New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 3217. Procedure for issuance of employment certificates

a. Evidence of age;

b. Written consent of the parent or guardian;

c. A certificate of physical fitness; and

d. If the application is for a full-time employment certificate, a schooling record.

In addition, in a city or school district which, pursuant to section thirty-two hundred five, subdivision three, of this article, requires minors from sixteen to seventeen years of age who are not employed to attend school, the certificating official shall require a minor applying for a full-time employment certificate to submit the following:

a. A pledge of employment; and

b. A schooling record.