New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 130.40 - Summons; service.

130.40  Summons; service.
1.    A summons may be served by a police officer, or by a complainant
  at least eighteen years old or by any other  person  at  least  eighteen
  years old designated by the court.
2.    A  summons  may  be served anywhere in the county of issuance or
  anywhere in an adjoining county.

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