2019 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title H - Preliminary Proceedings in Local Criminal Court
Article 182 - Alternate Method of Court Appearance
182.30 - Electronic Appearance; Conditions and Limitations.

* § 182.30 Electronic appearance; conditions and limitations.
The  following  conditions  and  limitations  apply  to all electronic
  appearances:
1. The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty to,  or  be  sentenced
  upon a conviction of, a felony.
2.  The defendant may not enter a plea of not responsible by reason of
  mental disease or defect.
3. The defendant may not be  committed  to  the  state  department  of
  mental hygiene pursuant to article seven hundred thirty of this chapter.
4.  The  defendant  may  not  enter  a plea of guilty to a misdemeanor
  conditioned upon a promise of incarceration  unless  such  incarceration
  will  be  imposed  only  in the event that the defendant fails to comply
  with a term or condition imposed under the original sentence.
5. A defendant who has been convicted of  a  misdemeanor  may  not  be
  sentenced  to  a  period  of  incarceration  which  exceeds the time the
  defendant has already served when sentence is imposed.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2020