N.Y. Second Class Cities Law 183 – Jurisdiction and powers
§ 183. Jurisdiction and powers. The police court shall have, in the first instance, exclusive jurisdiction to try and determine all charges of misdemeanor, committed within the city and shall also have exclusive jurisdiction to try and determine all complaints and charges for violation of city ordinances, and shall have the power and jurisdiction now or hereafter conferred upon local criminal courts by § 10.30 of the criminal procedure law. But any charge of misdemeanor pending before said police court or police justice may be removed to a court sitting with a grand jury by the same method now or hereafter provided in sections 170.20 and 170.25 of the criminal procedure law; but a complaint or charge for a violation of a city ordinance shall not be removed.
Terms Used In N.Y. Second Class Cities Law 183
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.