N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 380.60: Authority for the execution of sentence

§ 380.60 Authority for the execution of sentence.

Except where a sentence of death is pronounced, a sentence and

commitment or certificate of conviction showing the sentence pronounced

by the court, or a certified copy thereof, constitutes the authority for

execution of the sentence and serves as the order of commitment, and no

other warrant, order of commitment or authority is necessary to justify

or to require execution of the sentence.