N.Y. General Business Law § 1401: Surrogacy programs regulated under this article

§ 1401. Surrogacy programs regulated under this article. The

provisions of this article apply to surrogacy programs arranging or

facilitating transactions contemplated by a surrogacy agreement,

regardless of whether such agreement ultimately comports with the

requirements under part four of article five-C of the family court act

if:

(a) The surrogacy program does business in New York state; or

(b) A person acting as surrogate who is party to a surrogacy agreement

resides in New York state at the time the surrogacy agreement is

executed.