New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter I - Standards and Administrative Policies
Subchapter C - Rules Of The Chief Administrator Of The Courts
Part 154 - Requests for Exemption From Public Disclosure of Client Information Under Public Officers Law Section 73-a
Section 154.1 - Preamble

The purpose of this Part is to implement the legislative direction in Part CC of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2015 that the Office of Court Administration receive and determine requests for exemption from the duty to publicly disclose client information pursuant to certain questions on the financial disclosure statement that must be filed by legislators and other State employees in accordance with section 73-a of the Public Officers Law. To ensure the fullest compliance with this legislative direction, the rules in this Part have incorporated express language in the relevant statutory provisions in Part CC. Where, however, Part CC does not provide all necessary procedural specifics, these rules include additional procedures that harmonize with the overall legislative intent so far as it is apparent in the statutory text.