N.Y. Pub. Off. Law § 103

§ 103. Open meetings and executive sessions. (a) Every meeting of a\npublic body shall be open to the general public, except that an\nexecutive session of such body may be called and business transacted\nthereat in accordance with section ninety-five of this article.\n (b) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made all reasonable\nefforts to ensure that meetings are held in facilities that permit\nbarrier-free physical access to the physically handicapped, as defined\nin subdivision five of section fifty of the public buildings law.\n (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its meetings\nshall provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen and\nobserve at any site at which a member participates.\n * (d) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made all reasonable\nefforts to ensure that meetings are held in an appropriate facility\nwhich can adequately accommodate members of the public who wish to\nattend such meetings.\n * NB There are 2 sub (d)'s\n * (d) 1. Any meeting of a public body that is open to the public shall\nbe open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise recorded\nand/or transmitted by audio or video means. As used herein the term\n"broadcast" shall also include the transmission of signals by cable.\n 2. A public body may adopt rules, consistent with recommendations from\nthe committee on open government, reasonably governing the location of\nequipment and personnel used to photograph, broadcast, webcast, or\notherwise record a meeting so as to conduct its proceedings in an\norderly manner. Such rules shall be conspicuously posted during meetings\nand written copies shall be provided upon request to those in\nattendance.\n * NB There are 2 sub (d)'s\n (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of\nthis chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,\npolicy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of\ndiscussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made\navailable, upon request therefor, to the extent practicable as\ndetermined by the agency or the department, prior to or at the meeting\nduring which the records will be discussed. Copies of such records may\nbe made available for a reasonable fee, determined in the same manner as\nprovided therefor in article six of this chapter. If the agency in which\na public body functions maintains a regularly and routinely updated\nwebsite and utilizes a high speed internet connection, such records\nshall be posted on the website to the extent practicable as determined\nby the agency or the department, prior to the meeting. An agency may,\nbut shall not be required to, expend additional moneys to implement the\nprovisions of this subdivision.\n