N.Y. CPL Law § 110.10

§ 110.10 Methods of requiring defendant's appearance in local criminal\n court or youth part of the superior court for arraignment; in\n general.\n 1. After a criminal action has been commenced in a local criminal\ncourt or youth part of the superior court by the filing of an accusatory\ninstrument therewith, a defendant who has not been arraigned in the\naction and has not come under the control of the court may under certain\ncircumstances be compelled or required to appear for arraignment upon\nsuch accusatory instrument by:\n (a) The issuance and execution of a warrant of arrest, as provided in\narticle one hundred twenty; or\n (b) The issuance and service upon him of a summons, as provided in\narticle one hundred thirty; or\n (c) Procedures provided in articles five hundred sixty, five hundred\nseventy, five hundred eighty, five hundred ninety and six hundred for\nsecuring attendance of defendants in criminal actions who are not at\nliberty within the state.\n 2. Although no criminal action against a person has been commenced in\nany court, he may under certain circumstances be compelled or required\nto appear in a local criminal court or youth part of a superior court\nfor arraignment upon an accusatory instrument to be filed therewith at\nor before the time of his appearance by:\n (a) An arrest made without a warrant, as provided in article one\nhundred forty; or\n (b) The issuance and service upon him of an appearance ticket, as\nprovided in article one hundred fifty.\n