New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter I - Standards and Administrative Policies
Subchapter C - Rules Of The Chief Administrator Of The Courts
Part 131 - Audio-Visual Coverage of Judicial Proceedings
Section 131.2 - Definitions

(a) ''Administrative judge'' shall mean the administrative judge of each judicial district; the administrative judge of Nassau County or of Suffolk County; the administrative judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, the Criminal Court of the City of New York or the Family Court of the City of New York; or the presiding judge of the Court of Claims.

(b) ''Audio-visual coverage'' or ''coverage'' shall mean the electronic broadcasting or other transmission to the public of radio or television signals from the courtroom, or the recording of sound or light in the courtroom for later transmission or reproduction, or the taking of motion pictures in the courtroom by the news media. To the extent required by law, it shall also mean the taking of still pictures.

(c) ''News media'' shall mean any news-reporting or news-gathering agency and any employee or agent associated with such agency, including television, radio, radio and television networks, news services, newspapers, magazines, trade papers, in-house publications, professional journals, or any other news- reporting or news-gathering agency, the function of which is to inform the public or some segment thereof.

(d) ''Presiding trial judge'' shall mean the justice or judge presiding over judicial proceedings at which audio-visual coverage is authorized pursuant to this Part.

(e) ''Judicial proceedings'' shall mean the proceedings of a court or a judge thereof conducted in a courtroom or any other facility being used as a courtroom.

(f) ''Child'' shall mean a person who has not attained the age of 16 years.

(g) ''Arraignment'' shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in subdivision nine of section 1.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law.