N.Y. Family Court Act § 381.3: Use of police records

§ 381.3. Use of police records. 1. All police records relating to the

arrest and disposition of any person under this article shall be kept in

files separate and apart from the arrests of adults and shall be

withheld from public inspection.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one, the family court

in the county in which the petition was adjudicated may, upon motion and

for good cause shown, order such records open:

(a) to the respondent or his parent or person responsible for his

care; or

(b) if the respondent is subsequently convicted of a crime, to a judge

of the court in which he was convicted, unless such record has been

sealed pursuant to section 375.1.

3. An order issued under subdivision two must be in writing.