Section 230.10. Removal of action; from supreme court to county court and from county court to supreme court; at instance of court

Upon  order  of  an appropriate court or judge, made at its or his own
  instance pursuant to rules established by the appellate division of  the
  appropriate  department,  (a) an indictment filed with the supreme court
  at a term held in a particular county outside  of  New  York  City  may,
  prior  to  entry  of a plea of guilty thereto or commencement of a trial
  thereof, be removed to the county court  of  such  county,  and  (b)  an
  indictment  filed  in  a  county  court  may similarly be removed to the
  supreme court at a term held or to be held in the same county.  Each  of
  the  appellate divisions of the second, third and fourth departments may
  establish rules authorizing such removals with respect to  the  superior
  courts  within  its department, and prescribing the courts or judges who
  may order such removals and other procedural matters involved therein.