New York Consolidated Laws, Executive Law - EXC § 44. Records and data in aid of audit;  destruction of certain papers

1. Where powers and duties of the comptroller relate to moneys, funds or securities of the state, or to state appropriations, or to funds and securities administered under state supervision, or to obligations of the state or of state agencies, the comptroller, except as provided in subdivision two of this section, shall preserve all data and records pertaining to his acts and proceedings in the exercise and performance of such powers and duties, and of his transactions with other public officers, and with corporations and individuals, in connection therewith, to the end that the necessary information acquired by him through such acts, proceedings and transactions may be at all times available as an aid to the comptroller and his successors in exercising the functions of audit of vouchers, official accounts, accrual and collection of revenues and receipts, and of prescribed methods of accounting.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the comptroller may destroy any of the following described papers now or hereafter in the custody of the department of audit and control after they have been in such custody six years or more: