Section 117. Parts of court

(a) There is hereby established in the family
  court a "child abuse part". Such part shall be held  separate  from  all
  other  proceedings  of  the  court, and shall have jurisdiction over all
  proceedings in the family court involving abused children, and shall  be
  charged  with  the  immediate  protection  of  these children. All cases
  involving abuse shall be originated in or be transferred  to  this  part
  from  other parts as they are made known to the court unless there is or
  was before the court a proceeding involving  any  members  of  the  same
  family  or household, in which event the judge who heard said proceeding
  may hear the case involving abuse. Consistent with its primary  purpose,
  nothing in this section is intended to prevent the child abuse part from
  hearing other cases.
    (b)  For  every  juvenile  delinquency  proceeding under article three
  involving an allegation of an act committed by a person which,  if  done
  by  an adult, would be a crime (i) defined in sections 125.27 (murder in
  the  first  degree);  125.25  (murder  in  the  second  degree);  135.25
  (kidnapping  in the first degree); or 150.20 (arson in the first degree)
  of the penal law committed by a person  thirteen,  fourteen  or  fifteen
  years  of age; or such conduct committed as a sexually motivated felony,
  where authorized pursuant to section  130.91  of  the  penal  law;  (ii)
  defined  in  sections  120.10  (assault  in  the  first  degree); 125.20
  (manslaughter in the first degree); 130.35 (rape in the  first  degree);
  130.50 ( criminal sexual act in the first degree); 135.20 (kidnapping in
  the  second  degree),  but  only where the abduction involved the use or
  threat of use of deadly physical force;  150.15  (arson  in  the  second
  degree);  or  160.15  (robbery  in  the  first  degree) of the penal law
  committed by a person thirteen, fourteen or fifteen  years  of  age;  or
  such  conduct committed as a sexually motivated felony, where authorized
  pursuant to section 130.91 of the penal law; (iii) defined in the  penal
  law  as  an  attempt  to  commit murder in the first or second degree or
  kidnapping in the first degree committed by a person thirteen,  fourteen
  or  fifteen  years  of  age;  or  such  conduct  committed as a sexually
  motivated felony, where authorized pursuant to  section  130.91  of  the
  penal  law;  (iv)  defined  in  section  140.30  (burglary  in the first
  degree); subdivision one of  section  140.25  (burglary  in  the  second
  degree);  subdivision  two  of  section  160.10  (robbery  in the second
  degree) of the penal law; or section 265.03 of the penal law, where such
  machine gun or such firearm is possessed  on  school  grounds,  as  that
  phrase is defined in subdivision fourteen of section 220.00 of the penal
  law  committed  by  a  person  fourteen or fifteen years of age; or such
  conduct committed as  a  sexually  motivated  felony,  where  authorized
  pursuant  to  section  130.91  of  the penal law; (v) defined in section
  120.05 (assault in the second degree) or 160.10 (robbery in  the  second
  degree) of the penal law committed by a person fourteen or fifteen years
  of  age  but  only  where there has been a prior finding by a court that
  such person has previously committed an act which, if  committed  by  an
  adult,  would  be  the crime of assault in the second degree, robbery in
  the second degree or any designated felony act specified in clause  (i),
  (ii)  or  (iii) of this subdivision regardless of the age of such person
  at the time of the commission of the prior act; or  (vi)  other  than  a
  misdemeanor,  committed by a person at least seven but less than sixteen
  years of age, but only where there has been two prior  findings  by  the
  court  that such person has committed a prior act which, if committed by
  an adult would be a felony:
    (i) There is hereby established in the family court in the city of New
  York at least one "designated felony act part." Such part or parts shall
  be held separate from all other proceedings of the court, and shall have
  jurisdiction over all proceedings involving such an allegation. All such

  proceedings shall be originated in or be transferred to this  part  from
  other parts as they are made known to the court.
    (ii)  Outside  the city of New York, all proceedings involving such an
  allegation shall have a hearing preference over every  other  proceeding
  in the court, except proceedings under article ten.
    (c)  The  chief  administrator of the courts may establish one or more
  separate  support  parts  in  each  family  court  for  the  purpose  of
  expediting  support  proceedings  instituted  pursuant to articles four,
  five and five-A of this act.  Where  such  separate  support  parts  are
  established,   all  such  proceedings  shall  be  originated  in  or  be
  transferred to this part or parts as they are made known  to  the  court
  and  shall  be  heard  by support magistrates in accordance with section
  four hundred thirty-nine of this act.
    (d) The appellate division of the supreme court in each department may
  provide, in accordance with the standards and  policies  established  by
  the  administrative  board  of  the judicial conference, that the family
  court in counties within its department shall or may be  organized  into
  such other parts, if any, as may be appropriate.