N.Y. Laws » CHAPTER Criminal Procedure / PART Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures / TITLE Procedures For Securing Attendance At Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants Not Securable By Conventional Means--and Related Matters / ARTICLE Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside the State But Within the United States--rendition to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the State--uniform Criminal Extradition Act
New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 570.06 (2026)

Fugitives from justice; duty of governor

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§ 570.06  Fugitives from justice; duty of governor.
  Subject to the provisions of this article, the provisions of the
constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of
congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of
this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority
of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state
with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is
found in this state.