N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 50-d: Personnel records of court officers

§ 50-d. Personnel records of court officers. 1. As used in this

section, "personnel records of court officers" means all personnel

records of court officers as defined in paragraph a of subdivision

twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, used to

evaluate performance toward continued employment or promotion, and under

the control of the office of court administration.

2. Personnel records of court officers shall be disclosed in a court

action pursuant to the relevant provisions of the criminal procedure

law, the civil practice law and rules, or any other provision of law

governing such disclosure only after the court has notified the subject

of such record that such record may be disclosed in a court action and

the court has given the subject of such record an opportunity to be

heard on the question of whether the records sought are relevant and

material in the action before the court. If, after such hearing, the

court determines that only a portion of such records are relevant and

material in the action before it, it shall make those parts of the

record found to be relevant and material available to the persons so

requesting.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any grand jury or

any agency of government which requires the records described in

subdivision one of this section in the furtherance of their official

duties.