Except when authorized or directed under the laws of the State of
New York to immediately take a person arrested for a violation of
a traffic law before a Magistrate, any police officer, upon making
an arrest for violation of a traffic law or traffic ordinance of the
City, shall take the violator's name, address, operator's license
number and the registration number of the motor vehicle involved and
issue to him, in writing, on a form provided by the City, a notice
to answer the charge against him during hours and at a place specified
in the notice. The arresting officer shall send one copy of such notice
to the Traffic Division and one copy to the court.