2017 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title H - Preliminary Proceedings in Local Criminal Court
Article 100 - Commencement of Action in Local Criminal Courtor Youth Part of a Superior Cour T--Accusatory Instruments
100.40 - Local Criminal Court and Youth Part of the Superior Court Accusatory Instruments; Sufficiency on Face.

100.40  * Local criminal court accusatory instruments; sufficiency on
             face.
* NB Effective until October 1, 2018
  * Local criminal court and youth part of the superior  court  accusatory
  instruments; sufficiency on face.
* NB Effective October 1, 2018; see ch. 59/2017 Pt. WWW  106 sb b for
  further contingencies for 10/1/2019
1. An information, or a count thereof, is sufficient on its face when:
(a)  It  substantially  conforms  to  the  requirements  prescribed in
  section 100.15; and
(b) The allegations of the factual part of the  information,  together
  with those of any supporting depositions which may accompany it, provide
  reasonable  cause  to  believe  that the defendant committed the offense
  charged in the accusatory part of the information; and
(c) Non-hearsay allegations of the factual  part  of  the  information
  and/or  of  any supporting depositions establish, if true, every element
  of the offense charged and the defendant's commission thereof.
2. A simplified  information  is  sufficient  on  its  face  when,  as
  provided by subdivision one of section 100.25, it substantially conforms
  to  the  requirement therefor prescribed by or pursuant to law; provided
  that when the filing of a supporting deposition is ordered by the  court
  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of said section 100.25, a failure of the
  complainant police officer or public servant to comply with  such  order
  within  the  time  provided  by  subdivision  two of said section 100.25
  renders the simplified information insufficient on its face.
3. A prosecutor's information, or a count thereof,  is  sufficient  on
  its  face  when it substantially conforms to the requirements prescribed
  in section 100.35.
4. A misdemeanor complaint or a felony complaint, or a count  thereof,
  is sufficient on its face when:
(a)  It  substantially  conforms  to  the  requirements  prescribed in
  section 100.15; and
(b) The allegations of the factual part of such accusatory  instrument
  and/or  any  supporting  depositions  which  may  accompany  it, provide
  reasonable cause to believe that the  defendant  committed  the  offense
  charged in the accusatory part of such instrument.