N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-p: Authority to issue subpoenas

§ 111-p. Authority to issue subpoenas. The department or the child

support enforcement unit coordinator or support collection unit

supervisor of a social services district, or his or her designee, or

another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D

of the social security act, shall be authorized, whether or not a

proceeding is currently pending, to subpoena from any person, public or

private entity or governmental agency, and such person, entity or agency

shall provide any financial or other information needed to establish

paternity and to establish, modify or enforce any support order. If a

subpoena is served when a petition is not currently pending, the supreme

court or a judge of the family court may hear and decide all motions

relating to the subpoena. If the subpoena is served after a petition has

been served, the court in which the petition is returnable shall hear

and decide all motions relating to the subpoena. Any such person,

entity, or agency shall provide the subpoenaed information by the date

as specified in the subpoena. Such subpoena shall be subject to the

provisions of article twenty-three of the civil practice law and rules.

The department or district may impose a penalty for failure to respond

to such information subpoenas pursuant to section twenty-three hundred

eight of the civil practice law and rules.