N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 7007: Warrant preceding or accompanying writ

§ 7007. Warrant preceding or accompanying writ. A court authorized to

issue a writ of habeas corpus, upon satisfactory proof that a person is

wrongfully detained and will be removed from the state or suffer

irreparable injury before he can be relieved by habeas corpus, shall

issue a warrant of attachment directed to an appropriate officer

requiring him immediately to bring the person detained before the court.

A writ of habeas corpus directed to the person having custody of the

person detained shall also be issued. Where it appears that the

detention constitutes a criminal offense, the warrant may order the

apprehension of the person responsible for the detention, who shall then

be brought before the court issuing the warrant and examined as in a

criminal case.