N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 200.15: Superior court information; definition

§ 200.15 Superior court information; definition.

A superior court information is a written accusation by a district

attorney filed in a superior court pursuant to article one hundred

ninety-five, charging a person, or two or more persons jointly, with the

commission of a crime, or with the commission of two or more offenses,

at least one of which is a crime. A superior court information may

include any offense for which the defendant was held for action of a

grand jury and any offense or offenses properly joinable therewith

pursuant to sections 200.20 and 200.40, but shall not include an offense

not named in the written waiver of indictment executed pursuant to

section 195.20. A superior court information has the same force and

effect as an indictment and all procedures and provisions of law

applicable to indictments are also applicable to superior court

informations, except where otherwise expressly provided.