Whenever a judge establishes an Order of Protection in New York City, they will also specify a date on which that Order will expire and no longer be enforceable. However, protected parties can petition the court to renew an Order of Protection prior to its expiration, while parties subject to these orders generally cannot petition to have them shortened.
Furthermore, if someone is the respondent of an Order of Protection, they are the only individual who can be charged with a crime for violating it—even if the protected party ostensibly violates the order themselves.