N.Y. Judiciary Law 499-I – Resignation not to divest commission and the appellate division of jurisdiction
§ 499-i. Resignation not to divest commission and the appellate division of jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the appellate division and the commission pursuant to this article shall continue notwithstanding that a prosecutor resigns from office after a recommendation by the commission that the prosecutor be removed from office has been transmitted to the governor, or in any case in which the commission's recommendation that a prosecutor should be removed from office shall be transmitted to the governor within one hundred twenty days after receipt by the chief administrator of the courts of the resignation of such prosecutor. Any determination by the governor that a prosecutor who has resigned should be removed from office shall render such prosecutor ineligible to hold any other prosecutorial office.
Terms Used In N.Y. Judiciary Law 499-I
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- 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.