§ 177-a. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that an emergency of grave dimensions exists in narcotics law enforcement in cities having a population of one million or more. The overall law enforcement effort has not been successful in stemming the distribution of narcotic drugs. The legislature finds that […]
§ 177-b. Special narcotics parts; establishment. 1. There shall be established in cities having a population of one million or more in the supreme court special narcotics parts in such numbers and at such locations as shall be designated by the administrative board of the judicial conference of the state of New York to effectuate […]
§ 177-c. Special narcotics parts; prosecutorial organization. The district attorneys of the counties wholly contained in a city having a population of one million or more shall formulate and adopt a plan designed to effect the purposes of this article. The plan shall provide for the following matters: (i) the appointment of an assistant district […]
§ 177-d. Special narcotics parts; procedure. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (i) a narcotics indictment returned in any county within such cities may be prosecuted in the special narcotics part to which it is assigned pursuant to section one hundred seventy-seven-b irrespective of the county in which the part is held and in which […]
