New York § 92 - 92General powers conferred upon presiding justice and appellate division in first department

§ 92. 92General powers conferred upon presiding justice and appellate division in first department

§ 92. General powers conferred upon presiding justice and appellate division in first department. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all the powers heretofore conferred by law upon the presiding justice of the general term of the supreme court in the first judicial department, the chief judge of the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, and the chief judge of the superior court of the city of New York, either or all of them, are vested in the presiding justice of the appellate division of the supreme court in the first department. All the powers heretofore conferred by law upon the general term of the supreme court in the first judicial department, upon the general term of the superior court of the city of New York and upon the general term of the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, are conferred upon and vested in the appellate division of the supreme court in the first department. And all the powers conferred by law upon the supreme court in the first judicial district, upon the superior court of the city of New York and upon the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York, other than as courts of first instance in actions and special proceedings, are also conferred upon and vested in said appellate division.