2006 New York Code - Obedience To The Writ.

 
    §  7006.  Obedience  to  the  writ. (a) Generally; defects in form.  A
  person upon whom the writ or a copy thereof is  served,  whether  it  is
  directed  to  him  or not, shall make a return to it and, if required by
  it, produce the body of the  person  detained  at  the  time  and  place
  specified,  unless the person detained is too sick or infirm to make the
  required trip. A writ of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for defect
  of form so long as the identity of the person detained  may  be  derived
  from its contents.
    (b)  Compelling  obedience. If the person upon whom the writ or a copy
  thereof is served refuses or neglects fully to obey it, without  showing
  sufficient  cause,  the  court  before whom the writ is returnable, upon
  proof of its service, shall forthwith  issue  a  warrant  of  attachment
  against  him  directed to the sheriff in any county in which such person
  may be found requiring him to be brought before the  court  issuing  the
  warrant; he may be ordered committed in close custody to the county jail
  until  he  complies  with the order of the court. Where such person is a
  sheriff,  the  warrant  shall  be  directed  to  a  person  specifically
  designated  to  execute  it. Such person shall have power to call to his
  aid the same assistance as the  sheriff  in  executing  the  warrant;  a
  sheriff shall be committed to a jail in a county other than his own.
    (c) Precept to bring up person detained.  A court issuing a warrant of
  attachment  as  prescribed  in  subdivision (b) may at the same time, or
  thereafter, issue a precept  to  the  person  to  whom  the  warrant  is
  directed  ordering  him immediately to bring before the court the person
  detained.