N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 120.40: Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant of town court, village court or city court

§ 120.40 Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant

of town court, village court or city court.

A town court, village court or city court which issues a warrant of

arrest may attach thereto a duplicate copy of the underlying accusatory

instrument. If one or more duplicate copies of the warrant are issued,

such court may attach as many copies of such accusatory instrument to

copies of such warrant as it chooses. In any case where, pursuant to

subdivision five of section 120.90, a defendant arrested upon such a

warrant of arrest is brought before a local criminal court other than

the town court, village court or city court in which the warrant is

returnable, a copy of the accusatory instrument constitutes a valid

basis for arraignment, as provided in subdivision one of section 170.15.