N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4103

§ 4103. Vital statistics; evidence. 1. Certified copies of birth\ncertificates, certification of birth, certified or verified transcripts\nof birth certificates, certificates of birth data or certificates of\nregistration of birth shall be accepted by public school authorities in\nthis state as prima facie evidence of age of children registering for\nschool attendance, and by the legally constituted authorities as prima\nfacie proof of age for the issuance of employment certificates, provided\nthat when it is not possible to secure such certified copy of the birth\ncertificate, certification of birth, certified or verified transcript of\nthe birth certificate, certificate of birth data or certificate of\nregistration of birth for any child, the school authorities may accept\nas secondary proof of age any of the kinds of evidence specified in the\nlabor law.\n 2. Any copy of the record of a birth or of a death or any certificate\nof registration of birth or any certification of birth, when properly\ncertified by the local registrar, shall be prima facie evidence of the\nfacts therein stated in all courts and places and in all actions,\nproceedings, or applications, judicial, administrative or otherwise, and\nany such certificate of registration of birth or any such certification\nof birth shall be accepted with the same force and effect with respect\nto the facts therein stated as the original certificate of birth or a\ncertified copy thereof.\n 3. A certified copy of the record of a birth or death, a certification\nof birth or death, a transcript of a birth or death certificate, a\ncertificate of birth data or a certificate of registration of birth,\nwhen properly certified by the commissioner or persons authorized to act\nfor him, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the\nfacts therein stated.\n