N.Y. ACA Law § 57.17

§ 57.17. Definitions. Wherever used in this article, the following\nterms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth:\n 1. "Local government" means any county, city, town, village, school\ndistrict, board of cooperative educational services, district\ncorporation, public benefit corporation, public corporation, or other\ngovernment created under state law that is not a state department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or other agency, heretofore or\nhereafter established by law.\n 2. "Governing body" means the town board, village board of trustees,\ncity council, county legislature or board of supervisors, board of\neducation or board of trustees of a school district or board of\ncooperative educational services, board of fire commissioners or other\nbody authorized by law to govern the affairs of a local government.\n 3. "Local officer" shall mean and include a local officer as defined\nin section two of the public officers law and any officer of a public\nbenefit corporation.\n 4. "Record" means any book, paper, map, photograph, or other\ninformation-recording device, regardless of physical form or\ncharacteristic, that is made, produced, executed, or received by any\nlocal government or officer thereof pursuant to law or in connection\nwith the transaction of public business. Record as used herein shall not\nbe deemed to include library materials, extra copies of documents\ncreated only for convenience of reference, and stocks of publications.\n 5. "Retention period" means the minimum length of time that must\nelapse before a record is eligible for disposition.\n 6. "Records retention and disposition schedule" means a list or other\ninstrument describing records and their retention periods which is\nissued by the commissioner of education.\n 7. "Disposition" means the disposal of a record by destruction, sale,\ngift, transfer to the local government archives, or by other authorized\nmeans.\n