New York Laws
Article 100 - Commencement of Action in Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--Accusatory Instruments
100.35 - Prosecutor's Information; Form and Content.


A prosecutor's information must contain the name of the local criminal
court with which it is filed and the title of the action, and must be
subscribed by the district attorney by whom it is filed. Otherwise it
should be in the form prescribed for an indictment, pursuant to section
200.50, and must, in one or more counts, allege the offense or offenses
charged and a plain and concise statement of the conduct constituting
each such offense. The rules prescribed in sections 200.20 and 200.40
governing joinder of different offenses and defendants in a single
indictment are also applicable to a prosecutor's information.