N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 808: Preservation of records

§ 808. Preservation of records. a. Notwithstanding any other provision

of law, each public retirement system, as defined in subdivision a of

section eight hundred of this article, other than the New York state

teachers' retirement system, is authorized to reproduce all or any part

of its records by any computerized process which accurately produces a

digital image of a paper record. Whenever the retirement system shall

have so reproduced such records and whenever such reproductions or media

have been placed in conveniently accessible files and provision has been

made for preserving, examining and using the same, the retirement system

may cause the original record which has been so reproduced to be

disposed of or destroyed.

b. A duly authorized representative of the retirement system is hereby

authorized to certify to the authenticity of any reproduction herein

authorized. The retirement system may charge for copies of reproductions

of such records as provided for by applicable law, rules or regulations.