N.Y. Judiciary Law § 437: Duty of state reporter on expiration of term

§ 437. Duty of state reporter on expiration of term. The state

reporter must, on the appointment of his successor, deliver to him all

papers in his hands, pertaining to a cause which he has not reported, or

which are not necessary to be retained by him to complete the

publication of a volume which is then partly printed. After the

expiration of his term of office he shall not deliver a paper specified

in this section, or a copy thereof, to any person other than his

successor in office, or the publisher of a partly printed volume; except

that a copy of such a paper may be furnished by him, during a vacancy in

the office, to a judge of the court, or to the attorney for a party to

the cause to which it relates.