N.Y. Banking Law § 3001: Corporate name; general

§ 3001. Corporate name; general. Except as otherwise provided in this

chapter, the name of a corporation or a foreign corporation, or the name

of representative and other offices in this state, which are open to the

general public and maintained by any banking corporation, wherever

located, shall not be the same as the name of a corporation of any type

or kind, as such name appears on the index of names of existing

corporations and foreign corporations of any type or kind in the

department of financial services or a name so similar to such name as to

tend to confuse or deceive.