N.Y. CPL Law § 120.10

§ 120.10 Warrant of arrest; definition, function, form and content.\n 1. A warrant of arrest is a process issued by a local criminal court\ndirecting a police officer to arrest a defendant designated in an\naccusatory instrument filed with such court and to bring him before such\ncourt in connection with such instrument. The sole function of a warrant\nof arrest is to achieve a defendant's court appearance in a criminal\naction for the purpose of arraignment upon the accusatory instrument by\nwhich such action was commenced.\n 2. A warrant of arrest must be subscribed by the issuing judge and\nmust state or contain (a) the name of the issuing court, and (b) the\ndate of issuance of the warrant, and (c) the name or title of an offense\ncharged in the underlying accusatory instrument, and (d) the name of the\ndefendant to be arrested or, if such be unknown, any name or description\nby which he can be identified with reasonable certainty, and (e) the\npolice officer or officers to whom the warrant is addressed, and (f) a\ndirection that such officer arrest the defendant and bring him before\nthe issuing court.\n 3. A warrant of arrest may be addressed to a classification of police\nofficers, or to two or more classifications thereof, as well as to a\ndesignated individual police officer or officers. Multiple copies of\nsuch a warrant may be issued.\n