N.Y. EDN Law § 249

§ 249. State library, when open; use of books. The state library shall\nbe kept open at least eight hours each day on five days every week in\nthe year except the legal holidays known as Independence day,\nThanksgiving day and Christmas day. Nothing in this section shall\nprohibit the regents from opening the state library on other days and\ntimes. Members of the legislature, judges of the court of appeals,\njustices of the supreme court and heads of state departments may borrow\nfrom the library books for use in Albany, but shall be subject to such\nrestrictions and penalties as may be prescribed by the regents for the\nsafety or greater usefulness of the library. Under such rules and\nconditions as the regents may prescribe, the state library may lend its\nbooks and printed material for a limited time to other individuals and\ninstitutions conforming to said rules and conditions. Such service shall\nbe free to residents of this state as far as practicable, but the\nregents may, in their discretion, charge a proper fee to nonresidents or\nfor assistance of a personal nature or for other reason not properly an\nexpense to the state, but which may be authorized for the accommodation\nof users of the library.\n