N.Y. JUD Law § 70
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Judicial departments
Official statutory text
§ 70. Judicial departments. The state is hereby divided into four\njudicial departments. The first department shall consist of the counties\nembraced within the first and twelfth judicial districts; the second\ndepartment shall consist of the counties embraced within the second,\nninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth judicial districts; the third\ndepartment shall consist of the counties embraced within the third,\nfourth and sixth judicial districts; the fourth department shall consist\nof the counties embraced within the fifth, seventh and eighth judicial\ndistricts.\n
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