Title PBO, Public Officers

§ 86. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context\nrequires otherwise:\n 1. "Judiciary" means the courts of the state, including any municipal\nor district court, whether or not of record.\n 2. "State legislature" means the legislature of the state of New York,\ninc…

§ 87. Access to agency records. 1. (a) Within sixty days after the\neffective date of this article, the governing body of each public\ncorporation shall promulgate uniform rules and regulations for all\nagencies in such public corporation pursuant to such general rules and\nregu…

§ 88. Access to state legislative records. 1. The temporary president\nof the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall promulgate rules and\nregulations for their respective houses in conformity with the\nprovisions of this article, pertaining to the availability, location a…

§ 89. General provisions relating to access to records; certain cases.\nThe provisions of this section apply to access to all records, except as\nhereinafter specified:\n 1. (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist\nof the lieutenant governor or the de…

§ 9. Deputies, their appointment, number and duties. Every deputy,\nassistant, or other subordinate officer, whose appointment or election\nis not otherwise provided for, shall be appointed by his principal\nofficer, board or other body, and the number thereof, if not otherwise\…

§ 90. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid\nby a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or\nimpair the validity of the other provisions of the article or the\napplic…

§ 91. Short title. This article shall be known as the "personal\nprivacy protection law".\n

§ 92. Definitions. (1) Agency. The term "agency" means any state\nboard, bureau, committee, commission, council, department, public\nauthority, public benefit corporation, division, office or any other\ngovernmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function\nfor t…

§ 93. Powers and duties of the committee. (1) The committee shall\nprepare a directory derived from the information provided pursuant to\nsection three of chapter six hundred seventy-seven of the laws of\nnineteen hundred eighty and subdivision four of section ninety-four of\nth…

§ 94. Agency obligations. (1) Each agency that maintains a system of\nrecords shall:\n (a) except when a data subject provides an agency with unsolicited\npersonal information, maintain in its records only such personal\ninformation which is relevant and necessary to accomplish …

§ 95. Access to records. (1) (a) Each agency subject to the provisions\nof this article, within five business days of the receipt of a written\nrequest from a data subject for a record reasonably described pertaining\nto that data subject, shall make such record available to the…

§ 96. Disclosure of records. (1) No agency may disclose any record or\npersonal information unless such disclosure is:\n (a) pursuant to a written request by or the voluntary written consent\nof the data subject, provided that such request or consent by its terms\nlimits and spe…

§ 96-a. Prohibited conduct. 1. Beginning on January first, two\nthousand ten the state and its political subdivisions shall not do any\nof the following, unless required by law:\n (a) Intentionally communicate to the general public or otherwise make\navailable to the general pub…

§ 97. Civil remedies. (1) Any data subject aggrieved by any action\ntaken under this article may seek judicial review and relief pursuant to\narticle seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.\n (2) In any proceeding brought under subdivision one of this section,\nthe pa…

§ 98. No waiver. Any agreement purporting to waive a data subject's\nrights under this article is hereby declared to be void as against\npublic policy.\n

§ 99. Executive authority. Nothing in this article shall limit the\nauthority of the governor to exercise his or her responsibilities.\n