N.Y. BSC Law § 718
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List of directors and officers
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§ 718. List of directors and officers.\n (a) If a shareholder of a corporation, in person or by his attorney or\nagent, or a representative of the district attorney or of the secretary\nof state, the attorney general, or other state official, makes a written\ndemand on a corporation to inspect a current list of its directors and\nofficers, the corporation shall, within two business days after receipt\nof the demand and for a period of one week thereafter, make the list\navailable for such inspection at its office during usual business hours.\n (b) Upon refusal by the corporation to make a current list of its\ndirectors and officers available, as provided in paragraph (a), the\nperson making a demand for such list may apply, ex parte, to the supreme\ncourt at a special term held within the judicial district where the\noffice of the corporation is located for an order directing the\ncorporation to make such list available. The court may grant such order\nor take such other action as it may deem just and proper.\n
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