N.Y. Civ. Rights Law § 64

§ 64. Effect. 1. If the order is entered, the petitioner shall be\nknown by the name which is thereby authorized to be assumed. If the\nsurname of a parent be changed as provided in this article, any minor\nchild of such parent at the time of such change may thereafter assume\nsuch changed surname.\n 2. (a) If the petition states that the petitioner stands convicted of\na violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or\na felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law or any\nof the following provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30, 130.40,\n130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three, 135.10,\n135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section 230.30 or 230.32, the\nclerk of the court in which the order has been entered shall deliver, by\nfirst class mail, a copy of such certified order to the division of\ncriminal justice services at its office in the county of Albany and (b)\nif the petition states that the petitioner is responsible for spousal\nsupport or child support obligations pursuant to court order, upon\nreview of the petitioner's application for name change and subsequent\ninquiry, the court shall order the petitioner to deliver, by first class\nmail, the petitioner's new name with such certified order to the court\nof competent jurisdiction which imposed the orders of support. If a\nparty to the order is receiving child support services pursuant to title\nsix-A of article three of the social services law, a copy shall be\nmailed to the support collection unit of the applicable social services\ndistrict providing such services to a party. Such certification shall\nappear on the original order and on any certified copy thereof and shall\nbe entered in the court's minutes of the proceeding.\n 3. A name change order or other government issued document or court\nissued documentation of a name change shall be sufficient to change the\npetitioner's name on any document or record issued or maintained by the\nstate of New York or any subdivision thereof, or any private entity,\nincluding but not limited to, all school records for current and past\nstudents, archival records and marriage certificates. This section shall\nnot apply when archival records cannot be accessed or when modifying\narchival records is otherwise prohibited by law. Failure of a public or\nprivate entity to comply with such a request may constitute a violation\nof section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law, section forty-c\nof this chapter and any applicable local non-discrimination law and may\nbe the basis for a complaint to the New York state division of human\nrights and any other applicable enforcement entity.\n