New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 110.20 - Local criminal court or youth part of the superior court accusatory instruments; notice thereof to district attorney.

*  110.20 Local  criminal  court accusatory instruments; notice thereof
           to district attorney.
When a criminal action in which a crime is charged is commenced  in  a
  local  criminal  court, other than the criminal court of the city of New
  York, a copy of the accusatory instrument shall be promptly  transmitted
  to the appropriate district attorney upon or prior to the arraignment of
  the  defendant  on  the  accusatory instrument. If a police officer or a
  peace  officer  is  the  complainant  or  the  filer  of  a   simplified
  information,  or  has  arrested  the defendant or brought him before the
  local criminal court on  behalf  of  an  arresting  person  pursuant  to
  subdivision  one  of  section  140.20,  such officer or his agency shall
  transmit the copy  of  the  accusatory  instrument  to  the  appropriate
  district  attorney.  In all other cases, the clerk of the court in which
  the defendant is arraigned shall so transmit it.
* NB Effective until October 1, 2018
  *  110.20 Local criminal court or youth  part  of  the  superior  court
           accusatory   instruments;   notice   thereof   to  district
           attorney.
When a criminal action in which a crime is charged is commenced  in  a
  local criminal court, or youth part of the superior court other than the
  criminal  court  of  the  city  of  New  York,  a copy of the accusatory
  instrument shall be promptly transmitted  to  the  appropriate  district
  attorney  upon  or  prior  to  the  arraignment  of the defendant on the
  accusatory instrument. If a police officer or a  peace  officer  is  the
  complainant  or  the  filer of a simplified information, or has arrested
  the defendant or brought him before the local criminal  court  or  youth
  part  of the superior court on behalf of an arresting person pursuant to
  subdivision one of section 140.20, such  officer  or  his  agency  shall
  transmit  the  copy  of  the  accusatory  instrument  to the appropriate
  district attorney. In all other cases, the clerk of the court  in  which
  the defendant is arraigned shall so transmit it.
* NB Effective October 1, 2018; see ch. 59/2017 Pt. WWW  106 sb b for
  further contingencies for 10/1/2019

Last modified: February 3, 2019