N.Y. PBG Law § 59

§ 59. Disposal of records. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law, any municipal housing authority or\nofficer or employee thereof is hereby empowered to destroy, sell or\notherwise dispose of any book, paper, map, photograph, microphotograph\nor other record regardless of its physical form or characteristic, which\nhas been made, acquired, or received or is now in its custody and which\nthe authority determines no longer has sufficient administrative, legal,\nfiscal, research or historical value to warrant its continued retention\nand preservation, provided the authority authorizes such destruction,\nsale, or other disposition.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following\nrecords of municipal housing authorities unless copies for retention are\nreproduced as provided in section sixty of this chapter:\n (a) The official copy of the minutes of any municipal housing\nauthority including appendices and attachments thereto.\n (b) The official copy of any annual report of any municipal housing\nauthority to the commissioner.\n (c) Records which have not been retained for such period of time as\nmay be required:\n (1) by the federal government or any of its agencies;\n (2) by rules and regulations of the state comptroller;\n (3) by rules and regulations of the commissioner.\n