N.Y. Exec. Law § 217

§ 217. Communication. There shall be established in the division of\nstate police, executive department, a basic coordinating police\ncommunication system at the headquarters of the division of state police\nand at such substations of the state police as shall be designated by\nthe superintendent of state police, for the purpose of prompt collection\nand distribution of information throughout the state of New York as the\npolice problems of the state may require. This basic system shall be\nknown as the New York statewide police information network. Authority\nis hereby granted to connect the basic system herein provided for,\ndirectly or indirectly with other similar state, national or\ninternational systems.\n