New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter XXXII - Division of Code Enforcement and Administration
Part 1203 - Uniform Code: Minimum Standards For Administration And Enforcement
Section 1203.4 - Program review and reporting

(a) Every city, village, town, and county charged under subdivision 2 of section 381 of the Executive Law with administration and enforcement of the Uniform Code shall annually submit to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of state, a report of its activities relative to administration and enforcement of the Codes.

(b) Upon request of the Department of State, every authority having jurisdiction shall provide to the Department of State true and complete copies of the records and related materials such authority having jurisdiction is required to maintain; true and complete copies of such portion of such records and related materials as may be requested by the Department of State; and/or such excerpts, summaries, tabulations, statistics, and other information and accounts of its activities in connection with administration and enforcement of either or both of the Codes as may be requested by the Department of State. Failure to produce the requested materials within a reasonable timeframe shall permit an inference that the minimum standards of this Part have not been met. No such inference shall be based on the failure to provide copies of records if such records were, prior to a request for copies, disposed of pursuant to the applicable records retention and disposition schedules established by the authority having jurisdiction or pursuant to the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law.