N.Y. Educ. Law § 3232

§ 3232. Courts having jurisdiction. 1. Courts sitting as courts of\nspecial sessions or as magistrates' courts shall have concurrent\njurisdiction with family courts to hear, try and determine charges of\nviolation of the provisions of part one of this article, within their\nrespective jurisdiction. In the counties of Cortland and Westchester\nand in the city of New York family courts shall have exclusive original\njurisdiction in such proceedings. Notwithstanding other provisions of\nlaw, family courts shall have jurisdiction, for the purposes of part one\nof this article, of minors.\n 2. A prosecution instituted under the provisions of part one of this\narticle shall be deemed a bar to a prosecution under the labor law based\non the same state of facts.\n