N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 63: Order

§ 63. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is

satisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented

therewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable

objection to the change of name proposed, and if the petition be to

change the name of an infant, that the interests of the infant will be

substantially promoted by the change, the court shall make an order

authorizing the petitioner to assume the name proposed. The order shall

further recite the date and place of birth of the applicant and, if the

applicant was born in the state of New York, such order shall set forth

the number of the applicant's birth certificate or that no birth

certificate is available. The order shall be directed to be entered and

the papers on which it was granted to be filed in the clerk's office of

the county in which the petitioner resides if they are an individual, or

in the office of the clerk of the civil court of the city of New York if

the order be made by that court.