New York Consolidated Laws, Executive Law - EXC § 837-c. Processing requests submitted by police departments

a. As used in this section, the term “police department” means any police department or sheriff's office of this state or any of its political subdivisions.

b. The police department may forward and the division shall receive, process and, subject to subdivision e of this section, retain fingerprints and such descriptive data as the division may require of persons applying for employment with such department.

c. It shall be the duty of the division to forward to the police department any arrest record involving any person described in subdivision b of this section.

d. It shall be the duty of the police department to notify the division if an applicant for employment by the police department has not been hired, or an employee has died, resigned, retired or been dismissed.

e. Upon receiving notification in accordance with subdivision d of this section, the division shall either return to the police department or destroy all documents forwarded to it pursuant to subdivision b of this section.