N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 57.37: Regional records offices

§ 57.37. Regional records offices. 1. The commissioner of education is

authorized to establish in each judicial district, except New York city,

a regional records office. In New York city, the commissioner of

education is authorized to establish a single regional records office to

oversee records management programs for entities within the city of New

York whose records are not under the jurisdiction of the department of

records and information services or its successor agency and the city

clerk of the city of New York.

2. The regional records offices shall provide advisory and

consultative services and technical assistance to local governments on

records management and the administration of archival records and

address recommendations of the New York state local government records

advisory council.

3. The commissioner of education is authorized to employ specialists

in records management, archives administration and other specialists

necessary to provide advisory, consultative and technical assistance to

local governments from monies available for this purpose in the New York

state local government records management improvement fund, established

pursuant to section ninety-seven-i of the state finance law.