N.Y. JUD Law § 177-B

§ 177-b. Special narcotics parts; establishment. 1. There shall be\nestablished in cities having a population of one million or more in the\nsupreme court special narcotics parts in such numbers and at such\nlocations as shall be designated by the administrative board of the\njudicial conference of the state of New York to effectuate the purposes\nof this article. Such parts shall hear and determine narcotics\nindictments assigned thereto from any part of the supreme court in any\ncounty within such cities.\n As used in this article, "narcotics indictment" means an indictment\ncharging a crime that is prosecutable in any county wholly contained in\na city within cities having a population of one million or more\ninvolving the sale or possession of a narcotic drug and any other\noffense properly joined therewith.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon or after\narraignment on a narcotics indictment filed in the supreme court in any\ncounty within such cities and before entry of a plea of guilty or\ncommencement of trial, such supreme court may order that the indictment\nand action be assigned to a special narcotics part of the supreme court.\n 3. The trial of an indictment in a special narcotics part shall for\nall purposes be deemed to be a trial in the county in which the\nindictment was filed, but the administrative board of the judicial\nconference may promulgate rules, orders or regulations to be applicable\nto such parts in place and instead of the rules, orders or regulations\napplicable to courts in the county where the indictment was filed. The\nadministrative board shall provide by rule, order or regulation for at\nleast the following matters: the procedure of the part; its auxiliary\nservices; the assignment of judicial personnel; the appointment of\nterms; and transmittal of all papers in the action, including all\nundertakings for appearances of the defendant and of the witnesses, to\nthe part of the supreme court to which the action has been assigned.\n