N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 20-1206: § 20-1206 Recordkeeping

a. Employers shall retain records documenting their compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter for a period of three years and shall allow the department to access such records and other information, consistent with applicable law and in accordance with rules of the department and with appropriate notice, in furtherance of an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter.

b. An employer's failure to maintain, retain or produce a record or other information required to be maintained by this chapter and requested by the department in furtherance of an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter that is relevant to a material fact alleged by the department in a notice of violation issued pursuant to this subchapter creates a rebuttable presumption that such fact is true.

(L.L. 2017/107, 5/30/2017, eff. 11/26/2017; Am. L.L. 2020/080, 8/28/2020, eff. 8/28/2020)