N.Y. Second Class Cities Law Section 143
Service of process

All criminal process for any offense committed within the city, and all process to recover or to enforce any penalty for the violation of any city ordinance issued out of any court or by any magistrate within the city, and every process, subpoena or bench warrant issued by the district attorney of the county in which the city is situated, relating to any offense committed within the city, and every process, subpoena or warrant issued by any coroner of such county in any inquest held in the city relative to the death of any person, may be served by any member of the police department.

Source: Section 143 — Service of process, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SCC/143 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 24, 2025).

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