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  • SECTION 30
    Judges are magistrates
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  • ARTICLE 3
    Jurisdiction and Powers
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    SECTION 31

    Jurisdiction

    New York City Criminal Court Act (CRC) CHAPTER 697, ARTICLE 3

    § 31. Jurisdiction. The court and the judges thereof, except as
    otherwise provided in this act, shall have jurisdiction with respect to
    crimes and offenses committed within the city of New York, as follows:

    (1) To hear, try, and determine all charges of misdemeanor, except
    charges of libel;

    (2) To hear, try, and determine all offenses of a grade less than
    misdemeanor.