N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 57.19

§ 57.19. Local government records management program. The governing\nbody, and the chief executive official where one exists, shall promote\nand support a program for the orderly and efficient management of\nrecords, including the identification and appropriate administration of\nrecords with enduring value for historical or other research. Each\nlocal government shall have one officer who is designated as records\nmanagement officer. This officer shall coordinate the development of and\noversee such program and shall coordinate legal disposition, including\ndestruction of obsolete records. In towns, the town clerk shall be the\nrecords management officer. In fire districts, the district secretary\nshall be the records management officer. In villages, the village clerk\nshall be the records management officer. In other units of government,\nexcept where the governing body shall have enacted a local law or\nordinance establishing a records management program and designating a\nrecords management officer prior to the date that this article shall\ntake effect, the chief executive official shall designate a local\nofficer to be records management officer, subject to the approval of the\ngoverning body.\n