N.Y. LAB Law § 696-D

§ 696-d. Records of employers. For every employee covered by this\narticle, every employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for not\nless than six years contemporaneous, true, and accurate payroll records\nshowing for each week worked the hours worked, the compensation\nprovided, plus such other information as the commissioner deems material\nand necessary. For all covered airport workers who are not exempt from\novertime compensation as established in the commissioner's minimum wage\norders or otherwise provided by law, rule, or regulation, the payroll\nrecords shall include the compensation provided and the regular hourly\nrate or rates of pay, the overtime rate or rates of pay, the number of\nregular hours worked, the number of overtime hours worked and the cost\nof benefits and/or benefit supplements. On demand, the employer shall\nfurnish to the commissioner or such commissioner's duly authorized\nrepresentative a sworn statement of the hours worked, rate or rates of\ncompensation, for each covered airport worker, plus such other\ninformation as the commissioner deems material and necessary. Every\nemployer shall keep such records open to inspection by the commissioner\nor such commissioner's duly authorized representative at any reasonable\ntime. Every employer of a covered airport worker shall keep a digest and\nsummary of this article which shall be prepared by the commissioner,\nposted in a conspicuous place in their establishment and shall also keep\nposted such additional copies of said digest and summary as the\ncommissioner prescribes. Employers shall, on request, be furnished with\ncopies of this article and of orders, and of digests and summaries\nthereof, without charge. Employers shall permit the commissioner or such\ncommissioner's duly authorized representative to question without\ninterference any employee of such employer in a private location at the\nplace of employment and during working hours in respect to the wages\npaid to and the hours worked by such employee or other employees.\n