N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 358-c

§ 358-c. Rules of court. The administrative board of the judicial\nconference shall prepare, by August first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-three, rules of court for the efficient and just administration\nof the judicial proceedings authorized by section three hundred\nfifty-eight-a of this chapter and such rules may be amended by the\nadministrative board from time to time. The state administrator shall\nprescribe forms for petitions, notices and orders authorized by section\nthree hundred fifty-eight-a, and may authorize courts determining such\nproceedings to submit information to the department in a manner and at\nsuch times as the administrative board may prescribe. Nothing in this\nsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the state board of\nsocial welfare.\n