New York City Criminal Court

Criminal Court of the City of New York

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Court overview
Formed	September 1, 1962 (1962-09-01)
Jurisdiction	New York City
Court executive	deputy chief administrative judge administrative judge chief clerk
Parent department	New York State Unified Court System
Key documents	Criminal Court Act as enacted Criminal Court Act as amended
Website	nycourts.gov/…/criminal

The Criminal Court of the City of New York is a court of the State Unified Court System in New York City that handles misdemeanors (generally, crimes punishable by fine or imprisonment of up to one year) and lesser offenses, and also conducts arraignments (initial court appearances following arrest) and preliminary hearings in felony cases (generally, more serious offenses punishable by imprisonment of more than one year).^[1][2]

It is a single citywide court.^[3] The Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the NYC trial-level courts, and works with the Administrative Judge of the Criminal Court in order to allocate and assign judicial and nonjudicial personnel resources.^[4] One hundred seven judges may be appointed by the Mayor to ten-year terms, but most of those appointed have been transferred to other courts by the Office of Court Administration.