N.Y. Family Court Act § 166 (2026)

§ 166. Privacy of records. The records of any proceeding in the family
court shall not be open to indiscriminate public inspection. However,
the court in its discretion in any case may permit the inspection of any
papers or records. Any duly authorized agency, association, society or
institution to which a child is committed may cause an inspection of the
record of investigation to be had and may in the discretion of the court
obtain a copy of the whole or part of such record.