N.Y. Executive Law § 718: Voluntary surveillance access database

§ 718. Voluntary surveillance access database. 1. The division shall

establish a voluntary surveillance access database to be made

accessible, upon written request, to any law enforcement agency solely

for purposes of a criminal investigation.

2. Residential home owners and business owners who maintain a

closed-circuit television or other electronic video surveillance system

may elect to register such information, limited to the location of such

system and the contact information for the owner, with the voluntary

surveillance access database. Such owners may withdraw such registration

from the database at any time.

3. Registration information from such database shall be kept

confidential and shall not be made available for disclosure or

inspection under the state freedom of information law unless a subpoena

or other court order directs the division to release such information or

image.