2020 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title H - Preliminary Proceedings in Local Criminal Court
Article 180 - Proceedings Upon Felony Complaint From Arraignment Thereon Through Disposition Thereof
180.70 - Proceedings Upon Felony Complaint; Disposition of Felony Complaint After Hearing.

§  180.70  Proceedings  upon  felony  complaint;  disposition  of felony
           complaint after hearing.
At the conclusion of a hearing, the court must dispose of  the  felony
  complaint as follows:
1.    If  there  is  reasonable  cause  to  believe that the defendant
  committed a felony, the court must, except as  provided  in  subdivision
  three,  order  that the defendant be held for the action of a grand jury
  of the appropriate superior court, and it must promptly transmit to such
  superior  court  the  order,  the  felony  complaint,   the   supporting
  depositions  and  all  other pertinent documents.  Until such papers are
  received by the superior court, the action is deemed to be still pending
  in the local criminal court.
2.  If there is not reasonable cause to  believe  that  the  defendant
  committed  a  felony  but  there  is reasonable cause to believe that he
  committed an offense other than a felony, the court  may,  by  means  of
  procedures prescribed in subdivision three of section 180.50, reduce the
  charge to one for such non-felony offense.
3.    If  there  is  reasonable  cause  to  believe that the defendant
  committed a felony in addition to a non-felony offense, the  court  may,
  instead of ordering the defendant held for the action of a grand jury as
  provided  in  subdivision  one,  reduce  the  charge  to  one  for  such
  non-felony offense  as  provided  in  subdivision  two,  if  (a)  it  is
  satisfied that such reduction is in the interest of justice, and (b) the
  district  attorney  consents  thereto; provided, however, that the court
  may not order such reduction where there is reasonable cause to  believe
  the  defendant  committed  a class A felony, other than those defined in
  article two hundred twenty of the penal law,  or  any  armed  felony  as
  defined in subdivision forty-one of section 1.20.
4.    If  there  is not reasonable cause to believe that the defendant
  committed any offense, the court must dismiss the felony  complaint  and
  discharge  the  defendant from custody if he is in custody, or, if he is
  at liberty on bail, it must exonerate the bail.