Section 92. General powers conferred upon presiding justice and appellate division in first department

Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this
  article,  all  the powers heretofore conferred by law upon the presiding
  justice of the general term of the supreme court in the  first  judicial
  department,  the  chief  judge of the court of common pleas for the city
  and county of New York, and the chief judge of the superior court of the
  city of New York, either or all of them, are  vested  in  the  presiding
  justice  of  the  appellate  division  of the supreme court in the first
  department. All the powers heretofore conferred by law upon the  general
  term  of  the  supreme  court in the first judicial department, upon the
  general term of the superior court of the city of New York and upon  the
  general term of the court of common pleas for the city and county of New
  York,  are  conferred  upon  and vested in the appellate division of the
  supreme court in the first department. And all the powers  conferred  by
  law  upon  the  supreme  court  in the first judicial district, upon the
  superior court of the city of New York and  upon  the  court  of  common
  pleas for the city and county of New York, other than as courts of first
  instance in actions and special proceedings, are also conferred upon and
  vested in said appellate division.