Section 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.