N.Y. Public Housing Law § 59: Disposal of records

§ 59. Disposal of records. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any

general, special or local law, any municipal housing authority or

officer or employee thereof is hereby empowered to destroy, sell or

otherwise dispose of any book, paper, map, photograph, microphotograph

or other record regardless of its physical form or characteristic, which

has been made, acquired, or received or is now in its custody and which

the authority determines no longer has sufficient administrative, legal,

fiscal, research or historical value to warrant its continued retention

and preservation, provided the authority authorizes such destruction,

sale, or other disposition.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following

records of municipal housing authorities unless copies for retention are

reproduced as provided in section sixty of this chapter:

(a) The official copy of the minutes of any municipal housing

authority including appendices and attachments thereto.

(b) The official copy of any annual report of any municipal housing

authority to the commissioner.

(c) Records which have not been retained for such period of time as

may be required:

(1) by the federal government or any of its agencies;

(2) by rules and regulations of the state comptroller;

(3) by rules and regulations of the commissioner.