N.Y. CPL Law § 10.30

§ 10.30 Local criminal courts; jurisdiction.\n 1. Local criminal courts have trial jurisdiction of all offenses\nother than felonies. They have:\n (a) Exclusive trial jurisdiction of petty offenses except for the\nsuperior court jurisdiction thereof prescribed in paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision one of section 10.20; and\n (b) Trial jurisdiction of misdemeanors concurrent with that of the\nsuperior courts but subject to divestiture thereof by the latter in any\nparticular case.\n 2. Local criminal courts have preliminary jurisdiction of all\noffenses subject to divestiture thereof in any particular case by the\nsuperior courts and their grand juries.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, a superior\ncourt judge sitting as a local criminal court does not have trial\njurisdiction of any offense, but has preliminary jurisdiction only, as\nprovided in subdivision two.\n