N.Y. State Administrative Procedure Act § 104: Access to studies and data

§ 104. Access to studies and data. 1. An agency, upon request, shall,

within thirty days, make available for inspection and copying any

scientific or statistical study, report or analysis, including any such

study, report or analysis prepared by a person or entity pursuant to a

contract with the agency or funded in whole or in part through a grant

from the agency that is used as the basis of a proposed rule and any

supporting data; provided, however, that the agency shall provide for

inspection only of any such study, report or analysis due to copyright

restrictions.

2. An agency that contracts with a person or entity for the

performance of a study or awards a grant for such purpose shall require

as a condition or term of such contract or grant that the person or

entity shall provide to the agency the study, any data supporting the

study, and identity of the principal person or persons who performed

such study for disclosure in accordance with the provisions of this

section and of article six of the public officers law.