New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 1127. Confidentiality of records

Reports and other written material submitted pursuant to this article, and photographs taken concerning such reports in the possession of any person authorized to receive such information, pursuant to this article, shall be confidential and shall not be redisclosed except to law enforcement authorities involved in an investigation of child abuse in an educational setting or as expressly authorized by law or pursuant to a court-ordered subpoena.  A school administrator or a school superintendent shall exercise reasonable care in preventing such unauthorized disclosure.  Willful disclosure of a written record required to be kept confidential pursuant to this section to a person not authorized to receive or review such record is a class A misdemeanor.