutes of the\nproceedings have been taken by an official stenographer of the court, or\nby a stenographer employed for the purpose, such stenographer must upon\nre…

§ 92. Assignment of police officers. The police commissioner of the\ncity shall from time to time assign such officers as the appellate\ndivision of the supreme court having jurisdiction may certify are\nnecessary for the service of warrants, and when so assigned such\nofficers …

§ 93. Display of flag. It shall be the duty of the officer, employee\nor person having the care of any courtroom used by the court to display\nthe American flag in each such room during all hours that the court is\nin session.\n

§ 94. Residence of assistant district attorneys. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of any state law, or of the New York city charter\nor administrative code of the city of New York, any duly appointed\nassistant district attorney in New York city may reside in any coun…

§ 95. Health code violations. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\nother law, violations of subdivision (f) of section 11.65, 131.11,\n139.07, 161.03, 161.05, 181.03, or 181.17 of the health code of the city\nare hereby declared to be violations. Punishment for violations of\n…

§ 96. Payment of fines in traffic cases. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson, firm or corporation to advertise in any manner that for a fee a\ntraffic summons will be presented and a fine paid into the court, or to\nagree that for a fee a traffic summons will be presented and a…