N.Y. Fam. Ct. Act § 302.2

§ 302.2. Statute of limitations. A juvenile delinquency proceeding\nmust be commenced within the period of limitation prescribed in section\n30.10 of the criminal procedure law or, unless the alleged act is a\ndesignated felony as defined in subdivision eight of section 301.2 of\nthis part or is an act allegedly committed when the respondent was aged\nsixteen years or older, commenced before the respondent's eighteenth\nbirthday, whichever occurs earlier, provided however, that consistent\nwith subdivision four of section 302.1 of this part, a proceeding\ncommenced for an act allegedly committed when the respondent was aged\nsixteen years or older shall be considered timely if it is commenced\nwithin such period of limitation prescribed in section 30.10 of the\ncriminal procedure law or prior to the respondent's twentieth birthday,\nwhichever occurs earlier, regardless of whether the action had\noriginally been commenced prior to the respondent's eighteenth birthday\nin a youth part of a superior court. When the alleged act constitutes a\ndesignated felony as defined in subdivision eight of section 301.2 of\nthis part or is an act allegedly committed when the respondent was aged\nsixteen years or older, such proceeding must be commenced within such\nperiod of limitation or before the respondent's twentieth birthday,\nwhichever occurs earlier.\n